Senior Manufacturing Engineer

This role includes responsibility to engage early and align with Product Creation to ensure manufacturability, process efficiency and risks are addressed through product teardown meetings and tech package validations, and drive and track Commercialisation Transition and trial calibration effectiveness.

• Engage early and align with Product Creation to ensure manufacturability, process efficiency and risks are addressed through product teardown meetings and tech package validations.
• Drive and track Commercialisation Transition and trial calibration effectiveness.
• Provide footwear expertise to scale new capabilities and innovations and confirm manufacturing readiness at factory level.
• Ensure factory progress against Nike strategic goals and adherence to Nike's manufacturing and quality standards.
• Coach and empower Partner teams to strengthen technical and communication capabilities, embed manufacturing best practices, and drive sustainable improvements in product quality and operational excellence.
• Partner with Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Manufacturing Partner teams to evaluate effectiveness of global strategic initiatives.
• Ensure Nike standards are met throughout development, commercialisation and production, and provide inputs to resolve issues.
• Drive Standardisation, Automation and Optimisation initiatives across manufacturing sites, and collaborate with Product Creation, Manufacturing Partners and Manufacturing Systems Engineering teams to facilitate the transition and scale of advanced manufacturing capabilities.
• Support implementation and proliferation of digital systems and tools to improve manufacturing effectiveness and performance.
• Ensure standardised and consistent metrics at factory sites, review data, identify opportunities and validate partner plans and solutions to deliver improvements
• 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, and identify and close gaps in fact.

• Minimum 5 years relevant industry experience (chemical, manufacturing, industrial or mechanical engineering).
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of lasts, footwear patterns, tooling, basic chemical engineering, and manufacturing processes.
• Excellent communication in English (written and verbal).
• Solid project and time management skills, including identifying and managing risks and issues.
• Demonstrated experience working with multiple functions/stakeholders.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise workload, and apply critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Ability to drive and coach teams with courage and influence on mastering the fundamentals.
• Comfortable with occasional travel (up to 15-20%) to Thanh Hoa and Ninh Binh provinces and flexible to work across global time zones.
• Confident in standard MS Office programs and business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

• Knowledge of various footwear constructions is preferred.
• Mandarin is a plus.