Assistant Manager - Production

Gruppo SKF; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

SKF Bengaluru seeks a seasoned operations professional to manage and optimize the end-to-end value chain from planning to delivery. You will coordinate planning, procurement, production, quality, and logistics to meet customer commitments while driving inventory optimization and cost competitiveness.

The role requires 5+ years in mechanical manufacturing, strong cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to drive plan adherence, uptime, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in mechanical manufacturing and value-chain oversight.
• Experience coordinating planning, procurement, production, quality, and logistics.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end value chain ownership from planning to final delivery.
• Prepare and drive monthly and daily production plans to meet deliveries.
• Ensure availability of components and manufacturing resources.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely deliveries.
• Lead and resolve quality issues to avoid production disruptions.
• Monitor production execution and adherence to plans.
• Drive inventory reduction and cost optimization initiatives.

Skills

Value chain management

Production planning

Supply chain coordination

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

BE Mechanical

Job description

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Requisition ID: 25225

Job Category: Manufacturing

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Bengaluru, IN

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.

Together, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow.

By creating intelligent and clean solutions for people and the planet

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports To: DGM - Production and Maintenance

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.

Key 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:

• Internal: Production team, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Quality, Logistics

About SKF

SKF has been around for more than a century and today we are one of the world’s largest global suppliers of bearings and supporting solutions for rotating equipment. With more than 40,000 employees in around 130 countries, we are truly global. Our products are found everywhere in society. In fact, wherever there is movement, SKF’s solutions might be at work. This means that we are an important part of the everyday lives of people and companies around the world. See more, at www.skf.com.