Mfg Process Improv Assoc Leader

PepsiCo; Kosi Kalan; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo in India seeks a Senior TPM Leader to drive the Manufacturing Excellence agenda under TPM, champion lean practices on the shop floor, and deliver best-in-class efficiencies through master planning and pillar target setting.

You will mentor cross-functional teams, drive productivity projects, and sustain a culture of continuous improvement with a strong focus on 5S, data-driven decision making, and end-to-end process optimization.

Qualifications

• Engineering graduate from a Tier-1 institute with 8+ years experience in processes and leading people.
• Minimum 5 years TPM experience in a system-driven manufacturing setup.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Strong ability to influence and connect with shopfloor teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead TPM implementation in the plant and prepare the master plan.
• Establish a loss monitoring system and set PQCDSM targets for the plant.
• Facilitate 5S across packaging and process areas with regular audits and feedback.
• Develop training modules and promotion material on 5S, JH steps, and Why-Why analysis.
• Engage with shopfloor teams, train new joinees, and provide timely performance feedback.

Skills

Analytical skills

Process orientation

Presentation & communication

Persuasive & influencing

Shopfloor connect

Education

Engineering degree (Tier-1 institute)

Job description

Overview

• Lead Manufacturing Excellence Agenda under TPM umbrella in Plant to deliver Best in Class efficiencies.
• Drive TPM culture .
• Act as facilitator for TPM activities .
• Drive lean manufacturing concept in factory
• Driving End2End productivity targets of factory by partnering with all functions
• Managing plant led productivity projects in Power Steering with scheduled frequency
• Deliver at least 1 Green Belt Six Sigma projects every year
• Mentor KL/GB projects
• Design and Lead Quarterly Manf. Excellence Engagement Programs.
• Engage with Region LSS and Manf. Excellence Leads and drive horizontal replication of BPTs
• Development/consolidations of plant Presentations
• Reduction of Scheduled and unscheduled downtimes as per AOP by partnering with respective functions such as ENG, Manufacturing
• Unlocking solutions to achieve plant P2P targets

Responsibilities

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE:

1. TPM Implementation in the plant

• Prepare Master plan for TPM implementation
• Develop and standardize the TPM formats for FLI
• Plan basic policy & target setting
• Organize the Plant Project teams
• Attend and coordinate the Steering committee meetings
• Work out plan to promote individual pillar
• Set targets for individual circle linked to pillar target
• Develop the JH circles for plant
• Support JH circles to meet the JH Master Plan

1. Establish Loss Monitoring system to set up plant benchmark based on key indices of PQCDSM

• Identify Losses based on 16 losses & Prepare PQCDSM targets for Plant
• Establish loss data monitoring system in plant
• Regular feedback to all pillar on targets vs. actual

1. Facilitate 5S activity in the plant

• Implement 5S in Packaging & Process
• Implement 5S in Process & Packaging
• Regular audit and feedback to all circles
• Internalizing the circle culture

1. Develop Training modules and promotion material on

• 5S
• JH Step 1,2,3
• Why- Why Analysis

1. Shop Floor Engagement:

• Training of new joinees
• Providing timely feedback to employees on the performance reviews
• Counselling of employees
• On the job training for enabling multiskilling.

Qualifications

• Any Engineering Graduate from Tier- A engineering institute with min 8 years experience into processes and leading the people; (Mech., Electrical, Electronics, Industrial, Instrumentation)
• Should have TPM experience of Min 5 years with a system process driven organization; only from Manufacturing set-up
• Analytical skills
• Process orientation
• Strong Presentation and communication skills
• Strong persuasive and influencing ability;
• Strong connect with Shopfloor teams