Your Job

As the Manager, Regional Continuous Improvement for the Asia Supply Chain Hub, your primary responsibility is to lead Lean strategies for logistics and distribution across the Asia Pacific region. You will drive efforts to create and enhance warehousing processes by leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and digital solutions. This role positions you as a change agent, fostering a culture of digitization, simplification, and continuous improvement while ensuring operational excellence and value generation across the supply chain.

Our Team

You will be joining the Global Logistics division, working closely with the Director of Supply Chain Logistics for APAC and supervising key team members.Based in Singapore, this role will involve collaboration with a diverse group of professionals and external partners, including 3PL providers, to optimize logistics operations. The team operates in a dynamic, fast-paced environment focused on innovation, data-driven decision-making, and operational excellence.

What You Will Do

• As a Continuous Improvement Manager, responsibilities with a contribution mindset include, but are not limited to:
• Lead the execution of logistics vision and strategy; identify and resolve critical business process gaps and opportunities. Collaborate with functional, divisional and business leaders to develop strategic deployment planning
• Propose, Develop specific goals and priorities that drive digital and lean principles and concepts across the divisions. Responsible for creating and implementing short- and long-term value improvement plans and node & network blueprint for the Asia Pacific region.
• Serve as a change agent by influencing, communicating, and institutionalizing a culture of digitization, simplification and standardization.
• Lead and ensure a Lean culture at the various manufacturing and finished goods hubs while foster employee engagement in Lean activities and broad understanding of Lean concepts and principles. Develop and coach Lean skills and competencies at all levels of the organization.
• Lead implementation of Lean actions which drive quality, safety, continuous improvement, teamwork, and customer on time in full deliveries.
• Direct Lean initiatives for the hubs, including developing value improvement programs with technology, capability and talent roadmaps, Kaizen planning, and related events. Ensure the successful deployment and application of Lean practices such as 5S and Standard Work in all areas.
• Leverage data analytics to drive informed decision-making across teams and all assets
• Manage talent and performance, ensuring priorities align with divisional strategies, development objectives to grow skills and knowledge, and performance feedback.
• Drive EHS and Quality compliance, incorporating critical safety, quality, and environmental elements into programs and strategies.
• Manage end-to-end LEAN/operational excellence projects for logistics and factory operations, including process redesign and efficiency gains.
• Facilitate collaboration between 3PL providers and factory staff, optimizing logistics operations through shared workflows and performance metrics.
• Hands-on experience in logistics/factory LEAN transformation, including consulting and operational excellence project management.
• Demonstrated success in 3PL-factory collaboration, logistics operation optimization, and cross-functional mediation.
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt/Black Belt) or equivalent continuous improvement credentials.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience in an industrial or manufacturing, Logistics environment
• Proven experience leading Kaizen and Lean projects, including transfer programs management.
• 8-10 years of experience leading Lean programs at the site level.
• Proficient in Lean principles - 3P concepts, Problem Solving(using PSP), DMS, VSM.
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt/Black Belt) or equivalent continuous improvement credentials.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Master degree or equivalent educational background on LEAN, Statistics, Information technologies, Generative AI to drive digital LEAN program
• Experience with Coupa-Llamasoft, Kinaxis, Infor Control and SAP ERP.
• Knowledge of business systems, engineering, manufacturing, and financial systems.

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

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