Assistant Manager Manufacturing

Overview

Responsibilities

• Flexible Manufacturing: Concentrate business provides a whole lot of opportunities for flexible manufacturing given the diversity and the range of products and SKUs to be manufactured. Aggressively seizing the opportunities to create long term and short term provisions for Flexible Manufacturing is one of the most desirable qualities with the job holder
• Annual Operating Plans: Anchoring the formation of Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for Manufacturing optimizing on all the resources and aspects including Plant Capacity Utilization, Product Freshness and Shelf Life, Sales Plans, Manpower, Operating Expenses etc. and strategies to deliver the same in line with business requirements
• Operating Paradigm shift for Cost Efficiency: Challenging the status quo to evolve new operating strategies for season and non-season which enable optimal plant utilization and bullet proof the unit to the loads of fixed Manufacturing Over Head costs.
• Active Team Connect (an engaging workplace): Lead the making of a culture of ownership and teamwork in the team through active engagement with the operating teams and grievances redress.
• Pillar Innovation and Quality: In today’s world sustaining and growing presence in the market place is all about innovation and a consistent quality. The job holder is expected to actively engage with R&D Teams to deliver the new products on time and Right First Time. Apart from that, its important to understand the major challenges to product quality and strategize corrections to change to uproot such issues.
• Manufacturing Best Practice: Be the change agent importing best practices across locations in PWF and bottling
• Balance the Long and Short term: Lead Monthly and Weekly and monthly production scheduling as per demand forecast. This needs a cross functional and cross locational coordination and understanding to be applied
  

Qualifications

• Minimum : Graduate in Engineering - Chemical/Mechanical/Production Engg
• Ideal : Degree in Operations Management with experience in FMCG
  

• Minimum : 3-5 Years, Hands on computer proficiency & MIS
• Ideal : 5-6 years ; Knowledge about latest quality systems like ISO, HACCP, EMS and manufacturing concepts like TPM, Six Sigma.