Operations Manager - Plant Based Protein Ingredients Firm

Production planning:

- Develop the production plan along with sales and marketing team and build the monthly / quarterly production plans.

- Identify & Pre-Audit of new manufacturing sites along with the R&D as per the technical and commercial requirements on equipment, process, capacity, throughput etc

- Align the third-party vendors on the production plans and run production campaigns accordingly.

- Plan and ensure availability of all critical RM/PM for the planned production schedule

Manufacturing:

- Manage the production at the manufacturing facility (third party / own)

- Manage the modifications, new equipment commissioning, technology upgrades at the manufacturing facility

- Ensure all the defined process flow and critical process parameters are followed during the production

- Review and sign off on all BMR (batch manufacturing records) and other production related documents

- To ensure supply as per the schedule from the third-party manufacturing sites

- Consistently achieve the targets and benchmarks set for efficiency, yields, capacity utilization etc

- Co-ordinate the logistics for storage, movement of RM, FG etc

- Handle all purchase, POs, invoicing, payments etc related to the production

NPD, Scale up, Tech transfer:

- Support R&D team for process scale up and technology transfer from R&D/pilot stage to commercial stage

- Work with R&D team to develop tech transfer protocols and SOPs

- Co-ordinate with manufacturing site to ensure all necessary equipment, utilities are available for R&D for process scale up & tech transfer

- Suggest modifications, improvements to the equipment, process to achieve better throughputs, efficiency, capacity etc

Technical support:

- Give technical support / feedback to R&D on future process improvements

- Suggest ways to improve yields, process cycle times, reduce in-process wastages, costs etc

- Responsible for timely trouble shooting of manufacturing issues

QA / QC:

- Handle the QA / QC related processes to ensure the right quality, documentation etc followed at each step

- Ensure all defined processes are followed and records maintained for sample testing, stability studies, analytical testing etc

- Monitor Quality Management System of the sites & to ensure compliance as per the defined standards.

Audit / Compliances:

- Support any customer, regulatory etc audits at the production site

- Handle the certification process for Kosher, Halal, Organic etc at the identified sites

- Ensure all required compliances are in place

- To ensure that all activities of production are carried out in compliance with cGMP and safety guidelines

Education qualification: - BE (Mechanical / Chemical), MBA in Operations Management (preferable, not must)

Experience: 8-10 years of experience in operations, production management in natural extracts/nutraceuticals/food/pharma industry