Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Nike · Vietnam
SENIOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
VIETNAM
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
The role is based in Vietnam and reporting to the Footwear Senior Manufacturing Manager, you will join the Footwear Manufacturing & Engineering team. You will collaborate with Product Creation, Innovation, Chemical Engineering, Costing, Manufacturing Systems Engineering and our Manufacturing Partners to develop products, optimize processes and patterns, sustain manufacturing systems, and deliver on our commitment to the athlete*. You will also work across functions to troubleshoot and improve existing production processes.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Senior Manufacturing Engineer is one of the keys to driving Manufacturing and Product 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.
A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience); a master’s in Tooling Engineering or Pattern Engineer or similar is a big plus.
Minimum 2 - 3 years relevant industry (chemical, manufacturing, industrial or mechanical engineering).
Experience in the footwear industry is preferred.
A strategic thinker who thrives in complex environments and knows how to build strong relationships across internal and external partners.
Excellent communication in English (written and verbal), with solid project and time management skills.
Comfortable with occasional travel (up to 10%) and flexible enough to work across global time zones.
Skilled in identifying and managing risks and issues.
Confident using standard Microsoft Office tools.
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:
Accountable for ensuring factory progress against Nike strategic goals and adherence to Nike’s manufacturing and quality standards.
Monitor and track operations at manufacturing sites to ensure alignment with Nike strategies.
Provide footwear expertise to scale new capabilities and innovations at the factory level.
Drive manufacturability validation of Innovation technology and confirm manufacturing readiness.
Work with Manufacturing & Engineering leadership and factory teams to support correct application of standardized best practices at factory workshop floor.
Partner with Footwear Manufacturing Systems Engineering and manufacturing factory teams to evaluate effectiveness of global strategic initiatives.
Manufacturing Excellence:
Ensure Nike standards are met throughout development, commercialization and provide inputs to resolve issues.
Collaborate with Product Creation, Manufacturing Partners and Manufacturing Systems Engineering teams to facilitate the transition and scale of advanced manufacturing capabilities.
Assess the overall effectiveness of processes and process changes.
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.
Product Excellence:
Connect Manufacturing with Product Creation to ensure manufacturability and process efficiency is addressed at factory sites.
Drive franchise model Calibration, Standardization and Optimization initiatives across manufacturing sites.
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 factory QMS.
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