engineering
Posted May 8Senior Lead - Footwear Lab Standard & Method Engineer
at Ooon
Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamOn-site
Responsibilities
- Drive cross‑functional collaboration product development, sourcing, quality, and compliance stakeholders to ensure integrated lab processes.
- Ensure structured escalation of operational issues, capability gaps, and compliance risks to Zurich labs, while actively gathering and representing supplier feedback to drive continuous improvement and expansion of the global laboratory framework.
- Lead initiatives to eliminate regional variability and ensure reliable, repeatable methodology across labs.
- Identify process gaps and lead projects that improve automation, standardization, and lab output value.
Requirements
- High level of efficiency and consistency across Asia labs in compliance, data quality, and execution of test methods.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, Materials, Chemistry, or related field (advanced degree preferred). 10+ years of
- experience in laboratory leadership, quality systems, or testing operations within the textile/apparel/consumer product industries. Proven
- experience in developing and implementing guidelines, governance frameworks, and standardized operating procedures.
- experience working with global cross‑functional teams.
- Demonstrated ability to drive improvement projects, audits, and compliance across complex environments. •
- Experience in lab data systems, reporting tools development and implementation.
- experience in global roll‑out of standards and lab governance highly desirable. Meet the Team
Additional details
- You will work in a fast-paced environment that offers autonomy and opportunities for growth.
- As the Senior Lead – Laboratory for the Asia region, you will be instrumental in delivering world‑class laboratory operations aligned to global standards while driving localized execution, governance, and collaboration.
- You will act as the primary bridge between regional labs and the Zurich global lab leadership, ensuring consistency, data reliability, governance, and continuous improvement across all lab practices.
- You will champion standardization of processes, support local lab teams with training and operational excellence, and provide strategic input to enhance lab systems and reporting globally. Your Mission
- Global Guidelines & Local Roll‑Out: Lead implementation and roll‑out of global lab guidelines, procedures, and standards across all labs in the Asia region. Translate global
- requirements into clear, actionable local practices, ensuring alignment with both global expectations and local realities.
- Collaboration & Leadership: Act as a strong partner to the Zurich Global Lab Lead offering timely feedback, actionable insights, and strategic input into the development and refinement of global lab frameworks.
- Leading central lab team members to work collaboratively with operation lab specialists on driving to the same business direction.
- Supplier Representation & Transparency: Serve as the regional point of transparency for laboratory expectations and
- requirements across Tier 1 and Tier 2 business partners.