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Associate Value Stream Director

Mars
CHN-Zhejiang-Jiaxing Posted Sep 14, 2026
Full-timeOn-site

About this role

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

  • Understand the histories, the practices, assess the strengths and opportunities of the current operation strategies and executions to join strategy definition in site-level and deploy to department goal and plans

  • Initiate organization activities in line with business strategy to develop simple, efficient capable organization in Mars way

  • Ensure operations to meet supply demand request.

  • Work with Safety Committee to ensure safety compliance, promote safety culture and establish safety working environment for all associates

  • Produce high quality products with guidance of Mars QMP system and local regulations

  • Deliver on time service with cooperation with cross-functional teams

  • Embed MSE system and tools to drive continuous productivity improvement.

  • Drive PDCA improvement cycle for business results and capability grow.

  • Accountable for MCC (from raw material to finished product), manage the supply operation budget, ensure budget implementation in cost efficiency way

  • Drive energy saving to realize SiG

  • Recruit develop associates in Mars ways to build up healthy talent pipeline.

  • Develop and maintain work atmosphere with trust, innovation, teamwork, high morale associate’s ownership and accountability to cultivate associates engagement.

  • Operation system/standard build maintain and continuous optimization.

  • Work with technical team to ensure equipment reliability.

  • Works with factory management team with effective communication to collaborate with each other to achieve factory goals.

  • Job Specifications/Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required in Science or Engineering

  • Formal training or certification in 6-sigma (Black Belt), or TPM, or Lean.

  • 8+ years of Supply Chain experience in a food or other FMCG manufacturing facility

  • Minimum 3 years in factory as manufacturing manager for a large production/manufacturing operation

  • Experience of leading a large production operation and being part of the factory leadership team

  • Experience with facilitating and training various teams on continuous improvements.

  • Preparing and delivering presentations and recommendations to senior management

  • Strong business acumen built through cross functional team a factory assignments

  • Developing relationships with peers and front-line associates

  • Incumbent needs to understand the mechanical operation, industrial safety, the Manufacturing Resource Planning II (MRPII). Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and HACCP and WQMS.

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