Assistant Manager- Production

Dodla Dairy; Palnadu; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Dodla Dairy in India seeks an experienced production professional to manage costs and plan plant operations. The candidate will oversee budgeting, production planning based on historical data, and identify projects to improve efficiency while ensuring quality standards.

The role requires strong coordination with finance, QA, and operations to maintain smooth production and adherence to ISO/HACCP norms.

Qualifications

• BSc or BTech in Dairy Technology is required.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in the relevant field.
• Familiarity with ISO and HACCP norms.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cost per liter of production.
• Provide production budget to HOD in the first week of April.
• Plan production based on previous years' output and forecast.
• Identify new projects in plant and plan machinery.
• Improve operational efficiency and identify excesses.
• Review daily MIS and forward to corporate office.
• Coordinate with Accounts for daily cash flow and books.

Skills

Operations planning

Cost control

Production scheduling

Quality assurance

Team coordination

Education

BSc in Dairy Technology

BTech in Dairy Technology

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• 1. Responsible for maintaining cost per liter of production.
• a. Responsible to provide production budget to HOD in the first week of April.
• b. Responsible for production planning based as previous years production and predict.
• c. Expected percentage of growth.
• d. Responsible for identify new projects in plant and plan machinery.
• e. Requirement to improve operational efficiency.
• f. Identify excesses.
• g. Responsible for annual manpower planning for smooth operations and forward recommends to HOD for approval.
• h. Identify additional manpower requirements for the year.
• i. Provide recommendations to GM.
• j. Smooth running of daily plant operations.
• k. Responsible to review daily MIS and forward to corporate office.
• l. Responsible to ensure employee discipline such as attendance, proper behaviour and safety. m. Responsible for co ordinate with material department for availability of materials sufficiently.
• n. Coordinating with the Accounts executive to ensure that daily cash flow and maintenance of books are as per prescribed norms.
• o. Liaisoning with government officials like the PCB, FPA and electricity board, ensuring that all plant related norms are strictly in accordance with prescribed standards.
• p. Planning of daily consumption and raising indents for the procurement of the same.
• q. Managing wood vendors and ensuring that quality wood is purchased at an appropriate rate.
• r. Ensuring minimum breakdown of machinery and put into place contingency plans to deal with the same.
• s. Ensuring that plant rules of safety and hygiene are adhered to by all employees by conducting random checks in the plant.
• t. Ensuring that the dispatch of the vehicles happens in line with Marketing requirements and maintaining a list of contacts to be given to Marketing department in case of any exigency.
• u. Ensuring that indents for all items are received 15 days in advance to order from the materials department.
• 2. Processing and Packaging of milk as per quality standards.
• a. Accept milk from procurement only after it meets quality standards as prescribed by the organization.
• b. Ensuring high quality milk processing and packaging as per quality standards prescribed by ISO and HACCP norms.
• c. Responsilbe to conduct random checking of milk packets weight, collection tubs and crates to ensure no leakages.
• d. Ensure that the plant achieves zero leakage every month.
• e. Responsible to check the fat and SNF in the milk every day to ensure to maintain prescribed norms.
• f.Ensuring that the MBRT test is done for the milk every day to ensure quality is maintained as per norms.
• g. Initiating and formalizing quality circles to constantly brainstorm and come up with new ideas to improve processes and quality of milk produced.
• h. Responsible for implementation of Kaizen and 5 S in the plant.
• 3. Development of Self and Subordinates.
• a. Responsible to conduct weekly meetings on every Saturday to communicate to everyone on the work done, appreciate top performers of the week.
• b. Responsible on coming up with new ideas to reduce cycle time and increase efficiency and production.
• c. Delegate routing work to Shift In-Charges.
• d. Responsible to identify top performing Shift In-Charges who can be developed; coach and develop them to handle plant activities.
• e. Regularly give feedback to employees on how things are being done, give suggestions to increase efficiency at the work place.

Preferred candidate profile

• BSC OR B TECH IN DAIRY TECHNOLOGY
• MINIMUM OF 8 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE RELEVANT FIELD