Associate Head - Manufacturing Excellence

Roots Group; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Roots Group in Coimbatore North, India seeks Associate Head – Manufacturing Excellence to drive productivity, quality improvements and cost reductions across its plants. The role uses Lean and continuous improvement methodologies to optimize processes, eliminate waste, and boost overall operational performance.

You will identify inefficiencies, standardize processes, deploy Lean principles, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams (Production, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Engineering)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical / ECE/EEE /Industrial / Manufacturing or equivalent).
• 15–20 years of manufacturing or operations experience.
• Strong hands-on experience in Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Hands-on leadership style with strong shop-floor presence.

Responsibilities

• Identify process inefficiencies and lead improvement projects to reduce waste, cycle time, defects, and costs.
• Drive standardisation of processes and best practices across plants.
• Deployment of Lean principles, continuous improvement methodologies across manufacturing sites.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Quality Heads to analyse operational data, performance metrics, and trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support achievement of annual operational targets and strategic objectives.
• Initiate value stream mapping and kaizen.
• Support implementation and optimization of manufacturing systems (MES and digital tools).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Production, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Engineering).

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Operational excellence

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership on shop floor

Education

Bachelors in Engineering

Tools

MES

Digital tools

Job description

Associate Head - Manufacturing Excellence

Coimbatore North, India

The Associate Head – Corporate Manufacturing Excellence is responsible for driving productivity improvement, quality enhancement, and manufacturing cost reduction across the Roots Group of Companies. The role focuses on deploying Lean and continuous improvement methodologies to optimize processes, eliminate waste, and enhance overall operational performance across manufacturing plants.

• Identifyprocess inefficiencies and lead improvement projects to reduce waste, cycletime, defects, and costs
• Drivestandardisation of processes and best practices across plants
• Deploymentof Lean principles, continuous improvement methodologies across manufacturingsites
• Partner with Manufacturing andQuality Heads to analyse operational data, performance metrics, and trends toidentify improvement opportunities
• Supportachievement of annual operational targets and strategic objectives
• Initiatevalue stream mapping and kaizen
• Supportimplementation and optimization of manufacturing systems (MES and digitaltools)

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams(Production, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Engineering)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree inEngineering (Mechanical / ECE/EEE /Industrial / Manufacturing or equivalent)
• 15–20 years of manufacturingor operations experience
• Strong hands-on experiencein Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence
• Strong analytical andproblem-solving skills
• Excellent stakeholdermanagement and communication abilities
• Hands-on leadership stylewith strong shop-floor presence