Role & responsibilities
- Organization and departmental alignment
- Define and execute departmental objectives and action plans aligned with the company's vision, mission, and longterm growth strategy.
- Contribute actively to organizational strategic planning to ensure the Manufacturing, Stores, Dispatch, Facility Management, and Maintenance function enhances competitiveness, profitability, and sustainability.
- Establish frameworks and policies and drive overall team performance.
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Plan and utilize production capacity effectively to meet output and timeline targets as per customer (Naval and all other projects) commitments and product delivery.
- Ensure smooth execution of production schedules in line with the Planning department with zero delays.
- Optimize manpower, material, machine utilization, and productivity across manufacturing functions.
- Enhance plant efficiency, throughput, capacity utilization and minimize operational losses.
- Lead costreduction initiatives and improve warehouse performance.
- Plant Facility Management (Plant)
- Oversee end to end facility management ensuring uninterrupted utilities, infrastructure upkeep, safety, and statutory compliance.
- Ensure readiness of power, HVAC, materialhandling systems, shopfloor layouts, lighting, EHS systems, storage, and utilities.
- Implement preventive and digital maintenance for all facility infrastructure.
- Ensure all applicable compliance with licenses, pollution norms, fire systems, structural safety, etc.
- Drive sustainability initiatives including energy, water, waste, and carbonreduction programs.
- Stores, Inventory & Dispatch
- Ensure efficient stores and dispatch operations with strict adherence to SOPs.
- Enforce disciplined ERP usage and accurate inventory documentation.
- Maintain optimal inventory levels of classified items (especially critical items) to avoid shortages and excess stock.
- Optimize dispatch planning, minimize freight costs, and ensure compliant packaging & documentation.
- Implement robust handling, loading, and transport safety processes.
- Preventive Maintenance & Equipment Reliability
- Establish and execute PM schedules for all equipment and machinery.
- Ensure high uptime and maintain critical spare parts availability.
- Reduce breakdowns through a zerounplanneddowntime culture.
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with Design, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Safety, PMG, and AMR for seamless operations.
- Highlight and resolve systemic issues impacting production timelines.
- HSE & Sustainability
- Ensure strict adherence to HSE policy, process, protocols and procedures across all operational functions.
- Promote a strong safety culture and zeroaccident mindset.
- Build awareness for sustainability initiatives across teams.
- Continuous Improvement & Digitalization
- Drive ISO, ZED, 5S, Lean, Kaizen, and TPM implementation.
- Ensure effective RCA execution and corrective actions.
- Lead automation and digital manufacturing initiatives to enhance efficiency.
- People & Team Leadership
- Build, mentor, and retain a highperformance Manufacturing, Stores, Dispatch, Facility Management, and Maintenance team.
- Provide strategic and operational leadership to the Manufacturing, Stores, Dispatch, Facility Management, and Maintenance to enable effective and efficient execution.
- Drive competency development to support functional and operational requirements.
- Identify and develop successors for key roles in Manufacturing, Stores, Dispatch, Facility Management, and Maintenance Department/s.
Preferred candidate profile
- BE/BTech in Mechanical / Manufacturing Engineering /Production / Operations from premium Engineering Institute
- 15-20 years of experience in core manufacturing operations with at least 5+ years in a leadership role, leading multiple production units
Experience and exposure to Chillers Manufacturing for Marine/Defence/specialised Industries is preferred.
APPLY WITH JOB CODE: SRL_PH_01
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