Deputy Manager Production

Key Responsibilities:

Execute the production plan for the factory. Liaise with other departments to ensure support to Production activities and adherence to Legal, Commercial and Quality norms WITHIN the Food Safety and Environment Management Standards WITH THE OBJECTIVE of ensuring delivery of right quality and quantity of goods as per the plan.

Manage Production Activities:

• Schedule and allocate resources (ppl, material, no. of shifts) to ensure achievement of production plan by week/month/SKU by line.
• Ensure adherence to the SOP (manufacturing process).
• Schedule maintenance windows in coordination with plant maintenance manager (tradeoff between machine down time and preventive maintenance).
• Monitor and analyse trends around production deficits as per plan (e.g. defect increasing specific to a line, down time, cost & root cause analyses of the same and suggest corrective actions).
• Review shop floor operations daily.
• Analyze rejections arising out of Quality Inspections.

Control Production Costs

Consolidate variances from budget, analyse and find out root causes, plan and execute corrective actions by having daily meetings with shop floor personnel.

Improve Business Processes

• Coordinate audit of the premises w.r.t Quality, Hygiene, Food Safety and ensure compliances to all standards.
• Identify opportunities for improvements which will help achieve cost savings and present recommendations to plant managers.