UG-Preferably B.Tech /B.E - Mechanical, Chemical, Production

Functional Experience: Approx7-10 years of experience in a FMCG industry (preferably Soaps & liquid Detergents). Experience of leading a large team comprising of operators and contract workers. Exposure to other companies- manufacturing systems and shop floor culture

Job Description: Manufacturing Manager

Develop Systems, processes and procedures for effective working

- Develop processes, procedures and systems required to manage Production, Quality Control, Engineering and S.H.E (Safety, health and environment) for effective working.

- To ensure that SOP is available and followed for all Production processes.

- Ensure adherence to core processes like KPI setting, quarterly and annual Review.

- Ensuring SOPs are followed by operators.

Safety Consciousness

- Safety is of prime importance and first and foremost aspect to be well taken care off and as head of Production department I have to ensure that team is following mandated safety standards and are regularly getting Safety trainings as per the company targets.

- Along with this also have to assure that mandated Safety norms and standards are fully followed by team in routine working.

- Required Personal Protective Equipments (PPE- s) such as P3-nose mask, safety shoes, googles, should be well used by each and every member of my team as per their job requirement to avoid accidents and hazardous conditions.

Quality Consciousness

- To ensure DPMU (Defect per million units) is within defined parameters, Zero depot freeze and finished goods packing should be as per PCRO norms (Packed commodity releasing order).

- Ensure quality product is manufactured meeting desired targets as per requirements of customer and consumer.

- Ensuring all quality related parameters are met during production.

Productivity

- To ensure that plant is working at Optimum efficiency level using (OEE-Overall Equipment Efficiency) methodology.

- To responsible for entire production process of the unit. Supervise factory workers and ensure that factory operations run smoothly

- Management Run quality assessment, knowledge of extrusion.

- To Ensure and maintain good health of all the Equipments and machineries through regular Preventive maintenance. Always keep focusing on Zero Break Downs in Plant.

- Ensure Technical Efficiency- Analyzing weekly, monthly and yearly basis in consultation with Commercial department.

- To report daily production status.

Coordination:

- Coordination & meetings with other supportive departments. Ensure adherence to core processes like KPI setting, quarterly and annual Review.

- Managing timelines and deliverables with internal and external stakeholders.

Audits

- Ensure all operations of manufacturing are carried out as per audits requirement viz.-BRC, MMS, HH, ECC etc.

- Ensuring accurate and timely record keeping and data entry (shift log books, CCP records, Why-Why analysis & safety & statutory records).

Manpower Management

- Responsible for retention of manpower in Production department by keeping the morale up in day to day working and upgrading their skills.

- Responsible for controlling the attrition of talented employees and workers.

- Responsible for controlling of Overtimes in his department.

- Ensuring disruption free operation by addressing shop-floor dispute of workers and don- t let such arguments to crop up as IR issues/unionized issues.

- Redeploying people based on competencies or gaps identified at a particular workstation so as to build the capability of people and line.

- Preparing the manpower plan for contract workers on a daily basis. Deployment of workmen on respective workstations as per plan.

- Preparing the weekly/monthly manpower plan for the workers based on the production plan - preparing the shift roster and displaying it on the notice board.

Cost-Saving

- To meet business objectives through cost reduction projects (Labor cost, Utilities, OEE improving, Waste reduction, Power consumption & study of cycle time for optimization).

- Cost saving measures in Power Consumption and Maintenance Cost.

Wastage Control

- To control and maintain all the wastages like Packing Material & Raw Materials with in the allowable limits.

- Should understand the requirements of production and the need to have all machines maintained at optimal level.

- Ensuring minimal wastage, optimum manpower utilization, and optimal usage of consumables & operating at maximum efficiencies.

Trainings & Team Development

- To conduct/arrange all Internal and external trainings on Safety, Quality, Productivity and technical efficiency.

- To develop team in a manner that regular updations, innovations and automations take place in plant to meet the challenges.

- To identify and implement training and developmental needs Skills and Abilities of the team.

- Ensuring training compliances as per the audit requirements.

- Working with HR on imparting training to multi skill the operatives and periodic changed contractual manpower on basics requirements of the shop-floor.

- Support HR In development of training modules.

New Initiatives

- New initiatives to be taken as an on-going process to bring necessary improvement in Production process by bringing-in new ideas, innovations which result in cost-saving.

- Lead Total Productivity Management (TPM) by way of 5S.

- Implement Kaizen (Continuous improvement tools) for boosting Efficiency, Productivity and waste reduction on shop-floor.

- Implementation of change initiatives and supporting continuous improvement in department.

Key Skills and competencies

- Good communication and interpersonal skills

- Effective technical skill

- Achievement/goal orientation

- Customer orientation

- Quality Consciousness

- Process Orientation

- Planning and organizing

- Strategic orientation

- Energy and enthusiasm

- Stress tolerance

- Conflict management

- Problem solving and decision-making

- Team orientation

- Learning & development orientation

- Creativity and Innovation