Job Title: Plant manager and Quality manager Locations: Chennai

About the company:

We are a young, fast growing company in Air quality sector. Our core work will be design and develop cost effective Air pollution control equipment's for Indoor and Ambient environments. As a part of or venture we came up with our first product VISTAR a smart Air purifier with smart sensing technology. Our innovation has already started to attract most of our competitors who are ready to invest over here. As consequently seeing major gains in their product efficiencies with including this innovation into their existing technology.

Air Ok is based out of Chennai, An IIT Madras incubated start up. Our team includes graduates from IIT Madras, few expertise from industrial background and a strong mentor support from IITM.

Job Description:

The Plant Manager will oversee all daily operations of the plant from production and manufacturing to ensuring policies and procedures are followed. They develop processes that will maximize stewardship, safety, quality and productivity.

Responsibilities include:

- Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations.

- Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards

- Be responsible for production output, product quality and on-time shipping

- Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results

- Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus

- Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions

- Share a trusting relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop plant staff

- Collect and analyze data to find places of waste or overtime

- Commit to plant safety procedures

- Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets

- Address employees- issues or grievances and administer collective bargaining agreements

- Influence and learn from below

- Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts.

Expected Experience:

- 3-5 years of experience working in Production and quality.

Expected skills:

- We are looking for a Plant Manager to drive continuous improvement and optimization of all processes.

Heshould have:

- Proven work experience as a plant manager

- Proven managerial experience

- Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources)

- Familiarity with industry standard equipment and technical expertise

- Be knowledgeable of safety, quality, productivity, demand creation, inventory and stewardship processes

- Computer literacy

- Ability to create accountability and to lead by example

- Strong team building, decision-making and people management skills

- BS degree in Business Management or related field.

Work Environment:

Entrepreneurial environment wherein the colleagues are encouraged to lead and expected to take bottom line responsibilities for their respective remits..

Industry: Production, Assembly, and quality.

Employment type: Full-time

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