PRODUCTION MANAGER PORCELIAN CERAMIC

Zoho; Kadi; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoho is seeking a Production Manager to oversee porcelain mosaic manufacturing. You will plan, organize, and supervise the full production cycle from raw materials to packing, ensuring targets, quality, and safety standards are met.

Responsibilities include coordinating with maintenance, planning, stores, and QA, driving cost efficiency and continuous improvement, and training supervisors and operators for consistent output.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Ceramic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or a relevant field.
• Minimum 5–10 years of experience in ceramic, porcelain, tile, mosaic, or related manufacturing industries.
• Strong knowledge of ceramic/porcelain production processes and manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly production plans according to customer orders and dispatch schedules.
• Monitor the complete manufacturing process, including raw material preparation, mixing, forming, pressing, drying, glazing, firing, sorting, cutting, finishing, and packing.
• Ensure production targets are achieved within the planned timeline.
• Maintain product quality as per approved specifications and coordinate with Quality Control to reduce defects, breakage, rejection, and wastage.
• Monitor production efficiency, machine utilization, manpower productivity, and material consumption.
• Identify production bottlenecks and implement corrective and preventive actions for continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with Maintenance for preventive and breakdown maintenance of production machinery, kilns, presses, cutting machines, and other equipment.
• Control production costs by reducing material wastage, energy consumption, rework, and unnecessary overtime.
• Ensure proper utilization and availability of manpower, machines, raw materials, and production tools.
• Maintain daily production reports, rejection reports, downtime records, consumption records, and other production-related documentation.
• Ensure compliance with safety rules, SOPs, quality systems, and company policies.
• Train, guide, and evaluate production supervisors, operators, and workers.
• Coordinate with Planning, Stores, Purchase, Maintenance, Quality, HR, and Dispatch departments for smooth production operations.
• Investigate major quality or production issues and implement corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase productivity, improve quality, and optimize manufacturing processes.
• KPI focus: achievement of production targets, quality and rejection rates, material waste, machine downtime, manpower productivity, production costs, and safety compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Planning

Team management

Quality systems knowledge

Problem-solving

Education

Ceramic Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Production Engineering

Relevant field

Job description

JobTitle: Production Manager
Department: Production / Manufacturing
Reporting To: Plant Head / Factory Manager

Job Purpose

TheProduction Manager will be responsible for planning, organizing, supervising,and controlling the complete manufacturing process of porcelain mosaicproducts. The role focuses on achieving production targets while maintainingrequired quality standards, controlling costs, improving productivity, andensuring safe manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare daily, weekly, andmonthly production plans according to customer orders and dispatchschedules.
  
• Monitor the completemanufacturing process, including raw material preparation, mixing,forming, pressing, drying, glazing, firing, sorting, cutting, finishing,and packing.
  
• Ensure production targetsare achieved within the planned timeline.
  
• Maintain product quality asper approved specifications and coordinate with the Quality ControlDepartment to reduce defects, breakage, rejection, and wastage.
  
• Monitor productionefficiency, machine utilization, manpower productivity, and materialconsumption.
  
• Identify productionbottlenecks and implement corrective and preventive actions for continuousimprovement.
  
• Coordinate with Maintenancefor preventive and breakdown maintenance of production machinery, kilns,presses, cutting machines, and other equipment.
  
• Control production costs byreducing material wastage, energy consumption, rework, and unnecessaryovertime.
  
• Ensure proper utilizationand availability of manpower, machines, raw materials, and productiontools.
  
• Maintain daily productionreports, rejection reports, downtime records, consumption records, andother production-related documentation.
  
• Ensure compliance with safetyrules, SOPs, quality systems, and company policies.
  
• Train, guide, and evaluateproduction supervisors, operators, and workers.
  
• Coordinate with Planning,Stores, Purchase, Maintenance, Quality, HR, and Dispatch departments forsmooth production operations.
  
• Investigate major quality orproduction issues and implement corrective actions.
  
• Drive continuous improvementinitiatives to increase productivity, improve quality, and optimizemanufacturing processes.
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Diploma or Degree in CeramicEngineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or a relevantfield.
  
• Minimum 5–10 years ofexperience in ceramic, porcelain, tile, mosaic, or relatedmanufacturing industries.
  
• Strong knowledge ofceramic/porcelain production processes and manufacturing equipment.
  
• Good leadership,problem-solving, planning, and team management skills.
  
• Knowledge of qualitysystems, safety standards, production reporting, and continuousimprovement practices.
  

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Achievement of productiontargets
  
• Product quality andrejection percentage
  
• Material wastage andconsumption
  
• Machine utilization anddowntime
  
• Manpower productivity
  
• Production cost control
  
• Safety performance andcompliance
  

Authority: The Production Manager isauthorized to allocate manpower, prioritize production activities, coordinatewith concerned departments, and take necessary operational decisions to achieveproduction, quality, cost, and safety objectives.