Senior Manufacturing Engineer

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer within the Footwear Manufacturing and Engineering team, the role drives operational improvements, ensures product and process excellence, and supports sustainable growth across Nike's Manufacturing Partners. The position works closely with teams across the enterprise, including Product Creation, Sourcing, Chemical Engineering, Modernisation, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and Manufacturing Partners. It engages with leadership in Manufacturing and Engineering, as well as factory teams, to ensure the proper implementation of standardised best practices on the factory workshop floor.

• Drive operational improvements, ensure product and process excellence, and support sustainable growth across Nike's Manufacturing Partners.
• Collaborate with Product Creation, Manufacturing Partners, and Manufacturing Systems Engineering teams to drive effective activation of advanced manufacturing capabilities.
• Connect with Product Creation to ensure manufacturability and process efficiency is addressed at factory site.
• Ensure Nike standards are met throughout commercialisation and provide inputs to resolve issues.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Systems Engineer to scale foundation elements of Quality Management Systems (QMS) and assess their effectiveness.
• Partner with manufacturing teams and factory partners to drive process efficiency and ensure compliance with Nike's manufacturing and quality standards.
• Utilise footwear expertise and assessment tools to scale new capabilities and innovations at the factory level.
• Assess and support new facility ramp up optimisation and engineering readiness.
• Engage with leadership in Manufacturing and Engineering, as well as factory teams, to ensure the proper implementation of standardised best practices on the factory workshop floor.
• Partner with Footwear Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Manufacturing factory teams to evaluate effectiveness of global strategic initiatives.

• Minimum 6 years of experience in manufacturing.
• Bachelor's degree in technical engineering, industrial and manufacturing.
• Robust engineering background.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Effective team player.
• Clear communication skills.
• Leadership capabilities to guide factory partners.
• Understand the use of data and application of statistical methods and tools, and leverage data for fact-based decision making.
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to interact effectively with others.
• Proficient communication skills in English, both written and spoken, to engage with multiple stakeholders at a high level.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise workload, critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Ability to drive and coach teams with courage, and influence on mastering the fundamentals.

• Experience in footwear manufacturing.