Continuous Improvement Specialist

Continuous Improvement Specialist (Base Rojana Nongyai IE. Transportation provide)

We are a fast-growing startup company in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, known for our high-quality products and innovative approach. We are committed to delivering high-quality products from our state-of-the-art facility, ensuring a sustainably sourced and unadulterated process. We are currently looking for talented and driven individuals to join our team and contribute to our ongoing success.

About the role

The Continuous Improvement Specialist is responsible for driving structured improvement initiatives across the factory, focusing on productivity, waste reduction, OEE improvement, cost optimization, process standardization, and capability building. The role works closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, Planning, and support functions to identify losses, lead improvement projects, and embed a continuous improvement culture.

Key responsibilities

• Support development and deployment of the factory continuous improvement roadmap.
• Identify improvement opportunities across production, engineering, quality, warehouse, planning, and support areas.
• Lead and facilitate improvement projects to improve safety, quality, cost, delivery, productivity, and morale.
• Drive structured problem solving using Lean, Kaizen, PDCA, DMAIC, 5 Why, fishbone analysis, Pareto analysis, and other CI tools.
• Track improvement project progress, savings, benefits realization, and sustainability of results.
• Analyze losses related to downtime, speed loss, minor stops, defects, waste, yield loss, labor productivity, and material usage.
• Work with Production and Engineering to improve OEE and line performance.
• Support waste reduction, changeover reduction, manpower optimization, and process flow improvement.
• Lead 5S implementation, audit programs, workplace organization improvement, and shopfloor visual management.
• Support TPM activities, including autonomous maintenance, planned maintenance, and focused improvement.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Food Engineering, Business Operations, Supply Chain, or related field.
• Minimum 4 to 7 years of experience in continuous improvement, operational excellence, manufacturing excellence, production improvement, or industrial engineering.
• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, TPM, problem solving, OEE, and productivity improvement.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to work with production and operational data.
• Good command of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Able to communicate effectively in Thai and English.
• Experience in food, beverage, dairy, plant-based, FMCG, or high-volume manufacturing is preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt or Green Belt certification would be an advantage.
• Experience with Power BI, Minitab, SAP, or other reporting tools would be an advantage.