Role & responsibilities
Production & Process Improvement
- Plan, organize, and monitor daily production activities to achieve production targets.
- Monitor production schedules and coordinate with PPC for on-time delivery.
- Ensure optimum utilization of Injection Moulding machines, auxiliaries, molds, and manpower to maximize the productivity.
- Establish and optimize moulding process parameters.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, TPM and 5S methodologies.
- Reduce cycle time, rejection, rework, scrap, and energy consumption.
- Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
Quality Assurance
- Ensure products meet customer specifications and quality standards.
- Coordinate with QA/QC teams for processing capability studies and corrective actions.
- Analyze customer complaints and implement preventive actions.
- Ensure adherence to ISO quality management systems.
Maintenance Coordination of Mould & Machines
- Coordinate with maintenance teams for preventive and breakdown maintenance.
- Ensure machine, mold and auxiliary equipment availability and ensure proper mold installation, trials, validation, and maintenance.
- Monitor and improve MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) and MTTR (Mean Time To Repair).
- Monitor mold performance and life cycle.
- Coordinate with tool room for mold modifications and repairs.
Cost Control
- Control production costs through optimization of manpower, materials, utilities and consumables.
- Monitor material consumption, inventory control, stock tally and reduce material wastage.
Safety, Health & Environment
- Ensure compliance with all EHS regulations and company safety policies.
- Conduct regular safety audits and risk assessments.
- Drive zero-accident culture and ensure statutory compliance.
Team Management
- Lead and develop supervisors, engineers, operators, and technicians.
- Identify training needs and develop competencies.
- Drive employee engagement and performance management initiatives.
- Coordinate with customers during audits and visits.
Automation Drive
- Initiative for a Centralize Auto Conveying System for material feeding to eliminate manual material feeding.
- Initiative for an Automatic conveyor from machine to store area to eliminate manual transportation.
- Initiative for Automatic Packing System
- Machine monitoring software
- Continuous improvement on day-to-day activities.
Preferred candidate profile
- 14 to 16 + years in Injection Moulding operations.
- Minimum 10 years in a managerial role in writing instrument industries.
- Experience handling above 50 nos. of injection moulding machines.
- Excellent knowledge in data analysis
- Working experience in an ISO Certified environment company
- Preferably experience in Writing Industries.
- SAP Knowledge