Production Manager

Grasim Industries Ltd - Chemical Division; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Grasim Industries Ltd - Chemical Division in Bengaluru seeks a Production Planning & Execution lead to manage end-to-end production across apparel, home furnishing, accessories and lifestyle lines. You will develop calendars, capacity plans, and trackers to ensure on-time delivery, while coordinating with vendor partners and stitching units.

You will monitor progress, identify bottlenecks, and implement corrective actions to prevent delays, ensuring capacities align with launches and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end production execution across apparel, home furnishing, accessories, and lifestyle product categories.
• Develop and monitor production calendars, capacity plans, and T&A trackers to ensure on-time delivery.
• Drive production allocation across multiple vendor partners and stitching units.
• Monitor order progress, identify bottlenecks, and implement corrective actions to prevent delays.
• Ensure production capacities are aligned with seasonal launches, replenishment requirements, and business priorities.
• Build and manage a network of stitching units and manufacturing partners for small-volume, premium-quality production runs.
• Identify, evaluate, onboard, and develop new vendors across apparel, home textiles, and handcrafted product categories.
• Conduct regular vendor reviews on quality, delivery performance, responsiveness, and compliance.
• Negotiate production capacities, lead times, and commercial terms with external partners.
• Provide technical guidance on garment construction, pattern interpretation, sewing operations, and cut-and-sew manufacturing processes.
• Ensure production feasibility and manufacturability during product development and sampling stages.
• Troubleshoot production and quality issues through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Maintain technical specifications, BOMs, measurement standards, and production documentation.
• Coordinate and monitor value-addition activities such as embroidery and various printing techniques.
• Ensure consistency of workmanship and adherence to approved quality standards.
• Convert approved developments into executable production plans.
• Monitor raw material availability, trims, packaging materials, and production inputs.
• Ensure timely communication of specifications and production requirements to vendor partners.
• Establish quality checkpoints across all production stages.
• Coordinate inspections and audits with internal and external quality teams.
• Drive reduction in rejections, alterations, and production rework.
• Ensure premium product quality standards are consistently achieved.
• Track SKU-wise production readiness against launch and delivery plans.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Production Planning & Execution

• Manage end-to-end production execution across apparel, home furnishing, accessories, and lifestyle product categories.
• Develop and monitor production calendars, capacity plans, and T&A (Time & Action) trackers to ensure on-time delivery.
• Drive production allocation across multiple vendor partners and stitching units.
• Monitor order progress, identify bottlenecks, and implement corrective actions to prevent delays.
• Ensure production capacities are aligned with seasonal launches, replenishment requirements, and business priorities.

Vendor Development & Production Partner Management

• Build and manage a network of stitching units and manufacturing partners capable of handling small-volume, premium-quality production runs.
• Identify, evaluate, onboard, and develop new vendors across apparel, home textiles, and handcrafted product categories.
• Conduct regular vendor reviews on quality, delivery performance, responsiveness, and compliance.
• Negotiate production capacities, lead times, and commercial terms with external partners.

Technical Production Management

• Provide technical guidance on garment construction, pattern interpretation, sewing operations, and cut-and-sew manufacturing processes.
• Ensure production feasibility and manufacturability during product development and sampling stages.
• Troubleshoot production and quality issues through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Maintain technical specifications, BOMs, measurement standards, and production documentation.

Value Addition Processes

• Coordinate and monitor value-addition activities such as:
• • Embroidery
  • Printing (screen, digital, block, and specialty techniques)
  • Hand embellishments
  • Surface treatments and finishing processes
• Ensure consistency of workmanship and adherence to approved quality standards.

Merchandising & Material Readiness

• Convert approved developments into executable production plans.
• Monitor raw material availability, trims, packaging materials, and production inputs.
• Ensure timely communication of specifications and production requirements to vendor partners.

Quality Management

• Establish quality checkpoints across all production stages.
• Coordinate inspections and audits with internal and external quality teams.
• Drive reduction in rejections, alterations, and production rework.
• Ensure premium product quality standards are consistently achieved.

Launch & Dispatch Readiness

• Track SKU-wise production readiness against launch and delivery plans.