Smart Factory Design/Promotion Manager
Core
Lead automation strategy and project management across three domestic factories to standardize automation infrastructure, maximize ROI, and advance towards Lights-Off and autonomous factory operations.
Role type
Senior Factory Automation Strategy & Project Manager
Builds
Standardized automation foundations, AMR/robot/AI inspection cells, and data visualization dashboards for manufacturing efficiency.
Domain
Manufacturing / Industrial Automation / Smart Factory
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Factory automation equipment implementation, production technology/process improvement, multi-department project leadership, English business communication, Japanese business communication
Preferred skills
AMR/robot/AI inspection introduction experience, MES/manufacturing data platform knowledge, PLC/control system design, Lights-Off factory promotion, large-scale PM/PMO leadership, vendor negotiation, organizational management
Technologies
AMR, collaborative robots, vertical articulated robots, visual inspection AI, MES, FDC/SPC systems
Responsibilities
Create and drive FA roadmaps for three factories, prioritize automation themes and evaluate ROI, standardize work standards and process designs across factories, manage AMR/robot/AI cell projects from planning to launch, conduct bottleneck surveys and define requirements for FA application, collect and analyze equipment data to operate KPI dashboards, coordinate with factory managers, production tech, quality, IT/DX, and overseas factories, manage domestic factory team members
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities