Manufacturing Head

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Plant & Production Management

• Lead and manage end-to-end plant operations, including production, maintenance, quality, EHS, stores and dispatch.
• Achieve production targets, improve equipment utilization, optimize yield and ensure on-time delivery.
• Drive process optimization, capacity utilization and manufacturing efficiency across multiple product lines.
• Monitor daily production performance and resolve operational bottlenecks.

2. Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Implement Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Reduce process losses, rejection, wastage, downtime and manufacturing costs.
• Improve OEE, productivity, throughput and resource utilization.

3. Quality Management & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to quality standards, customer specifications and audit requirements.
• Drive defect prevention, root-cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and applicable statutory requirements.

4. Maintenance & EHS

• Coordinate preventive and predictive maintenance to improve equipment reliability and minimize breakdowns.
• Ensure workplace safety, statutory EHS compliance and implementation of safe operating practices.
• Drive accident prevention and a strong safety culture.

5. Cost, Budget & Inventory Control

• Prepare and monitor manufacturing budgets, operating expenses and cost-reduction plans.
• Control material consumption, wastage, inventory and other manufacturing costs.
• Improve plant profitability through productivity and process improvement initiatives.

6. People & Stakeholder Management

• Lead, mentor and develop production, maintenance, quality and other plant functional teams.
• Drive manpower planning, training, performance management and employee engagement.
• Coordinate with HR, Supply Chain, R&D, Sales and corporate teams.
• Support customer visits, plant audits and technical discussions.
• Report plant performance, key operational issues and improvement plans to senior management.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Engineering graduate in Mechanical, Electrical, Production, Chemical or a related discipline.
• 12 to 18 years of experience in manufacturing, with substantial plant operations responsibility.
• At least 5 years of experience as a Plant Head, Manufacturing Head, Operations Head, Unit Head or equivalent senior leadership role.
• Experience managing multiple plant functions and preferably multiple product lines.
• Strong understanding of production planning, maintenance, quality systems, EHS, cost control and continuous improvement.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, OEE, root-cause analysis and ISO systems.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, decision-making and cross-functional coordination skills.