Manager Mfg-India

About Kennametal

With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in nearly 100 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2.1 billion in revenues in fiscal 2023. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Job title: Manager Manufacturing

Job Summary:

Strong Technical background and experience in New product development. Plans and supervising the overall production activities of a plant ensuring compliance to global standards. Responsible for coordinating and supervising the activities of production workers to ensure efficient and timely production while maintaining quality standards and safety protocols. Monitors daily operations to identify and resolve problem areas relating to staffing, scheduling, tooling, EHS, quality and production line arrangement.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Supervise functional or operational area that directly supports the execution of tactical objectives.
• Supervise and coordinate the activities of production workers on the manufacturing floor.
• Plan and organize production schedules to meet customer demand and production targets.
• Supervise production processes to ensure products meet quality standards and specifications.
• Allocate resources effectively, including manpower, materials, and equipment, to optimize production output.
• Training and development, EHS compliance.
• Liaise with other departments, such as engineering, maintenance, and quality assurance, to coordinate production activities and resolve operational issues.
• Responsible to assure customer satisfaction needs are meet - lead time, on-time delivery, quality of product
• Responsible to assure proper manpower levels are in place to support demand. In charge of people satisfaction and development.
• Responsible for reducing costs through lean and 6 Sigma programs.
• Responsible for all the departmental audits like ISO, QMS etc.
• Responsible for team development, shopfloor workmen discipline and getting timely approvals from the management.

Years of Relevant Work Experience Required: 10 – 13 years of experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer