Deputy Manager Facilities

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With over 100 years of experience, Lear has earned a legacy of operational excellence while building its future innovation. Our talented team is committed to creating products that ensure the comfort, well-being, convenience, and safety of consumers. Working together, we are Making every drive better™.

Job Title:

Dy Manager (Facilities Management)

Function:

Facility Management

Position Focus:

The Facility Manager will lead all India facility operations— End-to-end accountable for the overall development and execution of the real estate management function in the India and adjusting standards to local specifics.Ensuring safety, compliance, infrastructure reliability, and LT & ST capacity planning for Plants, GCCs and Corporate Functions. The role requires strong technical capability, regulatory compliance expertise, strategic planning, and execution leadership.

• Provide technical leadership for new facility, facility upgrades, expansions, and modernization initiatives.
• Plan and lead all Facility Projects in India including manage infrastructure across plants, HQ and GCCs locations; ensure structural stability, preventive maintenance, and safe working conditions.
• Ensure compliance with the National Building Code of India for all existing and proposed facility projects.
• Optimize space utilization and capacity planning in all offices
• Drive DISH (Directorate of Industrial Safety & Health) compliance requirements in all manufacturing locations, including upgrades and documentation.
• Explore and provide leadership to transition to a Facility Management Outsourcing Model
• Develop preventive maintenance programs, energy-saving initiatives, and cost-optimized facility operations.Establish strong vendor management, contract governance, and service-level performance measurement for housekeeping and facility maintenance. Meanwhile monitoring and evaluating regional and local service provider contracts to improve quality and costs targets
• Ensure that all workflow procedures and processes are regularly reviewed, updated and followed across represented Region
• Partner with EHS, manufacturing, R&D, and corporate teams to drive facility excellence and operational continuity
• Investigate and problem solve questionable data/reporting where necessary and escalate all serious issues to the Senior management.

Experience:

• Minimum 15 years of experience in facility management within a manufacturing & office environment.

• Strong understanding of infrastructure management, Real&Estate related , utilities, statutory compliance, and project execution.
• Experience managing multi-location facilities will be an added advantage.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or related field preferred).