Manufacturing Head - Textile Firm

Our client is the most sought after traditional Indian outfit manufacturing and exporting company. Their contemporary and stylishly designed clothes are full of unique patterns, matchless embroidery, gorgeous mirror-work and beautiful block prints.

Almost a decade old, it is a venture committed to bring together a varied range of traditional crafts and techniques of dyeing, weaving, printing and hand embroidery. The founders have dedicated their life to promote Indian Block Prints and provide employment and Hand-Embroidery training to women so that numerous underprivileged women can be empowered.

As a Manufacturing Head, you will be responsible for all processes falling under procurement and manufacturing- right from the point of timely placement of fabrics orders, the subsequent receiving of the fabric, the production, the quality check of finished goods and their transfer to the finished goods warehouse. Planning, execution, result orientation and leadership capabilities are prerequisites and the key to the success of this role.

What you will do:

- Setting up robust processes, metrics and reports across all teams under his/ her purview and ensuring adherence to the same

- Creating cost effective, scalable, agile processes that can cater to increased production across multiple business units

- Collaborating closely with the Designers, the Business Analyst(s) and the Merchandiser(s) for the same

- Taking care of Quality Assurance with regard to - raw materials, trims, fabrics as well as finished goods

- Ensuring that both the raw material and finished goods meet the quality benchmarks of the company

- Bringing in more robust quality measures to the entire production process - from procurement to finishing

- Ensuring complete and timely handoffs amongst teams to ensure the manufacturing is as per plan

- Motivating and upskilling his teams and ensuring smooth communication and collaboration at all times

- Ensuring that the suppliers are able to fulfill the fabric and raw material requirements on time and that there are no delays on their front because of capacity issues

- Ensuring that the internal infrastructure/ production capacities and capabilities and external capacities (supplier networks and their infrastructure) are ready to handle the forecasted production requirements (which is planned 365 days in advance)

- Constantly partnering with suppliers, local authorities and internal teams such as Technology, Finance, HR, Legal etc

- Ensuring that the processes and their interface with technology stays updated with changing times

- Submitting pricing proposals and production cost estimates

- Ensuring cost optimization and ensuring strong fiscal controls are in place across the production process

- Partnering closely with the leadership team and Finance to ensure that the production planned and executed is as per the business targets

- Putting in audit mechanisms/ establishing checks and balances

- Driving a strong execution culture within his team so as to ensure that delivery is as per the production planned/ launch plan

- Working closely with the legal team to ensure that all requisite paperwork/documentation safeguarding the company with new/old - vendors/suppliers/ fabricators against delays, quality defects etc are in place beforehand and retrospectively

- Acting as a change agent

- Introducing best practices to the organization

Desired Candidate Profile :

What you must have:

- MBA/ Masters in Supply Chain/ Planning/Production/ Operations

- Prior experience as an Operations lead for a manufacturing concern preferably in an ecommerce set up

- Experience in handling transitions (location as well as team transitions ) and setting up teams from scratch

- 12+ years of relevant experience (preferable)

- Strong communication Skills

- Financial literacy of P&L and balance sheets

- Understanding of block prints and supplier networks (Should also come with his/her own supplier network in place)