Role: Production & Manufacturing - Other
Industry Type: FMCG
Department: Production, Manufacturing & Engineering
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Role Category: Production & Manufacturing - Other
UG: B.Tech / B.E. in Any Specialization
Role & responsibilities Job Purpose: To ensure manufacturing readiness of the unit as per volume projection and oversee implementation of manufacturing process related improvements for the category within budgets and timelines in order to meet the annual operating plan targets. Principal Accountabilities: Ensure execution of the manufacturing plans for the unit within the stipulated budgets and timelines. Review the execution of operations plans on a regular basis and guide the team in resolving process bottlenecks. Ensure conformity to the laid down quality guidelines and ensure that key issues in quality are resolved in a timely way.HOHOHOH Review the units performance against key indices like productivity, capacity utilization, quality, and prioritize the action areas to improve the metrics. Recommend key interventions to enhance yield, utilization and productivity. Lead the institutionalization of new lines / augmentation of existing lines at the unit for capacity optimization in coordination with the Projects team. Guide the team for commercial scale production of new products / manufacturing changes related to new SKUs. Knowledge: Basic understanding of manufacturing processes, productivity and quality parameters, costs, throughput etc Knowledge of regulatory compliance for a manufacturing plant with respect to labor, machinery, safety, infrastructure Review the overhead requirements and related cost budget (fixed and variable) prepared by respective departments at the factory Knowledge of commercial processes like budgeting, costing, ROI computation, IRR computation, hurdle rates etc; Knowledge of process improvement tools like TQM, TPM, Six sigma, Kaizen.
Skills
Strong analytical ability Good Communication Skills Excellent Problem Solving Ability Interpersonal skills; Negotiation skills; Planning and coordination skills Experience: If the applicant is from the following institutes, we would require an experience of 2 to 3 years with at least 1 year of experience in manufacturing / operations: IITs: Delhi, Kanpur, Chennai, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Roorkee and Guwahati. BITS Pilani, NITs: Surathkal, Warangal, Trichy, Delhi College of Engineering. Candidates from any related industry would be preferred. If the applicant is from other engineering institutes, we would require an experience of 6 to 8 years with at least 3 years as the production manager for an independent operating unit. Candidates from Foods Industry would be preferred.