Director Lean Transformation & Continuous Improvement

Why this role matters

• Creates a repeatable regional system for productivity improvement, simplification and operational discipline.
• Translates value-stream insight into actions that improve lead time, flow, capacity, quality and delivery performance.
• Builds internal capability so Lean transformation is owned by the business rather than dependent on a central expert.
• Provides fact-based visibility to leadership on benefits, barriers, risks and resource needs.

Accountabilities What the Director will own 2. Value-stream transformation and productivity 3. Capability building and change leadership 4. Governance, benefits and communication 5. Cross-functional integration

• Regional Lean strategy and deployment
• Translate enterprise operations and growth priorities into a focused CHINA Lean transformation roadmap.
• Expand the Coherent Lean System within the region by continual deployment of standards, governance routines and maturity expectations.
• Prioritize value streams and improvement opportunities using customer demand, revenue contribution, cost, gross margin improvement, risk, lead time and capacity data.
• Align site leaders and functional partners on transformation milestones, owners, resources and expected value.
• Lead Kaien Projects focused on current-state and future-state value-stream mapping, including material, information and decision flows.
• Identify and remove the 8 wastes within the value streams such as defects, over production, waiting, non-utilized talent, transportation, excess inventory, excess motion, extra processing and other forms of waste.
• Scale flow, pull, line balancing, takt-based kanban planning, right-sized batch sizes, standard work and visual management.
• Build improvement portfolios that link operational actions to productivity, gross margin, working capital and customer outcomes.
• Develop a regional network of Lean leaders, Kaizen facilitators, site champions and transformation practitioners.
• Design and deliver practical capability-building, including Lean fundamentals, problem solving, Kaizen, VSM and leader standard work.
• Coach leaders at all levels to sustain new behaviors through daily management, tiered accountability and transparent escalation.
• Build an inclusive transformation culture that engages frontline employees and respects local cultural and operating differences.
• Establish a consistent cadence for reviewing project status, realized benefits, risks, dependencies and decisions required.
• Create concise executive briefings and operating reviews that make performance, priorities and barriers visible.
• Ensure benefits are baselined, validated with Finance and tracked through realization rather than claimed at project launch.
• Share successful practices across CHINA and with global Lean communities to accelerate replication.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, EHS, Procurement, Finance, HR and IT to remove systemic barriers.
• Integrate Lean priorities with S&OP, capacity planning, quality improvement, digital enablement and site strategic planning.
• Support leadership decisions on organization, staffing, capital, technology and resource allocation required for transformation.

SUCCESS PROFILE How Performance Will Be Assessed First 12–18 months: expected outcomes

• Establish the system — Launch a clear CHINA Lean deployment model, governance cadence, maturity baseline and prioritized regional roadmap.
• Deliver visible wins — Demonstrate measurable improvements in selected value streams, with documented impact on flow, lead time, productivity, quality, delivery or working capital.
• Build the network — Develop site leaders and facilitators who can independently lead Kaizen, VSM and daily-management routines.
• Scale what works — Replicate proven practices across sites and product families while adapting implementation to local conditions.
• Strengthen executive visibility — Provide leadership with clear, decision-ready reporting on value, barriers, risks and resource requirements.

Core performance measures Measure category Illustrative indicators Business value Validated productivity, gross-margin contribution, cost avoidance, capacity release and working-capital improvement

Flow and delivery Lead time, throughput, on-time delivery, queue time, batch size, schedule adherence and flow efficiency

Quality and stability First-pass yield, defects, rework, corrective-action closure and process capability

Capability and sustainability Certified facilitators, leader standard work, daily-management adoption, project sustainment and replication rate

Culture Commitment Ensure adherence to company’s values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.:

I ntegrity – Create an Environment of Trust

C ollaboration – Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas

A ccountability – Own the Process and the Outcome

R espect – Recognize the Value in Everyone

E nthusiasm – Find a Sense of Purpose in Work

About Us Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. Coherent provides a comprehensive career development platform within an environment that challenges employees to perform at their best, while rewarding excellence and hard-work through a competitive compensation program. It's an exciting opportunity to work for a company that offers stability, longevity and growth. Come Join Us!

Note to recruiters and employment agencies: We will not pay for unsolicited resumes from recruiters and employment agencies unless we have a signed agreement and have required assistance, in writing, for a specific opening.

About The Team 高意通讯（深圳）有限公司成立于2013年12月11日，是COHERENT高意众多分支机构中的一员，坐落于深圳福田保税区凤凰道2号，毗邻香港，与美丽的香港米埔自然保护区仅有一河之隔，主要研制、开发光电子和通讯元器件、半导体光学材料、宽带网络通信设备，以及通信软件的开发，并提供相关技术咨询和技术服务，总占地面积7320平方米，拥有超过3000平方米的净化间厂房，超过800名员工。

Coherent Gaoyi Shenzhen was established on December 11, 2013, which is one of the many branches of Coherent, located at No.2 Phoenix Road, Futian Free Trade Zone, Shenzhen. The company is adjacent to Hong Kong and just across the river from the beautiful Mi Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong. Coherent Shenzhen is specializing in the manufacturing and development of optoelectronics and communication components, optical semiconductor, broadband network equipment as well as communication software development and provide related technical consulting and technical services of it. The company covers 7320 square meters with more than 3,000 square meters cleanroom. There are more than 800 skilled employees.