Plant Manager

Philips International; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips in Pune, India seeks a Plant Manager/Senior Director — Manufacturing to lead the Pune site, driving operational excellence, budgets, and safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across complex assembly lines.

The role emphasizes Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, and digital manufacturing, overseeing annual plans, capital investments, capacity, and workforce development for reliable, cost‑effective production for domestic and global markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in a related field with extensive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Proven ability to lead large, cross‑functional plant teams in regulated medical device environments.
• Experience with budget ownership, capital investments, and working capital priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead Pune manufacturing site with multi‑process facilities and large teams.
• Drive safety culture and compliance with EHS, regulatory, and company standards.
• Advance Operational Excellence through Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, and digital manufacturing.
• Oversee annual operating plans, budgets, and multi‑year investment plans.
• Develop talent pipelines and succession within site teams.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

TPM

Kaizen

Digital manufacturing

Leadership

Operations management

Education

Bachelor’s in Industrial/Manufacturing/Production Engineering

Master’s degree (optional)

Job description

Plant Manager Job Description

Job title: Plant Manager / Senior Director - Manufacturing Based in: Pune, India Reports to: Head of Integrated Supply Chain, Precision Diagnosis

Summary: Philips is a global health technology company focused on improving people’s health and well‑being through meaningful innovation. For more than 130 years, Philips has combined advanced technology, clinical expertise, and deep consumer insight to support better care for more people. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries, Philips focuses on key areas including diagnostic imaging, image‑guided therapy, patient monitoring, health informatics, consumer health, and personal care. In India, it has a strong healthcare manufacturing and innovation presence in Pune through its Healthcare Innovation Center and Chakan operations. The Chakan site is an important part of Philips’ manufacturing footprint, supporting advanced healthcare technology products and systems for domestic and global markets. The site’s capabilities across manufacturing, servicing, repair, and product development make it central to quality, operational excellence, and scalable healthcare delivery.

The Plant Manager leads the Pune manufacturing site, overseeing complex processes, assembly lines, safety, quality, cost, and operational performance. This role ensures reliable and predictable manufacturing outcomes, drives Operational Excellence, manages budgets and workforce utilization, and builds strong talent pipelines while maintaining full compliance with EHS, regulatory, and company standards.

Your role

Lead and coordinate large manufacturing teams across diverse processes, assembly lines, and plant functions. Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with applicable EHS standards, regulations, and company policies. Oversee risk assessments and mitigation plans to reduce safety, quality, and operational risks. Drive Operational Excellence initiatives that improve productivity, quality, efficiency, and cost performance. Own annual operating plans, site financial planning, and multi‑year manufacturing and investment plans. Manage expenditures within approved budgets and lead business continuity planning for the site. Ensure quality and regulatory compliance while continuously improving manufacturing processes. Optimize equipment, workforce, and capacity utilization to meet changing demand efficiently. Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and other improvement tools to solve complex operational challenges. Lead succession planning, hiring, performance management, compensation planning, and career development for site teams.

You're the right fit if you have:

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Production Engineering, or a related field with 15+ years of experience; or Master’s degree with 13+ years of experience. Proven experience leading large-scale manufacturing operations, production systems, and cross‑functional plant teams in a highly regulated medical device / med tech environment. Strong track record of delivering safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, profitability, and customer commitments. Experience owning annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, capital investments, cost optimization, and working capital priorities. Demonstrated success driving Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, Kaizen, digital manufacturing, and continuous improvement programs. Strong knowledge of EHS, quality, regulatory, and compliance standards, with experience leading risk mitigation and business continuity planning. Experience across supply chain, procurement, inventory, capacity planning, transfers, NPI, and plant expansion or transformation programs. Strong people leadership experience, with the ability to build, develop, engage, and retain high‑performing teams while leading transformational and organizational change.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office‑based teams, this means working in‑person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full‑time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

About Philips

Are you ready to do the work of your life to help the lives of others? Learn more about our business, discover our rich and exciting history and learn more about our purpose. Learn more about our culture of impact with care. At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health‑tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life. For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health. Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success. It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism. To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance. Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug‑free workplace. Know Your Rights