Plant Manager

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

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 from reputed food processing or FMCG 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.

Reporting:

• Internal
• Reports to – Operations Head
• Supervises (directly and indirectly) – Production leads, Maintenance leads, Production executive & officer, FSQA, Store / purchase executive, supply chain, Accounts team
• External
• Statutory & Regulatory authorities (ex. Pollution control board, Boiler factory/Electrical/contractor/MIDC etc.)
• Equipment Suppliers and Vendors
• Technical Institutes
• Surrounding villagers / neighbors