Roles & responsibilities :

Efficient Plant Operations

- Ensures strategic alignment of Plant Operations with Business Goals.

- Promote and share plant best practices with other Plant Managers

- Evaluate and identify rubber/ raw material inventory and through best-in-class inventory management processes

- Establish and maintain various certification processes (e.g., ISO) and follow the guidelines

- Ensure all company policies and safety regulations are understood and followed by all plant personnel by holding monthly safety meetings

- Monitor and control all plant expenses keeping within guidelines and parameters by regular review of the Plant's P&L, general ledger and accurate productivity reports

- Ensure overall profitability of the plant operations

- Ensure that scheduled equipment maintenance is undertaken and is logged as required by equipment manufacturer specs

Workforce Management :

- Maintains good working relationships with all employees and ensures they are aware of their job duties and responsibilities

- Hires, trains, and motivates technicians, and administrative support personnel and maintains the appropriate workforce as required

- Works closely with the Sales Manager (at Head Office) and the location Sales team to ensure customer satisfaction

- Maintaining a proper work schedule of employees to achieve maximum productivity and minimal overtime

- Promote cooperation between all departments in the plant

- Ensures the smooth functioning of the factory by maintaining cordial relationships with Labour Unions as required

Manufacturing Management :

- Maximize and leverage the use of data for manufacturing decisions

- Manage as per production plan schedules to achieve the daily/monthly targets of the company through efficient, quality and cost-effective production

- Ensure Overall Production effectiveness (OPE)/ Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for achievement of all Production Targets

- Improve profitability by process improvement, focus on value added products at optimal cost

- Work closely with the COO to develop short and long term operational strategy in line with company vision and ensure implementation

- Directs the plant toward excellence in manufacturing through development of practices and initiatives that provide the Company with a competitive manufacturing advantage in areas such as, but not limited to, energy conservation, workstation redesign, workflow, process improvement, process standardization, variation reduction, and facilities management

Operational compliance :

- Maintain plant compliance on operations by defined operating procedures

- Ensure compliance on Health, Safety, Environment and Employment regulations

- Directs activities related to the manufacturing plant's operations regarding capacity planning, capital and manpower planning, project justifications and financial support, manufacturing cost-down initiatives, and metric analysis and visual management

- Drive actions towards removal of waste/ constraints from the production process to improve efficiency and enhance productivity

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) :

KRA Objective Measures Weightage (in %)

Efficient Plant Operations To ensure that the functioning of the plant is effective & efficient enough to meet the Business goals

1. Number of initiatives to align Plant operations with Business goals

2. 100% adherence to guidelines

3. Monthly meetings on company policies & safety measures

4. Zero Overhead expenses

5. Percentage of overall plant profit

Workforce Management To ensure there is high level of productivity in employees

1. Cordial working relation with all employees as well as labor unions

2. Zero deviation of workers from the work schedule

3. Maximized productivity with reduced overtime

Manufacturing Management To ensure completion of products as per the planned schedules

1.100% adherence to production plan schedules

2. X% of Cost reduction

3. Efficiency in implementing operational strategies

Operational Compliance To ensure that all the production activities are as sync with the compliances

1.100% adherence to plant compliances

2.Timely regulation of all compliances

3.Initiatives taken to improve efficiency & productivity

Sum of Weightage : (Total - max of 60%)

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