Job Title: Vice President, Operations
Reports to: President
Location: Taichung
 

Position Summary

A critical leadership role responsible for end-to-end operational execution for company’s specialty sports group business globally, with direct accountability for all manufacturing operations in the Asia Pacific region. This role will serve as a key strategic partner to the President, helping to translate business strategy into world-class execution across global business operations.
 
In Asia Pacific, this role will directly lead all manufacturing operations, including multi-site production, supply chain management, quality assurance, and regional expansion initiatives. Globally, this role will drive operational excellence across the business - partnering cross-functionally to ensure that global functions and sites are aligned, efficient, and scalable to meet the business unit’s commercial, innovation, and growth goals.
 

Position Responsibilities

Global Operations Leadership

• Partner closely with the President to define and execute operational strategies that support growth, innovation, and customer satisfaction globally.
• Collaborate with senior leaders across the business to ensure operational alignment with business unit and company-wide priorities.
• Contribute to long-term planning, organizational design, and capability building with the global operations function.
• Lead strategic initiatives that expand operational capacity, reduce cost, and improve responsiveness across the bike business.

Asia Pacific Manufacturing Leadership

• Lead multi-site manufacturing operations across the Asia Pacific region, ensuring world-class execution across quality, delivery, cost, and safety.
• Oversee all regional plant operations and cross-functional functions including QA/QC, quality systems, customer operations, production planning, procurement, logistics, and EHS.
• Ensure alignment of operational activities with global business priorities and growth strategy.

Supply Chain Management & Procurement

• Oversee direct and indirect material sourcing strategies in the region; drive supplier performance, development, and resilience in partnership with Sourcing.
• Champion a best-in-class procurement model that balances quality, agility, and cost-efficiency.es.

Regional Expansion & New Project Execution

• Drive site selection, setup, and operationalization of new manufacturing locations in Asia Pacific.
• Lead capital project execution, organizational ramp-up, and cross-functional alignment for new market entry initiatives.

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Build and inspire a high-performance operations team through strong leadership, coaching, and accountability.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence, and ethical business practices.

 

Specific Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required:

• Deep expertise in end-to-end supply chain management, quality systems, lean manufacturing, and supplier development.
• Proven ability to support complex product portfolios across multiple business units.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-country operations and new manufacturing site development in Asia.
• Strong executive presence, cross-cultural fluency, and exceptional stakeholder influence skills.
• Strong personal integrity and data-driven decision-making.
• Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity while balancing strategic and tactical priorities.
• Exceptional communicator and cross-functional collaborator across cultures and geographies.
• Respected people leader who develops talent, drives accountability, and builds trust.

 

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field; MBA or advanced degree.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in global or regional manufacturing roles, preferably in consumer products, or advanced manufacturing environments.
• International experience strongly preferred.

 

 
Qualified and interested Parties please apply with your CV in Word format to patty.yang@morganphilips.com. You can also reach Patty at +886-2-7750-5722
 
Please note, that while Morgan Philips welcomes and appreciates all candidate response, volume of replies allows us to respond to short-listed candidates only. Resumes are collected for recruitment purposes only.