Business Unit, Director

The Business Unit Director is responsible for implementing, monitoring and ensuring that best processes is being followed properly to attain the set Deckers Supply Chain initiatives and objectives:

1. Responsible for managing all commercialization activities and production operations as well as quality in his/her assigned group of partner factories.
2. Coordinates and leads the team when communicating with other functional teams.
3. Becomes the Deckers lead representative in his/her assigned group of partner factories

Job Descriptions:

• Oversee operations in the factory from commercialization to finished goods final inspection.
• Maintain communication and coordination with other functional departments that is essential to running his operations group.
• Coordinate with different stakeholders for proper transfer of projects to be produced in his assigned factories.
• To coordinate and communicate with location factories technical and production teams in executing the proper and agreed upon process standards
• To coordinate with the factory in ensuring that production resources are available to meet production plans and shipment schedules.
• To continuously look for opportunities to improve production efficiency, quality and costs and lead managers in implementing improvement programs.
• Leads and manages direct reports including: commercialization, Production and Quality and other affiliated staff working with his assigned factories.
• To ensure quality integrity of products that are being produced and shipped by factories under his group.
• Establishes quarterly KPIs for all the staff in the team as well factories under his group.
• To ensure factories compliance to Deckers Ethical Supply Chain Guidelines, Restricted Substances policies, and Product Security Programs.

Qualifications:

A university graduate, diploma/certificate holder of at least a four-years course

At least 15 years solid and on-hand experience in footwear manufacturing management

At least 10 years experience in general management of a regional manufacturing operations center.

1. Have expert knowledge to develop strategic vision and provide unique insight to the overall direction and success of organization
2. Acts as a trusted advisor and becomes involved in the business units decision-making process in relation to BU requirements.
3. Works with a long-term perspective in addressing the business's production requirement.
4. Set the climate and create culture to attain the business unit's focused outcomes.
5. Demonstrate the personal commitment to fulfilling the business requirement in a timely and satisfactory manner.
6. Must have good communication and presentation skill and well versed in English communication
7. Should possess good general management and strong leadership skills
8. Must have thorough knowledge shoe-manufacturing processes and details.
9. Should show proof of strong technical knowledge in shoe manufacturing.
10. Should possess impeccable integrity.
11. Understanding of basic financial management including budgeting and expense management.
12. Knowledge and in-depth understanding of footwear product creation process.
13. Should have basic knowledge of e-mail communication systems.