Head - Operations & Engineering - Food Processing Equipment Engineering

Description:

Key responsibilities:

- Lead engineering and design process based on customer specifications, with full accountability for technical validation & approvals from customers.

- Quality & Efficiency Focus: Be fully accountable for delivery of quality, to the satisfaction of customers, in terms of equipment performance, precision, efficiency, safety & life cycle management.

- Implement robust quality systems, policies and performance metrics.

- Vendor Development & Negotiation: Develop competitive vendors across mechanical, instrumentation, electrical, and automation domains and drive commercial negotiations to optimize cost, time, delivery & quality.

- Project Execution & Management: Lead the full project lifecycle from Design approval, Continuous quality monitoring, Factory Acceptance Test, User Acceptance Testing, Installation, Commissioning, Operations & maintenance.

- Breakdown response & resolution: Build adequate customer service systems to ensure immediate response & resolution of breakdowns, minimizing downtime & safeguarding operations.

- Leadership: Build a multi-disciplinary operations team across design, supply chain, installation, maintenance & customer support.

Candidate Profile:

- [Instrumentation/Food Engineering preferred].

- Experience: 12-18 years in operations management.

- The candidate should have extensively worked in customer-facing technical engagements with high focus on delivery of Customer quality (performance, efficiency, safety) together with exposure in design, installation & maintenance.

Skills:

- Strong commercial negotiation skills and

- Entrepreneurial mindset Nimble, Customer-focused, Quality-driven, and Make-it-Happen approach.

Company Profile:

- The venture addresses critical challenges in food safety, human health, and climate sustainability by developing advanced technologies that eliminate hazardous pathogens from agricultural commodities.

About the Partners:

- The Indian partner is an R&D-driven company creating advanced technologies for food products and processes, contributing significantly to the ventures innovation strategy.