Plant Head-Rohad

Merino Industreis Limited; Haryana; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

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Restaurant d'entreprise

Job summary

Merino Industreis Limited is seeking a Plant Operations leader to supervise manufacturing, quality assurance, and logistics across the production facility in Haryana. The role focuses on maintaining high production reliability, OTIF compliance, and cost-effective operations with lean improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities include planning capex/opex, managing manpower across shifts, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance, and coordinating with procurement, logistics, and engineering to

Responsibilities

• Assure reliability and consistency of production; monitor manufacturing processes and output
• Participate in quality audits and customer inspections; support resolution of quality complaints
• Drive production in line with the production plan to meet OTIF targets
• Plan and supervise manufacturing; liaise with procurement to ensure raw materials availability
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality and regulatory standards
• Oversee manpower planning, deployment across lines and shifts
• Monitor plant costs and production metrics; report to management
• Drive lean initiatives and continuous improvement across plant
• Develop and manage plant budget and capacity planning

Job description

Job Responsibilities

Process Excellence & Customer Centricity

Support Quality Control & Assurance

• Assure reliability and consistency of production; Ensure monitoring of manufacturing processes and output
• Participate in quality audits and customer inspections; Support resolution of all complaints and findings related to Quality issues in collaboration with quality assurance

Customer fulfilment

• Ensure maximum market servicing basis demand projections - Ensure OTIF; Drive production in line with outlined production plan
• Maintain high level of quality control in production to minimize defects

Strategy and planning

• Direct and lead planning of Capex and Opex for the plant (e.g., machinery, raw materials) in coordination with respective leads.
• Support development of plant manufacturing budget in coordination respective leads; Plan and allocate production budget and capacity in coordination with production planning department
• Oversee manpower planning, deployment and mobilization across production lines and shifts
• Oversee implementation of people strategy at plant.
• Prepare an annual manufacturing plan and policy guidelines to drive the performance of key result areas on production activities and continuous implementation monitoring.
• Implements, drives, and sustains key initiatives that support plant strategic goals.

Manufacturing Operations

• Plan and supervise manufacturing
• Support Production head in managing manufacturing operations
• Liaise with procurement head to ensure availability of required raw materials
• Ensure adherence to dispatch plan outlined in coordination with logistics manager
• Ensure regular maintenance of equipment as per outlined schedule across plant
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality and regulatory standards for the plant
• Liaise with engineering & maintenance head to ensure maintenance and availability of utilities e.g., electricity; Drive civil and mechanical projects at plant
• Oversee management of stores and spares at plant across products

Job Responsibilities (Continued)

• Oversee planning and implementation of maintenance schedules and shutdowns to enhance machine uptime, reduction in mean time between repetitive failures and contingency planning while ensuring production continuity
• Monitors the facility’s equipments needs and ensures that the technical team is working to keep the Company’s equipment and physical facility are properly maintained.
• Optimally make sure that manufacturing units improvise on the standard efficiencies in terms of Machine efficiencies, material yields, labor and overhead costs versus budget.

Performance monitoring and reporting

• Monitor performance and plant costs along key production metrics outlined by management; Drive correction of negative deviation vs budgeted if any
• Identify and highlight key deviations from plan; Suggest initiatives to resolve issuesPerform operational audit in conjunction with process excellence head to determine manufacturing efficiency
• Work with plant finance controller to measure and track financial performance of plant
• Works to ensure that the facility’s OEE, OTIF, production targets; monitor target achievements are met through periodic reviews.
• Review daily, weekly and monthly production MIS reports to match actual performance vis-à-vis the targets and provide action steps to minimize variance
• Provides information to Corporate with SLA, including daily/weekly/monthly reporting requirements and other ad hoc information requests.

Procurement

• Monitor management and coordination of procurement related to plant including preparation of procurement budget for plant, evaluation of suppliers, contract negotiation, delivery and quality of raw materials
• Ensure adherence to inventory norms and minimize cost of inventory for all material types (RM, Consumables, etc.)

Logistics

• Oversee planning and coordination of timely movement of goods from plant including preparation of budget, managing inventory levels, tracking shipments, evaluation of vendors and contract negotiation

Strategic

• Directs all aspects of the business operations, including purchasing, scheduling, manufacturing, warehousing, dispatch, quality assurance, customer service etc.
• Accountable for plant costs, throughput, utilization, manpower productivity & production costs
• Lead creation of the plant budget by consolidating inputs from various departments; ensure adherence to the approved budget
• Control of all operational aspects including cost & operations, production, quality, plant production improvement, health & safety and compliance.
• Ensure implementation of process improvements across products at plant to ensure improvement in key metrics
• Oversee the cost-effective management of all outsourced transportation service in consistence with budgeted levels of costs.
• Enforces all Company policies, including safety, production, quality, sales, human resources, customer service and accounting policies.
• Understands the technical aspects of the manufacturing facility so as to provide support to departmental personnel.
• Well versed with processes like IMS, QMS, ISO Audit & Compliance
• Constantly assesses the facility’s operational efficiencies and seeks out opportunities to improve processes in an economic manner.
• Ensure that all legal and statutory compliances for the plant are complied as per the required timelines
• Drive lean in every aspect of business practices and operations.
• Any assignment which needs to be done for addressing the Company needs/ objectives / emergencies / criticalities as directed by the Management time to time.

People

Staff + Manpower

• Guide and monitor performance of direct reports, providing timely feedbacks
• Support the identification of training and development to facilitate technical learning and growth of production staff and manpower
• Ensure adequate safety training for production staff and manpower
• Determine and communicate staffing needs to HR, interview candidates as necessary
• Manage and maintain labor and operating costs in accordance with budgets and strategic goals including cost due to rejections and rework etc.
• Ensure smooth coordination between production, quality control and maintenance functions in order to maintain parity/ clear understanding of targets/ expectations at all levels.
• Develop and nurture a dynamic and competent workforce through a robust performance driven culture.

Learning & Development

• Coach and develop staff to build high performing teams. Assigns stretch assignments to further train and enhance staff development.
• Promotes cross training to optimize workforce, ensures functional coverage, reduce labor costs, and supports succession planning.
• Oversees the hiring and training of facility personnel. Works with Human Resources to drive performance management of employees and seek out ways to motivate and develop employees.

Industrial Relations

• Manage the overall IR climate at the plant and ensure timely awareness and action for managing any labor issues
• Support interactions with unions, labor bodies in coordination with Plant HR + IR Head
• Oversee management of complaints and manage grievance redressal with the labor unions
• Build constructive relationships with all stakeholders both internally and externally (Govt. bodies, other industries bodies and external parties/ vendors.)

Liaison

• Coordinate with external stakeholders e.g., regional administrative bodies, industry bodies, and labor unions; Ensure prompt issue resolution
• Meeting all statutory, regulatory & admin at plant site
• Oversee environmental health and safety - Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and industry codes
• Oversee and extend full support for compliance to all statutory government regulations.

Employee health & safety

• Oversees all employee management, while being a champion for safety at the facility.
• Support development of employee health and safety procedures and policies
• Ensure regular safety inspections, and training of employees on safety procedures
• Drive reporting and investigation of accidents and incidents pertaining to employee safety and health
• Ensure compliance with employee health and safety standards, and regulations
• Drive Kaizen and other improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and ensure strict adherence to all safety & environment norms and drive safety as a culture in the plant Digital First
• Employ digital tools to ensure accurate scheduling and tracking of production operations
• Leverage digital tools to maintain quality standards in production and manufacturing
• Develop and report monthly performance reports on production, including updated forecasts for the rest of the year to support production and logistics planning