Manufacturing Excellence - Manager

Havells; Ghaziabad District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Havells India Ltd. in Ghaziabad seeks a Manufacturing Excellence professional to drive loss-management, 5S, and capability development across shop floors. You will establish loss-capturing mechanisms and lead Kaizen initiatives to improve efficiency.

The role includes creating governance dashboards, conducting cost-reduction roadmaps, and benchmarking across plants to sustain competitiveness. Strong analytical and training skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Kaizen, 5S, Daily Work Management and Visual Management.
• Strong understanding of operational loss identification, loss capturing, root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving tools.
• Ability to analyze manufacturing KPIs such as OEE, productivity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Project management skills with ability to coordinate cross-functional improvement initiatives.
• Good communication and facilitation skills for training, capability development, audits and leadership review interactions.

Responsibilities

• Establish and support loss-capturing mechanisms to record, classify and analyze operational losses across defined loss categories.
• Assist in Improving operational performance through targeted loss-reduction projects and Kaizen initiatives
• Implement and sustain 5S, Daily Work Management and Visual Management systems for workplace organization, standardization and shop-floor discipline.
• Build capability in Kaizen, Lean thinking and structured problem-solving tools across operating levels.
• Compile Manufacturing Excellence dashboards, MIS and progress reports for periodic leadership reviews.
• Facilitate cross-plant benchmarking and best-practice replication to strengthen sustainable long-term competitiveness.
• Conduct As-Is assessment of current manufacturing cost structure, consumption trends and operating practices.
• Identify, quantify and prioritize cost-optimization opportunities in coordination with plant team and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Set KPI targets, define action plans and establish structured roadmaps for cost reduction projects.
• Drive periodic performance monitoring and review mechanisms for identified cost-optimization initiatives.
• Validate benefit realization through data-backed savings calculations and ensure alignment with approved baselines.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

TPM

Kaizen

5S

Daily Work Management

Visual Management

OEE analysis

Productivity analysis

Project management

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Responsibility

Factory Management System

Operational Loss Management System

• Establish and support loss-capturing mechanisms to record, classify and analyze operational losses across defined loss categories.
• Assist in Improving operational performance through targeted loss-reduction projects and Kaizen initiatives

Workplace Management System

• Implement and sustain 5S, Daily Work Management and Visual Management systems for workplace organization, standardization and shop-floor discipline.

Capability Development System

• Build capability in Kaizen, Lean thinking and structured problem-solving tools across operating levels.

Governance, Reporting and Standardization

• Compile Manufacturing Excellence dashboards, MIS and progress reports for periodic leadership reviews.
• Facilitate cross-plant benchmarking and best-practice replication to strengthen sustainable long-term competitiveness.

Cost Optimization

• Conduct As-Is assessment of current manufacturing cost structure, consumption trends and operating practices.
• Identify, quantify and prioritize cost-optimization opportunities in coordination with plant team and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Set KPI targets, define action plans and establish structured roadmaps for cost reduction projects.
• Drive periodic performance monitoring and review mechanisms for identified cost-optimization initiatives.
• Validate benefit realization through data-backed savings calculations and ensure alignment with approved baselines.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Kaizen, 5S, Daily Work Management and Visual Management.
• Strong understanding of operational loss identification, loss capturing, root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving tools.
• Ability to analyze manufacturing KPIs such as OEE, productivity etc.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Project management skills with ability to coordinate cross-functional improvement initiatives.
• Good communication and facilitation skills for training, capability development, audits and leadership review interactions.