Senior Manger BIW Production

Production Planning.
Prepare and arrange for tools and equipment required for the production, as per the defined production plan.
Check the readiness of the line by testing the equipment arranged by Technical Services.
Follow up with Warehousing to ensure the availability of raw materials for the planned production mix.
Ensure trained manpower availability.
New Product Development.
Drive compliance to station level readiness, against the 120-point checklist provided by the Technical Services.
Make arrangements for all relevant machines and equipment for the testing of new products.
Provide inputs to Technical Services regarding specific issues faced at the line and create a detailed action report for course correction.
Process Quality Improvement.
Execute the action plan, prepared basis the feedback received from internal and external customers.
Report line issues for improvement in production.
Execute action plan basis of feedback received from different agencies (Warranty, next customer, customer issues etc.).
Take appropriate actions to address and resolve daily line quality issues.
Productivity Improvement.
Take actions to eliminate NVA (non-value adding), and ENVA through line balancing and various initiatives (Kaizen, Kaizen events, FPBP etc.).
Try out various initiatives identified for line functionality improvements.
Execute identified kitting solutions for optimised movement of materials from Supermarket area to production line.
Coordinate with shop logistics/indirect material stores for availability of indirect material and tools to ensure maximum productivity.
Manpower Management.
Train operators on specific line skills and soft skills (MS Office, MES System etc).
Lead initiatives for performance readiness of Blue collar flexi manpower (with help of SQPDCME and HR) through classroom and on the job trainings.
Lead self-directed teams (SDT) for productivity improvements.
Coordinate with SQPDCME and HR to ensure training compliance of the Operator staff.
Shop Health Management.
Provide TPM trainings to operators and reinforcing the same in culture.
Participate in ICR/ICMcross functional teams to identify new steps to keep cost levels minimum.
Safety Management.
Implement safety standards in the assigned production area.
Drive acceptance and usage of Safety PPEs among Operators and temporary blue collar and ensure minimum Safety incidents.
Arrange for the PPEs on the shop floor.
Cost Management.
Provide inputs for preparation of annual Shop production budget basis of the production requirement.
Execute initiatives to derive value from waste.
Track and control Rejection, Indirect Material and Tools cost by proactively planning and executing initiatives.
Other initiatives.
Execute actions for reduction of costs through TCS (Transportation, Consolidation, Services).
Participate and execute initiatives to derive value from waste.
Participate in VAVE initiatives to drive cost reduction..
Achieve WCQ Targets.
Stakeholder Profiles Nature of Interactions.
Internal.