Manager - Production (FMCG/ Foods/Gujarat - Umbergaon)

Role & responsibilities

• Production Planning: Doing Daily/Weekly & Monthly Planning of Production based on availability of PM, BM in the ERP. To share the firm plan with the procurement team for the current week and tentative plan of following week to order packing materials. Check whether the blends are approved before taking planning for Packing. Planning the Manpowers based on the production plan for the Month.
• Production & Packaging Execution: Responsible for achieving monthly Production Goals. Estimating the amount of material, equipment, and labor required for production. Promptly addressing and resolving production issues to minimize delays in production, Monitor the MSH level & do the changes in planning accordingly. Coordinating production operations in accordance with material, labor, and equipment availability. Coordinate with Blending depts. to see the availability of Blend & plan timely availability of PM/RM for production. Responsible for deciding Specification of the packaging material to prevent cross contamination and increase production efficiencies, Product safety during storage and handling. Monitoring trouble shooting of the problems faced during the normal operation of the packaging. Properly handling the shift end activities & records. Recommending viable solutions to reduce production costs as well as improve production processes and product quality. Promptly informing the relevant departments of any changes to current production schedules. Ensure proper CAPA is done for all the deviations identified. Co-ordinate with Sales, Marketing, and Purchase, Quality and finance team for different supply related issues and material connectivity. Daily coordinating with flavor making team for stock for masala blending operation. Production floor management Manpower, GMP,5S etc.
• ERP: Monitoring & Execution of all types of Production order in ERP. Push order of PM/BM to WMS for the next days production. Ensure all the production orders are ended in the ERP by EOD. Coordinate with IT team to clear all the pending errors in ERP to complete the order report finish. Check the blending material inventory and coordinate with BM team for the Blend.

Inventory handling and data checking and monitoring in ERP and WMS.

• Documentation: Managing end-to-end documentation of daily production, scrap, rework & complaint register as well as tracking any complaints and ensuring resolution of the same. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all packing machine, Check list for all equipments.
• Inventory Management: Plan inventory requirement (Demand vs. supply) for the effective functioning of the production department. Co-ordinate with Sales, Marketing, and Purchase, Quality and finance team for different supply related issues and material connectivity. Provide requirement to procurement team based on the stock and lead time of delivery.
• Storage & Dispatch Management

Responsible for the Products to be ordered based on product movement and schedule Managing and auditing stock inventory. Maintain Stock Verification weekly and report to manager on a regular basis. Material Planning as per Indent & short fall of requirement weekly/monthly. Daily Stock Maintaining with Blended/Flavored Tea, Coffee & Packaging Material. Raw material handling With FIFO system. Hygiene maintain & safety maintain (Warehouse/ Factory), Physical stock taking in month end. Month end Inventory with variance posting in system as per physical stock, Billing.

• Training & Development: Identify training needs & schedule training to the subordinates and Workers in the department. Timely evaluation of the subordinates.

Preferred candidate profile

Graduate/ Diploma from an Engineering preferably (Mechanical Stream)

Minimum - Exp. 10 years in FMCG / Foods / Nutraceuticals.

Analytical skills with a sound understanding of techno commercial aspect with quantitative & conceptual abilities.

Good Management and supervisory skills

Worked before in ERP mandatory

Decision making ability

Result Orientation

Problem Solving Skills

Man Management Skills

Proficiency in MS Office package

Have to plan production activities, production meetings

Experience of automated warehousing - Warehouse Management System (WMS) and ASRS (Automated Storage and Retreival System.

Experience of powder handling plants

Highly effective in utilizing resources, improving process, enhancing quality, reducing cost

Extensive experience in Production Quality & Maintenance activities