Executive - Industrial Engineering

Executive ‐ Industrial Engineering 

(Based At Embilipitiya)

MAS Active, a key division of MAS Holdings, is a global leader in athleisure and performance wear, engineered for agility, comfort, and endurance. With a sharp focus on blending cutting-edge sports technology with contemporary fashion, MAS Active serves some of the world’s most iconic brands including lululemon, Patagonia, Lacoste, LKSD, Arcteryx, Vuori, and Gymshark. From next-to-skin wearables to smart apparel that tracks fitness metrics and workout analytics, MAS Active is at the forefront of apparel innovation, delivering solutions trusted by elite athletes, fitness professionals, and global celebrities alike. By combining deep domain expertise in performance-wear with sustainable innovation, MAS Active is not just shaping the future of apparel, but redefining how the world moves, trains, and lives.

Empower transformation by becoming a driving force of change at MAS Active. This role enables the individual to act as a technical bridge between design, merchandising, and manufacturing, ensuring product feasibility, cost efficiency, and production readiness. It fosters innovation in construction methods, promotes accurate costing, and drives operational improvements across the product development cycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct development meetings in order to discuss critical operations in order to identify most suitable construction method for samples, upon receiving sketches from the relevant merchandisers
• Calculate and advice Standard Minute Value (SMV) to merchandisers based on the sketch received, whilst incorporating revisions from relevant persons in order to ensure accuracy in calculation
• Coordinate with the factory to provide operations breakdown in order to ensure factory is aware of production requirement and is able to adhere to details, after SMV is dispatched to Merchandiser 
• Obtain video clips related to the sewing process from factories, uploading relevant data onto the General Sewing Data (GSD) system and analyse sewing methods in order to initiate system improvements where possible
• Work alongside Method Study and arrive at solutions for difficult product constructions in order to ensure samples are constructed, sewn to required specifications in a timely and accurate manner
• Liaise with the Central Mechanical team and agree on, discuss the machine details relevant to new constructions and ensure the cost effectiveness of same whilst providing alternative options if required

Knowledge And Skills:

• Degree in Physical Science  
• 1 - 2 years of work experience in a similar capacity 
• Good Knowledge of Work Study aspects and the production process
• Good communication and leadership skills