Line Head - Process

Aditya Birla Group; Gujarat; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Group in Gujarat seeks an Associate Vice President, Line Head - Process, to lead manufacturing operations across spinning lines and drive performance.

You will oversee production planning, preventive and corrective maintenance, quality and cost improvements, safety and environment, customer-centric product development, and capital projects, reporting to the Function Head Manufacturing as part of GMLP.

Responsibilities

• Production Planning and Control: Plan workflow and schedules for the department, conduct daily meetings to track production schedules and identify delays, adjust schedules to meet deadlines, monitor production status to ensure timely delivery, and develop and monitor financial processes and control systems within the plant
• Maintenance and Plant Reliability: Plan and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance for the entire plant along with all civil maintenance activity, ensure timely attention to breakdown maintenance, and ensure efficient operation of the plant across spinning lines 1 to 4
• Quality and Cost Improvement: Ensure finished products meet quality norms and customer specifications, initiate and implement cost reduction, productivity improvement and quality improvement measures, and assist in new product development and process enhancements
• Safety and Environment: Ensure process and production risk assessment and mitigation activities are carried out, develop and periodically review SOPs, JSA, HAZOP and SMP, lead SOASC programme implementation and maintain process safety standards, assist in process hazard analysis for major risk processes and projects, train employees and contractors on PSM and PHA adherence, and drive process safety event investigations and root cause analysis to prevent recurrence
• Customer Centricity: Conduct periodical reviews and ensure timely corrective actions, review customer complaints and take relevant corrective actions, and develop new products as per market demand
• Project Planning, Budgeting and Implementation: Plan and implement schemes for continuous upgradation of plant and processes to meet targets efficiently and improve profitability, execute new projects and schemes covering plant reliability, improved life, cost reduction, quality control, automation and mechanisation, and conceptualise and implement capital expenditure proposals within cost and time schedule
• Change Management: Achieve benchmarks established across Group units and extend technical expertise in VSF to other fibre units in India and abroad as required, interact with other units to understand best practices and benchmarks, conduct feasibility studies and implement them wherever applicable, provide technical advice to resolve unit problems and assist in conceptualisation of new projects, and record recommended changes into the system with timely updates to management
• People Management: Drive a culture of ownership and collaboration as the torchbearer of Group Values and Purpose, spend qualitative time monthly on feedback and development, ensure smooth onboarding of new employees, co-create MDPs for two to three development areas with each team member, create avenues of tacit knowledge transfer, identify accelerated movement opportunities and job enrichment for the talent pool, develop a successor pool for critical roles, and reward best practices with horizontal deployment
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all relevant regulatory compliances applicable to the operations are adhered to, and ensure recommendations from internal and external regulatory compliance audits are fulfilled

Job description

At the Aditya Birla Group, our Corporate Vision is aligned and intricately woven with our People Vision.

Line Head - Process

Designation : Associate Vice President

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

• Production Planning and Control: Plan workflow and schedules for the department, conduct daily meetings to track production schedules and identify delays, adjust schedules to meet deadlines, monitor production status to ensure timely delivery, and develop and monitor financial processes and control systems within the plant
• Maintenance and Plant Reliability: Plan and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance for the entire plant along with all civil maintenance activity, ensure timely attention to breakdown maintenance, and ensure efficient operation of the plant across spinning lines 1 to 4
• Quality and Cost Improvement: Ensure finished products meet quality norms and customer specifications, initiate and implement cost reduction, productivity improvement and quality improvement measures, and assist in new product development and process enhancements
• Safety and Environment: Ensure process and production risk assessment and mitigation activities are carried out, develop and periodically review SOPs, JSA, HAZOP and SMP, lead SOASC programme implementation and maintain process safety standards, assist in process hazard analysis for major risk processes and projects, train employees and contractors on PSM and PHA adherence, and drive process safety event investigations and root cause analysis to prevent recurrence
• Customer Centricity: Conduct periodical reviews and ensure timely corrective actions, review customer complaints and take relevant corrective actions, and develop new products as per market demand
• Project Planning, Budgeting and Implementation: Plan and implement schemes for continuous upgradation of plant and processes to meet targets efficiently and improve profitability, execute new projects and schemes covering plant reliability, improved life, cost reduction, quality control, automation and mechanisation, and conceptualise and implement capital expenditure proposals within cost and time schedule
• Change Management: Achieve benchmarks established across Group units and extend technical expertise in VSF to other fibre units in India and abroad as required, interact with other units to understand best practices and benchmarks, conduct feasibility studies and implement them wherever applicable, provide technical advice to resolve unit problems and assist in conceptualisation of new projects, and record recommended changes into the system with timely updates to management
• People Management: Drive a culture of ownership and collaboration as the torchbearer of Group Values and Purpose, spend qualitative time monthly on feedback and development, ensure smooth onboarding of new employees, co-create MDPs for two to three development areas with each team member, create avenues of tacit knowledge transfer, identify accelerated movement opportunities and job enrichment for the talent pool, develop a successor pool for critical roles, and reward best practices with horizontal deployment
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all relevant regulatory compliances applicable to the operations are adhered to, and ensure recommendations from internal and external regulatory compliance audits are fulfilled

Reporting Structure

Reports to: Function Head Manufacturing

Reported by: DH Process, DH Spinning, DH Auxiliary

Global Manufacturing Leadership Program

This role is part of the Global Manufacturing Leadership Program (GMLP).

The Global Manufacturing Leadership Program (GMLP) is Aditya Birla Group's flagship leadership hiring initiative focused on building the next generation of manufacturing leaders. Designed for high-potential professionals with a proven track record in manufacturing and operations, GMLP offers accelerated career growth through challenging leadership roles across the Group's diverse businesses, including Cement, Metals, Chemicals, Carbon Black, Pulp & Fibre, Mining, and other global manufacturing operations.

Through GMLP, selected candidates gain exposure to large-scale manufacturing environments, world-class technologies, cross-functional assignments, and mentorship from senior business leaders. The program is aimed at professionals who aspire to move beyond functional excellence and take on broader business and operational leadership responsibilities, while contributing to the long-term growth and transformation of one of the world's leading diversified multinational groups.

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