Factory Head - Manufacturing Firm

Factory Head

Job Summary : Incumbent will manage the manufacturing operations of the manufacturing plant including Refinery, Bakery Plant, JNPT Port & 3rd Party Operations. Incumbent will also be a part of the team that evaluates strategic projects, budgets, and executes them.

Job Description :

- Manage the manufacturing and operation activities of the plant

- Help achieve the annual targeted volumes and profitability of the company

- Implementation and Execution of Operations excellence program at sites

a. Driving the Corporate Environmental and Safety goals

b. Work towards a 100% compliant plant operation

c. Drive a culture of Customer centricity

d. Help drive the talent management strategy for the plants in conjunction with key stakeholders in HR and other functions. This will mean evaluating talent, making plans to upgrade them, bring in fresh talent, trainings, coaching and mentoring etc.

e. Building reliability into Plant operations

- Benchmarking best practices from across industries globally and implementing the same

- Evolve and help drive strategies for the company in terms of lean manufacturing and delivery

- Accountable for the strategy execution and translating them into actions and deliverables

- Budgeting & Strategic Planning

- Project management

- Engineering function management and Operation management of multiple factories.

- Process improvement, Institutionalizing SOP, creating manuals etc.

- Human resource management including contract workforce management

- Cost efficiency initiatives - identification and implementation.

- Maintain robust health of all assets with timely maintenance practices.

- Ensure Quality Management Systems QMS are in place.

- Ensure a safe and conducive workplace.

- Reviewing production costs, variances & wastage.

- Monitoring & reviewing performance levels; providing performance improvement plans for people, recommend increments and promotions.

- Manage the Ecosystem and all external stakeholders such as Gram Panchayat and political outfits

- Manage local government authorities such as Tehsildar, police personnel, State Government officials and other statutory bodies such as FSSAI, Legal Metrology etc.

- Seamless interactions and navigation across Group Corporate Functions

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) :

- Production & Capacity Utilisation

- Refining Yields & Cost of Refining

- Quality Management / Customer Complaints resolution

- Workforce Productivity

- Safety & GMP

- Project Management

- Cost Control & Cost Saving Projects

- Environmental Management & Sustainability initiatives - Carbon Footprint, Plastic Neutrality, Alternate Sources of energy, Zero Effluent discharge, Societal & employee well-being

Qualification & Experience :

Educational Requirements Essential Desirable :

- BE/B.Tech/M.Tech

- MBA - Operations Management

Work Experience :

Work Experience Required Essential Desirable :

- Manufacturing Plants preferably in Edible Oils & Bakery Ingredients and ability to lead and manage large & complex operations

- 20 years or more experience in Manufacturing sector

Competencies/Skills Required :

Skills Essential Behavioural Skills Desirable :

- Manufacturing/Refining Excellence People Management

- Cost efficiency Time Management

- Process improvement Negotiation Skills

- Quality Assurance & Audit Leadership Skills

- Customer Focus Effective Communication Skills

- Capacity Planning Conflict Management

- External Stakeholder Management Result Orientation