Assistant Manager - Production

SKF India Ltd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

SKF India Ltd. in Bengaluru is seeking an Assistant Manager – Production to manage the complete value chain from planning to final product delivery.

You will coordinate planning, procurement, production, quality, logistics, and maintenance to ensure customer commitments and cost competitiveness. The role requires 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering with a proven track record in production planning, resource optimization, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• B.E. in mechanical engineering with 5+ years in full value chain for assembled products.
• Ability to maintain production plans and ensure material availability.
• Experience in root-cause analysis, cost reduction, and localization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end value chain ownership from Planning to final product delivery.
• Prepare and drive monthly and daily production plans to meet deliveries.
• Ensure availability of components and manufacturing resources.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams for timely deliveries of components.
• Lead and resolve quality issues to avoid production disruptions.
• Monitor production execution and ensure adherence to plans.
• Ensure timely customer deliveries and manage supply-demand gaps.
• Coordinate equipment maintenance activities to avoid downtime.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Production planning

Supply chain coordination

Root-cause analysis

Inventory optimization

Localization initiatives

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.E. Mechanical

Job description

Assistant Manager - Production

About SKF SKF started its operations in India in 1923. Today, SKF provides industry leading automotive and industrial engineered solutions through its five technology-centric platforms: bearings and units, seals, mechatronics, lubrication solutions and services. Over the years the company has evolved from being a pioneer ball bearing manufacturing company to a knowledge-driven engineering company helping customers achieve sustainable and competitive business excellence. SKF's solutions provide sustainable ways for companies across the automotive and industrial sectors to achieve breakthroughs in friction reduction, energy efficiency, and equipment longevity and reliability. With a strong commitment to research-based innovation, SKF India offers customized value-added solutions that integrate all its five technology platforms. To know more, please visit: www.skf.com /in SKF

Purpose Statement

Together, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow. By creating intelligent and clean solutions for people and the planet

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Assistant Manager – Production Reports To: DGM - Production and Maintenance Role Type: Individual Contributor Location: Bengaluru

Purpose of the role Responsible for managing and optimizing the complete value chain from Planning to final product delivery. The role ensures seamless coordination across planning, procurement, supplier management, production, quality, logistics, maintenance, and continuous improvement functions to achieve customer commitments, operational excellence, inventory optimization, and cost competitiveness. The position serves as the coordinator across internal teams ensure material availability, production continuity, delivery performance, quality compliance and Safety.

K ey Responsibilities

• End-to-end value chain ownership from Planning to final product delivery.
• Prepare and drive monthly and daily production plans to meet deliveries.
• Ensure availability of components and manufacturing resources.
• Coordinate with CFT for timely deliveries of components to ensure smooth production.
• Lead and resolve quality issues to avoid production disruptions.
• Monitor production execution and ensure adherence to production plans.
• Ensure timely customer deliveries and proactively manage supply-demand gaps.
• Effective handling of resource.
• Coordinate Equipment maintenance activities to avoid downtime.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through cross-functional collaboration.
• Drive localization initiatives for imported components to improve cost and availability.
• Lead inventory reduction and material flow improvement initiatives.
• Implement and ensure adherence to SPS process as per SKF guideline.
• Monitor and improve key KPIs related to Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Working Climate and Environment

Skills & Requirements

• Minimum 5 plus years of experience from B.E (Mechanical) background Prior experience in handling full value chain of Assembled products. Ability to balance demands, material availability, and production capacity to meet customers requirements. Ability to drive production plan adherence, resource utilization, and equipment uptime. Ability to resolve supplier and in-house quality issues using structured root-cause analysis. Ability to lead productivity, waste reduction, and process improvement initiatives. Ability to optimize inventory, drive cost reduction, and implement localization initiatives.
• Behavioural Skill Set - Teamwork, Conflict Resolution, Relationship Building, Decision making, Sense of commitment, Communication, Eye-for-details, Problem-solving, Learning / self-development and Initiative. Open to take new responsibilities.

Key interfaces or Interactions in the job:

External: Customers, Suppliers Internal: Production team, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Quality, Logistics

Experience Level

Mid Level