Factory Director (Garment|HCM & Vinh Long)

• Lead and manage the overall operations of all sewing factories, covering multiple production lines and shifts.
• Manage Sewing Factory Directors and ensure consistent operating standards across all factories.
• Develop and execute production and capacity plans to meet customer delivery schedules.
• Monitor key operational KPIs, including output, efficiency, productivity, OTIF, defect rate, rework rate, overtime, and cost.
• Ensure effective coordination among Cutting, Sewing, Finishing, and Packing processes.

Lead and coordinate the following centralized sewing functions:

• Sewing Planning: Capacity planning, production scheduling, order allocation, manpower planning, and delivery monitoring.
• Sewing R&: Sewing method development, technical improvement, process standardization, and new product feasibility.
• Sewing Sample Room: Sample development, sample quality, lead-time management, and readiness for bulk production.
• Sewing Outsourcing: Subcontractor selection, capacity allocation, production progress, cost, delivery, compliance, and performance control.
• Sewing HR / Cost Management: Workforce planning, labor-cost control, factory HR coordination, productivity analysis, and operational budget monitoring.

• Oversee factory QC operations through the Sewing Factory Directors.
• Ensure effective in-line, end-line, and final quality-control processes.
• Monitor defects, rework, rejection rates, and quality-related production losses.
• Lead corrective and preventive actions for production quality issues.
• Coordinate closely with the QA function under the Sales Director to ensure compliance with buyer requirements and quality standards.
• Support QA investigations and corrective-action implementation when quality issues are related to factory operations.

• Lead, coach, and develop Sewing Factory Directors and the managers of Sewing Planning, Sewing R&, Sewing Sample Room, Sewing Outsourcing, and Sewing HR / Cost.
• Build a culture of discipline, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive manpower planning, skills development, performance management, and succession planning.
• Ensure the right organizational structure and workforce allocation across all sewing factories.
• Develop capable factory-management teams and future successors.

• Manage sewing budgets and control labor, outsourcing, overtime, rework, and other operating costs.
• Optimize factory capacity, manpower, machinery, and resource utilization.
• Lead productivity improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, SMV reduction, and line-balancing methods.
• Drive automation and semi-automation projects, including automated sewing equipment, material-handling systems, RFID tracking, and production-monitoring tools.
• Collaborate with technical and engineering teams to evaluate and implement appropriate technologies.
• Reduce waste, idle time, overtime, quality losses, and dependency on manual labor.

• Ensure all sewing factories and outsourcing partners comply with applicable social, environmental, labor, and safety requirements.
• Maintain compliance with relevant standards such as WRAP, BSCI, ISO, EHS, and C-TPAT.
• Ensure safe working conditions and adherence to company policies and legal requirements.
• Cooperate with relevant corporate functions during customer, compliance, and safety audits.

• Coordinate with Sales, Merchandising, QA, R&BD, Supply Chain, and other relevant functions to achieve business and customer objectives.
• Ensure that Sewing R& and the Sample Room meet new product development and production-readiness timelines.
• Support digital transformation projects relating to production planning, monitoring, costing, and reporting.
• Drive process innovation and operational-standardization projects across all sewing factories.

Provide the CEO with regular reports on factory performance, risks, costs, capacity, and improvement plans.

• Bachelor’s degree in Garment Technology, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical/Automation Engineering, or related fields.

• Minimum 12–15 years of experience in garment manufacturing, including at least five years in a senior multi-factory or factory-management position.
• Strong experience in export-oriented knit garment manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience managing large-scale operations of approximately 80 sewing lines and 3,000 employees is highly desirable.
• Proven experience in production planning, sewing operations, outsourcing management, cost control, and factory performance improvement.
• Proven track record in implementing automation or operational-improvement projects.

• Proficiency in English

• Comprehensive understanding of garment manufacturing and sewing processes.
• Strong knowledge of Industrial Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, SMED, line balancing, and productivity improvement.
• Good understanding of sewing quality-control systems and the coordination between factory QC and independent QA functions.
• Knowledge of buyer requirements and compliance standards for major international brands.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, and people-management skills.
• Strong financial awareness in labor-cost control, operational budgeting, and factory costing.
• Good project-management and change-management capabilities.
• Fluent English communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Proficiency in ERP, MES, production-monitoring systems, automation tools, and Microsoft Office.

• Willingness to travel and relocate is required. The position is open to candidates of all nationalities, including but not limited to those from Vietnam, South Korea