Plant Head - Production - FoodTech Startup

Plant Head - Food tech start up

FIRM : Well funded food tech start up

LOCATION : Mumbai / Bangalore

ROLE : Plant Head / Central Kitchen Operations Head

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

The detailed responsibilities of the Plant Head are mentioned below:

Plant Operations: Manage operations for the entire plant to ensure 100% production targets are met and minimal wastage incurred.

Team management: 

- Lead & grow a direct team of 6 department heads along with 100+ individuals across different levels to coordinate the seamless plant activities.

Machinery & Equipment: 

- Research about plant machinery & equipment, benchmark competition activities and accordingly upgrade the plant's production line with the most suited technology

Process adherence: 

- Ensure 100% adherence with respect to processes around - ordering, receiving, production, warehousing, dispatch, etc.

 Warehousing : Manage a massive warehouse with 1000+ SKUs across categories

Cold-chain logistics: Coordinate with the in-house & outsourced cold-chain logistics team to ensure timely & systematic daily food deliveries.

Process Excellence & Automation : 

- Re-engineer our existing processes to improve efficiency. Also help in automating the processes & work with tech-team to develop applications for the same.

Brand/Category/Product Launches : 

- Work in tandem with the Product team and corporate chefs to launch new brands, categories & products in your city.

Supply Chain management : Own and work around the key aspects of operations - inventory planning, material procurement, vendor management, etc.

SKILLS AND PAST EXPERIENCE :

- Experience in operations/maintenance/quality/projects in core sector (Desk job candidates not preferred). Preferred sectors are civil, projects, steel, chemicals, etc for this profile. Experience of handling manpower is a must.

- Manager from a Food Processing Unit 

- Must have technical knowledge of food production and food industry in general. Must have experience of handling manpower. Must be well versed in GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000, BRC etc.

- Preferred firms are Capital Foods, Del Monte, Creamica, Fun Foods, Vadilal, Tasty Bite etc