Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager

Cummins; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins, located in Pune, seeks a seasoned Production/Operations leader to manage daily activities of multiple production teams, drive safety, quality, and efficiency improvements, and mentor frontline leaders. The role emphasizes 2nd and 3rd shift leadership, LOTO awareness, and zero-defect mindset to sustain a safe, productive plant culture.

The candidate will conduct toolbox talks, ensure 5S/GSA standards, and communicate incidents promptly across shifts to facilitate learning and prevention.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in machining and managerial role.
• Minimum intermediate supervisory experience required.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily activities of multiple production teams, including supervision and housekeeping.
• Drive safety, productivity, quality, and efficiency, cross-functionally improving operations.
• Coach and mentor frontline leaders; identify training needs and implement plans.
• Strengthen safety and quality culture with focus on 2nd/3rd shifts; lead 5S/GSA adherence.

Skills

Team building

Collaborates

Clear communication

Decision making

Talent development

Directing work

Engagement driving

Results oriented

Conflict management

Health & safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Export controls licensing

Job description

Job Summary

Manages, develops, and leads the daily activities of multiple production teams.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for the daily activities of multiple production teams including managing team members, housekeeping, and meeting production targets. Works cross functionally to recommend and engage in improving safety, productivity, quality, and efficiency of operations. Provides guidance and feedback for team members in accomplishing tasks and goals; sets expectations and clarifies responsibilities. Coaches and mentors team members. Identifies training needs; develops and implements training plans.

To strengthen and sustain a strong safety and quality culture across the Machine shop with particular focus on 2nd and 3rd shift by driving leadership presence, employee engagement, standard adherence, problem solving and continuous improvement to achieve ZERO incidences in safety and deploy ZERO defect mindset.

Need to conduct tool box talk with employees in various shifts and 100% engagement in TBWS in various zones to ensure employees understand LOTO adherence and APM.

The role shall ensure that the incidents happened in all the Cummins plant are communicated in 2nd and 3rd shifts and ensure people understand it clearly and learn from it.

Coach frontline line leaders to implement the best practices in the plant.

Ensure 5S and GSA gets followed in various shifts

Competencies

• Builds effective teams - Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effective - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Develops talent - Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization s goals.
• Directs work - Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.
• Drives engagement - Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
• Health and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.
• Health, Safety and Environment Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis - Examines HSE incidents by completing quality, evidence based investigations with accurate root cause analysis, resulting in effective corrective actions, accurate reporting and avoiding repeated incidents.
• Continuous Process Improvement - Recognizes areas in which a process can be improved by properly implementing process improvement and waste reduction methodologies to reduce process cost and improve quality in current manufacturing processes.
• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree required.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

• 10+ years in Machining and in managerial role
• Intermediate level of supervisory experience required.