Manufacturing Manager

ITC; Khopoli; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ITCs Foods Division invites applications for a production leadership role to meet targets across factories, drive safety, quality, and cost metrics, and implement quality systems. The role covers line optimization, new product commercialization, and leading engineers to improve yield and productivity.

The incumbent will supervise operations, ensure on-time delivery, and coordinate with Projects for line augmentations and cost discussions with Contractual Manufacturing Units.

Qualifications

• Production/Shop Floor experience is must in atta.
• Hands on experience in launch and scaleup of staples.
• Food Safety Knowledge.
• Process Knowledge.
• Industry Knowledge.

Responsibilities

• To meet production targets across factories as per the production plan within the stipulated budgets and timelines.
• To achieve key performance metrics of Safety, Quality, Productivity and Cost.
• Implementation of Quality systems e.g. ISO 9001, HACCP, 5S, SGA etc.
• To work on the optimization of cost and continuous process improvement.
• To meet all production targets ensuring quality, on time delivery and optimization of resources.
• Commercialization of new products being developed.
• People leadership Lead and manage a team of engineers.
• Ensure conformity to the laid down quality guidelines and ensure that key issues in quality are resolved in a timely way.
• Review the unit's performance against key indices like productivity, capacity utilization, quality, and prioritize the action areas to improve the metrics. Recommend key interventions to enhance yield, utilization and productivity.
• Lead the institutionalization of new lines / augmentation of existing lines at the unit for capacity optimization in coordination with the Projects team.
• Guide the team for commercial scale production of new products / manufacturing changes related to new SKUs.
• Managing Conversion Cost discussions end to end with Contractual Manufacturing Units

Skills

Production/Shop Floor experience

Launch & scaleup of staples

Food Safety Knowledge

Process Knowledge

Industry Knowledge

Education

BE/B.Tech with min 60%

Job description

Role & responsibilities

About ITCs Foods Division

ITCs Foods Division is spearheading ITCs diversification into the foods business and is perhaps the fastest growing FMCG business in the country The Division has drawn up ambitious growth plans and is well positioned to become the largest branded, packaged food business in the country in the next five years.

Role

1. To meet production targets across factories as per the production plan within the stipulated budgets and timelines.

2. To achieve key performance metrics of Safety, Quality, Productivity and Cost.

3. Implementation of Quality systems e.g. ISO 9001, HACCP, 5S, SGA etc.

4. To work on the optimization of cost and continuous process improvement

5. To meet all production targets ensuring quality, on time delivery and optimization of resources.

6. Commercialization of new products being developed.

7. People leadership Lead and manage a team of engineers.

8. Ensure conformity to the laid down quality guidelines and ensure that key issues in quality are resolved in a timely way.

9. Review the unit's performance against key indices like productivity, capacity utilization, quality, and prioritize the action areas to improve the metrics. Recommend key interventions to enhance yield, utilization and productivity.

10. Lead the institutionalization of new lines / augmentation of existing lines at the unit for capacity optimization in coordination with the Projects team.

11. Guide the team for commercial scale production of new products / manufacturing changes related to new SKUs.

12. Managing Conversion Cost discussions end to end with Contractual Manufacturing Units

Job-related Skills

-Production/Shop Floor experience is must in atta
-Hands on experience in launch and scaleup of staples

-Food Safety Knowledge
-Process Knowledge
-Industry Knowledge

Management/Personal Skills

-Troubleshooting on Line
-Process Standardization, yield improvement and SOP
-Develop processes and systems from scratch
-Cost Optimization
-Stakeholder Management

Preferred candidate profile

Min 60% of score in academics (10th, 12th & B.E/ B.Tech)