Position Specification -

Position Category Manufacturing Manager

Reporting:Head of Manufacturing

Direct Reports: There are direct reports:

- Manager Quality

- Manager Operations

- Manager Projects

Role

- Manufacturing Planning: Prepare manufacturing plan and capex budget for the category as per the business requirements. Assess and action priority areas based on business priorities, volume projections, capacity requirements and legal mandates.

- Capacity Project Planning: Assess the need for new capacity based on volume projections, existing production capacity, capital investment and overall business need. Evaluate existing factory infrastructure and overall cost savings. Identify the location for new factory, shortlist and negotiate with new vendors and conduct factory due diligence along with Category finance team to evaluate the health of the factory.

- New Product Commercialization: Assess and ensure manufacturing readiness for new product commercialization within defined timeline with respect to technology, capacity, manning and infrastructure.

- Process Improvement Initiatives: Ensure overall quality improvement of processes and systems at all category plants. Identify areas of possible improvement in the current manufacturing process. Assist factory teams to form cross functional teams to undertake process improvement initiatives

- Production Management: Ensure market serviceability as per defined timelines and agreed quantities. Review and discuss the production performance on various defined key performance indicators and carry out smooth and continuous production run at all category plants.

- Quality Management: Ensure maintenance of quality standards with respect to products, processes and systems at category plants. Improve the overall quality of the category across plants. Assess the need for capital investment and new quality systems to implement quality initiatives.

- Plant Performance Evaluation: Review plant performance reports prepped by the plant teams. Review production indices with respect to fuel consumption, power consumption, man days per ton, manufacturing cost, production yield

- Maintenance Management: Review the repairs and maintenance budget on periodic basis. Review annual maintenance contract and adherence to maintenance SOPs and standards

- EHS (Environment, Health & Safety): Ensure compliance to all the EHS related guidelines at all times. Refer to the corporate EHS manual and identify areas for compliance; Conduct EHS audit for new factory set up and conduct periodic visits to all the factories.

- Statutory Compliance(Manufacturing) : Understand the required regulatory guidelines and ensure timely accreditation of all certificates, licenses in areas such as pollution control norms, weights and measures, boiler control etc.

Educational Qualification & Experience

Engineering Graduate from the following institutes :

- IIT/NIT/BITS Pilani

- Premier Food Technology Institutes (HBTI, NDRI)

- Well know Regional Engineering institutes like PSG Coimbatore or Jadavpur University, Manipal University etc.

Experience:

A total of 10 - 15 years of work experience, out of which for a minimum of 5 years he should have managed a factory as the Factory Head or managed multiple factories. Experience in Plant Management / Production Operations, Projects, Utilities & Maintenance and Industrial Relations required.

Technical Knowledge

(Technical knowledge the person must have) - Thorough knowledge of supply chain management and manufacturing operations

- Thorough knowledge of internal quality systems and procedures

- Thorough knowledge of foods regulatory environment

- Thorough knowledge of working principles of manufacturing equipment (functional working of equipment, control parameters etc.)

- Basic knowledge of working principles of maintenance equipment and utilities like generator and boiler efficiency, power and water distribution systems

Skills (Technical abilities the person must have) - Leadership skills

- Influencing skills

- Planning skills

- Interpersonal skills

- People Management

- Long-term visioning

- Openness to ideas

Behavioral

- High standards of process discipline and adherence to control systems

- Clear and precise communication with multiple points of contact

- Maintain the required standards of professionalism in the face of multiple demands and potential conflict situations

- Age Between 35 to 40 years of age

Growth Potential

Candidate, who demonstrates through performance the required capabilities, will have an opportunity to grow rapidly with the business and manage larger responsibilities within the domain

Remuneration

The salary will depend on the candidate's profile and experience.

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