Senior Manager - Business Excellence

Jubilant Ingrevia Limited; Uttar Pradesh; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Jubilant Ingrevia Limited is seeking a Senior Manager – Business Excellence to drive continuous improvement across manufacturing sites and utilities.

You will lead Six Sigma, Lean initiatives, and cross-functional transformation programs, delivering cost reductions and process optimization through data analytics and governance. The role reports to the Associate Director – Business Excellence and is based at our Gajraula facility in Uttar Pradesh.

Qualifications

• Experience of 15–18 years of experience in chemical / specialty chemicals manufacturing.
• Minimum 8–10 years in Operational Excellence / Process Engineering / Technical Services roles.
• Strong exposure to plant operations, process engineering, utilities, and project engineering.

Responsibilities

• Deliver basic and detail engineering documentation, Process Design, lead technical change control process.
• Drive process engineering calculations – Piping hydraulic, heat transfer area, safety valve design & selection, control valve sizing and selection, pump selection and head calculation.
• Lead CAPEX estimation for projects related to Business Excellence initiatives.
• Identify process efficiencies/cost reduction opportunities in Utilities & drive energy/water conservation projects.
• Lead cross-functional transformation programs across manufacturing, utilities, supply chain, QA, and EHS.
• Institutionalize a continuous improvement culture through structured capability building, coaching, and governance mechanisms.
• Work closely with external agencies & consultants as per requirements.
• Drive adoption of digital tools for performance monitoring and predictive analytics.
• Enable real-time KPI dashboards for plant performance (OEE, yield, energy, downtime).
• Leverage data analytics for root cause analysis and process improvements.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

Process Excellence

Minitab

Heat & Mass balance

Education

B.E – Chemical

MBA in Operations/ Finance

Tools

Minitab

Job description

Jubilant Bhartia Group is a global conglomerate founded by Mr. Shyam S Bhartia and Mr. Hari S Bhartia with strong presence in diverse sectors like Pharmaceuticals, Contract Research and Development Services, Proprietary Novel Drugs, Life Science Ingredients, Agri Products, Performance Polymers, Food Service (QSR), Food, Auto, Consulting in Aerospace and Oilfield Services. Jubilant Bhartia Group has four flagships Companies- Jubilant Pharmova Limited, Jubilant Ingrevia Limited, Jubilant FoodWorks Limited and Jubilant Industries Limited. Currently the group has a global workforce of around 40,000+ employees.

About Jubilant Ingrevia Limited

Jubilant Ingrevia is now a member of the elite Global Lighthouse Network (GLN) of the World Economic Forum (WEF)

Celebrating our Culture and People.

We are proud to be a Great Place to Work certified!

Jubilant Ingrevia history goes back to 1978 with the incorporation of VAM Organics Limited, which later became Jubilant Organosys and then Jubilant Life Sciences and now demerged to an independent entity as Jubilant Ingrevia Limited, which is listed in both the stock exchanges of India. Over the years, company has developed global capacities and leadership in chosen business segments.

Ingrevia is born out of a union of ‘Ingredients’ and ‘Life’ (‘Vie’ in French). Jubilant Ingrevia Limited is committed to offering high-quality and innovative life science ingredients to enrich all forms of life.

Jubilant Ingrevia, a global integrated Life Science products and Innovative Solutions provider serving, Pharmaceutical, Nutrition, Agrochemical, Consumer and Industrial customers with our customised products and solutions that are innovative, cost-effective and conforming to excellent quality standards.

Jubilant Ingrevia Limited offers a broad portfolio of high-quality ingredients that find application in a wide range of industries. Jubilant Ingrevia’s portfolio also extends to custom development and manufacturing for pharmaceutical and agrochemical customers on an exclusive basis.

Our business is split across 3 business verticals, with global leadership across our key product lines.

Speciality Chemicals:

The Specialty Chemical business of Jubilant Ingrevia manufactures Pyridine, Picolines and its forward integration derivatives, which finds application in agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, dyes, solvents, metal finishes, fine chemicals, semiconductors etc.

We have also launched new platform of Diketene & its value-added derivatives for multiple industry use. We are an established ‘partner of choice’ in CDMO, with more investment plans in GMP & Non-GMP multi-product facilities for Pharma, Agro and Semi-conductor customers.

Chemical Intermediates:

The Chemical Intermediates business has acetic anhydride and value added anhydrides and aldehydes catering to various industries.

Nutrition & Health Solutions:

The Nutrition & Heath Solutions business unit offers B3 & Picolinates (Chromium & Zinc) which are fully backward integrated. Our ingredients find application in animal nutrition, human nutrition, personal care, etc. We provide high-quality feed & food additives having application in poultry, dairy, aqua & pet food industry. In Human Nutrition & Health Solutions, we offer food ingredients & premix solutions to nutrition.

