Job Summary:

- The Oversee daily operations of the plant and ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to.

- Develop processes that will maximize stewardship, safety, quality, productivity and morale of the team.

- Increasing production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining & exceeding current quality standards to exceed our customers' expectations. Strong people leadership skills

- Strong people leadership skills.

Key Responsibilities:

- Have strong commit to plant safety procedures and enhance EHS culture.

- Ensure food quality management systems and food safety protocol in place

- Deliver to production output and on-time shipping as per AOP

- Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to sustain and exceed customers' expectations

- Increase production, sweat assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing costs

- Overall engineering and maintenance performance management within budgeted costs

- Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results

- Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus

- Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions

- Share a trusted relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop plant staff

- Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets

- Address employees' issues or grievances, and identify areas towards employee welfare.

- Develop good rapport with external stake holders and regulatory / statutory authorities.

- Implementation of policies and systems allowing company to meet its commitment to product safety, the safety of operations for employees and protection of the environment.

- Identify newer technology and advancements in fields of plant operations and assess cases of implementation.

- Oversee all brown field projects on the site and liaise with necessary stakeholders for timely and in-cost completion and commissioning.

- Identify opportunities and support manufacturing team through implementation of continuous improvement projects to improve productivity, safety & sanitation and hygiene in the plant.

- Identify, evaluate and implement areas to reduce energy usage at the plant, through both conventional and modern and advanced technology.

- Evaluate training needs and ensure the training calendar is prepared and implemented with the support of necessary stakeholders.

Who are we looking for?

Qualifications:

- B. Tech / B.E (Food Technology / Mechanical / Chemical). 10 - 15 years proven work experience in FMCG / Food processing companies.

Skills:

- Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources).

- Strong ability to work with objectivity, data orientation, transparency and apolitically.

- Strong people management skills and ability to develop and take team along.

- Familiarity with industry standard equipment and technical expertise

- Good knowledge of safety, quality, productivity, demand creation, inventory and stewardship processes

- Ability to create accountability and to lead by example

- Strong team building, decision-making and people management skills

- Deep understanding of statutory & legal requirements for plant utility.

- Project management

- Change management.

Work Environment:

- Training of people for effective man-machine coordination for better resource utilization and to ensure safety at work place.

- Effective Coordination of inter-functional activities

- Keep the morale and engagement levels up at the site

- The candidate is required to work effectively in a fast-paced high-pressure environment with an ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

- Understands and meets internal and external business needs with professionalism, high degree of ethics and integrity.