Team Leader - Production (Panoli)

At FMC, our employees are guided by our purpose: Innovation for Agriculture, Solutions for the Planet. We provide farmers innovative solutions that increase the productivity and resilience of their land. From our industry-leading pipeline to novel biologicals and precision technologies, we are passionate about the power of science to solve agriculture’s biggest challenges.

For more than a century, FMC has successfully delivered some of the of the industry's most advanced, innovative solutions that protect farmers’ crops from destructive pests and disease, while also protecting the environment. We are committed to fulfilling our mission of discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet.

Position Summary

The Team Leader – Production will be responsible for achieving production targets while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, environmental, and cost standards. Leads day-to-day plant operations, enforces EHS regulations, drives continuous improvement, monitors KPIs, manages budgets, and ensures timely, quality dispatch. Collaborates cross-functionally and fosters a culture of safety, innovation, and operational excellence.

The Role

• Ensure production targets are achieved by maintaining safety, environment, quality and cost.

• Ensure compliance of FMC EHS standard.

• Ensure monitoring of regulatory requirement and ensure it’s compliance.

• Maintaining the workplace in a safe condition and ensuring safety of all plant personnel by enforcing safety regulations and standards.

• Meeting production targets and shipment deadlines by timely dispatching products meeting the agreed product and packaging quality norms.

• Communicating production progress, potential delays, and relevant information to stakeholders.

• Implementing key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure production performance with respect to yield and consumption rations for raw material and utility consumptions.

• Fostering Team building and creating an environment which nurtures innovation and improvement.

• Collaborate with other managers to achieve continuous improvement in all areas of the factory.

• Ensuring compliance to FMC Standards and all regulations applicable to the factory and tracking them periodically by strict adherence to compliance tools (Saksham, EHS Compliance Calendar etc.).

• Preparing Annual Budgets, tracking and approving expenses to ensure adherence to approved budget.

• To conduct RCAs for major deviation in operation and implement the recommendations to mitigate deviation.

• Participate in PHA and ensure compliance of PHA recommendations in the plant.

• Monitored and improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) daily, contributing to reduced production losses.

The Candidate

• Education: Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering (B.E or B.Tech Chemical).

• Experience: 12- 18 years of experience, preferably in an agrochemical plant.

• Strong communication skills for effective coordination and reporting.

• Manpower management and team working

• Strong problem-solving abilities and adaptability in a dynamic production environment.

• Accountable, disciplined, and committed to high performance.

• Successfully prepared annual budgets and monitored expenses to ensure alignment with approved financial plans.

• Conducted Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

• Actively participated in Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and ensured timely implementation of recommendations

If you're a motivated leader with a strong technical background and a passion for safety and efficiency, we encourage you to apply for this dynamic role and join our team.

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