Jubilant Ingrevia Limited is supported by five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in India. We practice world-class manufacturing processes in our day-to-day operations, assuring our customers with unmatched quality and timely delivery of products through innovations and cutting-edge technology. Transforming Manufacturing for Operational Excellence & Sustainability with “zero tolerance to any non-compliance” is the core focus of Jubilant Ingrevia Manufacturing.

We have 5 world-class manufacturing facilities i.e. One in UP at Gajraula, Two in Gujarat at Bharuch and Savli, Two in Maharashtra at Nira and Ambernath.

Environment Sustainability

The company is committed to environmental sustainability and supports green chemistry by prioritising the use of bio inputs in manufacturing. Jubilant is one of the world’s largest producers of Acetaldehyde from the bio route.

Find out more about us at www.jubilantingrevia.com

The Position

Organization : - Jubilant Ingrevia Limited

Designation & Level: - Senior Manager – Business Excellence

Location : - Gajraula

Reporting to: - Associate director – Business Excellence

Key Role & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for delivering Business Impact by improving business processes, solving problems, and driving change management within the site.
• Help implement a culture of continuous improvement through "leading by example" and facilitating delivery of business impact/ results through facilitating/ training and coaching.
• Lead all BE Initiatives –Six Sigma & Lean; drive cost reduction/ value creation projects, identify new cost reduction opportunities year on year; facilitate project management involving all stakeholders; work closely with site team on data generation, validation, classification and analysis.
• Help in analyzing and monitoring norms, cost variance, key operational metric to ensure that they remain within budget. Liaison with site team and others functions/ business to get/ share weekly / monthly / quarterly report as per schedule & carry-out the primary analysis of data as per needs; participant in business & operational reviews
• Deliver Basic and Detail engineering documentation, Process Design, lead technical change control process
• Drive Process engineering calculations – Piping hydraulic, heat transfer area , safety valve design & selection, control valve sizing and selection, pump selection and head calculation.
• Lead CAPEX estimation for projects related Business excellence initiatives.
• Identify process efficiencies/ cost reduction opportunities in Utilities & drive energy/ water conservation projects through
• Lead cross-functional transformation programs across manufacturing, utilities, supply chain, QA, and EHS.
• Institutionalize a continuous improvement culture through structured capability building, coaching, and governance mechanisms
• Work closely with external agencies & consultants as per requirements
• Drive adoption of digital tools for performance monitoring and predictive analytics
• Enable real-time KPI dashboards for plant performance (OEE, yield, energy, downtime)
• Leverage data analytics for root cause analysis and process improvements

Qualifications & Experience

• B.E – Chemical [Preferably from Premier Institute like IIT, NIT, Govt. Engg. College]; MBA in Operations/ Finance will be an added advantage
• Experience of 15–18 years of experience in chemical / specialty chemicals manufacturing
• Minimum 8–10 years in Operational Excellence / Process Engineering / Technical Services roles.
• Demonstrated success in delivering large-scale cost reduction and process improvement projects in manufacturing environments
• Strong exposure to plant operations, process engineering, utilities, and project engineering.
• Sound technical knowledge Lean practices. Must be able to conduct training on business excellence concepts at all levels; sound knowledge on spend data classification & analysis, analysis of operating expense, project management.
• Preferable Organization to Source Candidate: Chemical business.

Functional knowledge & Competencies

• Demonstrates strong ability to influence, inspire, and motivate diverse stakeholders to achieve shared objectives.
• Exhibits excellent communication skills and executive presence, effectively engaging with site and senior leadership; delivers clear, impactful oral and written communication.
• Possesses robust program management capabilities, successfully leading multiple projects in parallel across wide cross‑functional teams.
• Shows effective people leadership, with the ability to coach, mentor, and develop team members for sustained performance and growth.
• Brings strong quantitative and problem‑solving skills, capable of conceptualizing complex problems and designing structured analytical roadmaps to address them.
• Effectively facilitates meetings to encourage idea generation, alignment, and timely decision‑making.
• Creates a high‑performance team environment that drives accountability, ownership, and commitment toward achieving project and business goals.

Key Skills

• Lean
• Six Sigma
• Process Excellence
• Minitab
• Heat & Mass balance

Personal Attributes

• Adaptability / Flexibility;
• Commercial Acumen
• Decision Making
• Result Orientation
• Strategic Thinking / Envisioning

Jubilant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, colour, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, political affiliation, race, ethnicity, religion or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.

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