Plant Manager

Job Title: Site Manager

Location: Pune, Maharashtra India

Job Summary:

The Site Manager has overall responsibility for the management of supply chain operations at the Pune facility. The facility supports a broad range of business verticals, through the manufacture and distribution of chemicals and solid products

The Site Manager is responsible for ensuring the site operates to the highest Environmental, Health & Safety standards, while ensuring products meet the required quality standards and are delivery on time and on cost. The Site Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to continually improve in all these areas.

Key functions reporting in to the role are Environment, Health & Safety, Quality, Engineering, Production, Production Planning, Distribution Planning, Purchasing, Warehousing & Logistics. Approximately 20 direct & indirect reports.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the facility operates to the highest Environmetal, Health and Safety standards and as a minimum complies with all applicable laws, regulations and policies.
• Ensure management systems are maintained in line with certifications (ISO9001, IATF16949, ISO14001 and ISO45001) and global Company requirements.
• Lead and develop the site Operations Management Team to deliver site performance targets in areas of Quality, Environment, Health and Safety, Productivity and Customer Satisfaction.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, driving performance in EHS, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Analyse activities to reduce costs and to obtain optimum utilization of personnel and equipment.
• Prepare and submit a monthly report for supply chain management, highlighting deviations in KPI performance and providing corrective actions to resolve.
• Prepare an operations budget on an annual basis and forecast on a quarterly basis (including staffing and capital plans).
• Build business case to gain approval for capital expenditure and implement projects, on time & on budget.
• Implement regional and global company initiatives, e.g. best practices, Quality projects, EHS improvements.

Job Requirements:

• Degree qualification in a science or engineering discipline.
• Previous experience of more than 5 years in a Plant, Site and/or Production Management role with excellent leadership skills in core chemical, semiconductors.
• Experience managing complex, varied manufacturing processes
• Proven experience of Lean and Six Sigma Continuous Improvement techniques.
• A passion for Quality, Environment, Health & Safety performance.
• Strong working knowledge of the chemical sector and/or similar manufacturing environment.
• Experience supplying demanding end users, such as automotive, beneficial.

Competencies:

• Knowledge of the specific chemistry industry, customers, competitors, and product lines.
• Expertise in batches production lines, with high volumes.
• Able to communicate effectively with leadership, direct report, peers and customers to execute tactics and goals.
• Effective communication, in writing and verbally, both inside and outside the company.
• Develop effective relationships with customers and other team members.
• Capable of understanding customer needs.
• Independent and self-motivated to achieve business goals and understand priorities.