DGM - Plant Operations (North Plant)

• Plan, organize, direct, and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations. • Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards. • Be responsible for production output, product quality and on-time shipping. • Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results. • Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus. • Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions. • Share a trusting relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop plant staff. • Cost Optimization through engineering design • Collect and analyse data to find places of wastages – Includes Overtime • Commit to plant safety procedures. • Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets. • Address employees’ issues or grievances and administer collective bargaining agreements. • Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts. • Responsible for Planning, Scheduling & execution of project in a food industry preferable multiple line. Should have handled maintenance department in the past. • Procurement, inspection (if required) & supervising installation of equipment. • Facilitate in training of man power in new equipment & also existing equipment. • Allocation of various resources accordingly with efficiency of completing the work on time. • To coordinate with quality & new product development for developing of new products. • Make decisions about equipment use, maintenance, modification and procurement. • Implementation of Industry best practices & delivery of good quality work within allocated budget. • Work out and implement standard operating procedures for production operations • implement and enforce quality control and tracking programs to meet quality objectives • Analyze production and quality control to detect and correct problems • Determine and implement improvements to the production process • monitor and review the performance of staff and organize necessary interventions for improvement • implement cost control programs • ensure efficient collaboration and co-ordination between relevant departments including procurement, distribution and management • Should have adequate knowledge of TPM, especially 5S, Autonomous maintenance, Planned Maintenance.

The key areas candidates should have worked on:

Desirable Knowledge • Knowledge and experience in production and manufacturing processes and techniques • Knowledge of raw materials. • Knowledge of quality systems and standards • Knowledge of health and safety standards and compliance • Knowledge of process improvement techniques. • Knowledge of business, finance and management principles • Knowledge of human resource principles and practices • Knowledge of machines and tools • Knowledge of engineering and technology principles and practices • Should have adequate knowledge in TPM • Soft skills like computer Skills: • critical thinking and problem solving skills • planning and organizing • co-ordination and control • time management • attention to detail • decision-making • communication skills • persuasiveness • negotiation • influencing and leading • delegation • team work • conflict management • adaptability • stress tolerance.

Educational Level B Tech in Mechanical / Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Working Experience:- at least 10 -15 years of experience in Production, Maintenance & Projects especially food Industry. Should be at least Sr Manager and above position. Must have: FMCG experience.