Lean Supervisor

Date: 3 Sept 2026

Location: Hefei, AH, CN, 230012

Company: Corning

  • Identify manufacturing opportunities including productivity, capacity and cost through lean method
  • Build up plant lean structure and roadmap. Take lead to make sure the implementation
  • Improve plant lean culture and awareness

 

  • Identifies areas of potential manufacturing related productivity, capacity, and/or quality improvements, performs cost studies and justification analysis. Setup plant lean roadmap with newest lean concept.
  • Lead and implement improvements initiatives using Lean Manufacturing techniques to improve productivity, capacity, and/or quality when necessary.
  • Ownership of plant wide lean system: Facilitator; Coaching; Implementation; Audit; Data tracking.
  • Site champion for lean: proliferate usage of lean tools throughout the plant at all levels;
  • Sets up plant wide manufacturing database; Manufacturing waste/loss data collection and analysis
  • Leader/Key team member of lean projects
  • Key coordinator of TPM and TWI program
  • Communicates ideas and status clearly and professionally through graphic and written media, and oral presentations. Provides necessary documentation of activities and results.
  • Deliver Lean training and activity to promote lean culture
  • Early involve in lean design for future expansion/Capital project

 

Education & Experience  
•    Bachelor’s degree or above in Engineering. Industrial Engineering background is preferred
•    5+ years’ experience on lean or IE position
•    3+ years’ experience on the position of lean supervisor or manager 
•    Strong record of results for a multi-national company
•    Experience implementing Lean in a manufacturing environment including use of approaches such as (but not limited to); 
−    5S 
−    Kaizen Events & DMAIC process 
−    Value stream mapping 
−    Pull systems and kanban 
−    Standardized work 
−    Set up time reduction analysis
−    TPM and TWI 

Required Skills                                                
•    Working knowledge of: 5S, kaizen, Lean/Simplification, cycle time reduction, cost analysis, Value Stream Mapping, line Balance/staffing, work cell design.
•    Knowledge of (Lean) organizational design
•    Auto CAD Computer Design tools.
•    Fluent in written and oral English
•    Excellent data analysis and presentation skills

Desired Skills  
•    Excellent project management and communication skills 
•    Knowledge of manufacturing excellence tools (AME, KT)
•    Working experience with a MNC is preferred.

Soft Skills                                                
•    Can do attitude
•    Sense of urgency
•    Self-motivated, independent, flexible, quick learner and result & detail-oriented
•    Ability to build effective working relationships with others across the company
•    Ability to promote culture