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SENIOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
HO CHI MINH, VIETNAM
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
Based in Vietnam, you’ll report to the Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering and join the Footwear (FW) Manufacturing Engineering team. You’ll partner with Product Creation, Chemical Engineering, Innovation, Costing, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Sourcing and Manufacturing Partners to drive product & manufacturing excellence. Together, you’ll validate manufacturability, strengthen manufacturing readiness, optimize production processes, evaluate & scale effectiveness of global strategic initiatives to drive advanced capabilities, and improve quality across factory sites to deliver world-class footwear for the athlete*.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Senior Manufacturing Engineer is one of the keys to driving Product & Manufacturing Excellence. You’ll collaborate with a diverse team of subject matter experts across various disciplines to successfully deliver epic FW Products, great quality and strategic initiatives.
- Minimum 5 years relevant industry (chemical, manufacturing, industrial or mechanical engineering).
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Demonstrated advanced knowledge of lasts, footwear patterns, tooling, chemical engineering (basic), manufacturing processes and various footwear constructions (preferably).
- Excellent communication in English (written and verbal), Mandarin is a plus.
- Solid project and time management skills.
- Demonstrated experience in working with multiple functions/stakeholders. Skilled in project & time management, identifying and managing risks & issues.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize workload, critical thinking and analytical skills. Be able to drive and coach teams with courage and influence on mastering the fundamentals.
- Comfortable with occasional travel (up to 15-20%) to Thanh Hoa & Ninh Binh provinces and flexible to work across global time zones.
- Confident in standard MS Office programs, business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
You'll help advance Nike’s mission to create world-class footwear by leading manufacturing and product excellence, elevating Footwear quality and proliferate modernization manufacturing. Your work will align with global engineering strategies and deliver meaningful impact locally.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables:
- Early engage & align with Product Creation to ensure manufacturability, process efficiency & risks are addressed thru product teardown meetings & tech package validations.
- Drive & track Commercialization Transition & trial calibration effectiveness.
- Provide footwear expertise to scale new capabilities and innovations and confirm manufacturing readiness at the factory level.
- Accountable for ensuring factory progress against Nike strategic goals and adherence to Nike’s manufacturing and quality standards.
- Coach and empower Partner teams to strengthen technical & communication capabilities, embed manufacturing best practices, and drive sustainable improvements in product quality and operational excellence.
- Partner with Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Manufacturing Partner teams to evaluate effectiveness of global strategic initiatives.
Product & Manufacturing Excellence:
- Ensure Nike standards are met throughout development, commercialization, production and provide inputs to resolve issues.
- Drive Standardization, Automation and Optimization initiatives across manufacturing sites.Collaborate with Product Creation, Manufacturing Partners and Manufacturing Systems Engineering teams to facilitate the transition and scale of advanced manufacturing capabilities.
- Support implementation and proliferation of digital systems and tools to improve manufacturing effectiveness and performance.
- Ensure standardized and consistent metrics at factory sites, review data, identify opportunities and validate partner plans and solutions to deliver improvements.
- Partner with Manufacturing System Engineering and factory teams to scale foundational elements of Quality Management System (QMS), use real time data to validate effectiveness of factory QMS, identify and close gaps in fact.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
