Career opportunity with a leading FMCG company for the role of Unit Head
Career opportunity for Unit Head
Location: North /South/ East/ West
Reporting: Cluster Head
JD:
Operations Planning & Budgeting:
- Lead the operations planning for the brewery based on monthly forecast shared by Corporate. Schedule monthly and weekly production and achieve alignment with targets set for volume, quality, cost etc.
- Engage with the sales team to understand market penetration and product off-take and anticipate sales growth to effectively plan capacity for production
- Estimate the annual Capex requirement for managing part/machine replacements, meeting statutory requirements, new product manufacturing and process efficiency improvements
- Consolidate the budgets prepared by the departments heads; Formulate the overall Brewery budget (Capex and Opex) basis consolidated inputs; Work closely with the Cluster Head to finalize budget for corporate approval
- Ensure resource availability (raw material, packaging, utilities, manpower etc.); Plan for optimal utilization to maximize productivity and minimize costs
Review and Operations Management
- Review daily operations through key parameters such as production volumes, bottling efficiency, consumables, inventory, expenses, safety incidents etc.
- Lead daily meetings with the function heads to track the actual vs. daily target achievement on key parameters; Interpret and provide course correction inputs on the variance
- Monitor issues causing losses such as inefficiencies, material non-availability, manpower, etc; Engage with the department heads to plan for next steps
- Provide guidance and empowerment to the function heads to manage plant operations smoothly
- Step in to resolve issues and concerns related to manpower, material, capacity constraints, material mix, etc.
- Review engineering KPIs and provide approvals for R&M plan and budgets
- Drive testing of quality of raw material, packaging material, in-process and finished goods by team; Address any deviations and issues
- Lead teams in driving adherence to SLAs agreed upon by various vendors (Across operations); Resolve complex issues, in coordination with Cluster Head/HO; Conduct vendor negotiations (technical and commercial), as required
Governance:
- Ensure all statutory compliances including labelling and packaging requirements, factory and boilers maintenance, pollution and waste management, infrastructure changes, billing ledger and inventory upkeep etc. are met for the brewery
- Build a culture of HSE at the brewery ensuring adherence to corporate guidelines to maintain HSE performance
- Review brewery HSE objectives, Environment Management Plan, important incidents and suggest modifications to corporate guidelines
- Review brewery performance on environment parameters and provide necessary guidance for corrective actions
- Projects - Improvement and Expansion - Lead identification of opportunities for improvement across plant operations
- Scope out projects vis- vis the identified opportunities and allocate them to concerned pillar heads; Provide guidance on project planning and execution
- Review progress on a weekly basis by analyzing score-cards to determine cost saved vs. drained by project; Guide implementation of course corrections, as required
- Oversee execution of capex projects monitoring progress vis- vis milestones and ensuring adherence to safety and statutory guidelines
- Engage with the Corporate team to update on project progress, seek technical guidance, ensure timely resolution of issues etc.
Stakeholder Management:
- Develop strong relationships with local officers, police and revenue authorities, plant inspectors and other relevant stakeholders to avoid any issues in day to day operations
- Liaise with senior officials from the state excise department, other statutory bodies and district administration to safeguard UBL's interests in the state
- Conceptualize and develop plans for community development programs to resolve issues pertaining to education, health, environment etc. thereby building successful relationship with the community thereby coopting their express support
- Team Management - Participate in recruitment process to identify the right talent across positions within the team
- Ensure training needs for the plant team are met with adequate programs and sessions
- Establish individual performance expectations and regularly review individual performance of the team
- Identify and create development opportunities for team members to enhance functional knowledge and behavioral skills
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