Senior Manager Manufacturing

Overview This position is responsible to lead production team of the concentrate manufacturing to produce safe & defect free concentrates. Position is responsible to ensure uninterrupted supply of Concentrates & to ensure all KPI’s are established, met & improved continuously. This position is responsible to implement an improvement based culture on the line. Position is also responsible for ensuring both the resources People & Equipment are utilized to the best of their capacities & capability building of new resources are in place whenever the need arises. The position is responsible for implementation of all the Documentations which are essential for producing a defect free concentrate & the health & Safety of People Responsibilities Manufacturing As a position leading bulk of manpower in Channo, driving safety mindset at all levels to deliver Safe operations Driving a culture of Zero safety incident mindset. Utilizing tools like Risk assessment for various operations activities to proactively address any impeding human / environmental risk Driving operations in strict adherence to Manufacturing Instruction issued by R&D Driving a Zero Quality Defect Mindset within the manufacturing team. Adherence to Minimum Mandates and maintaining AIB readiness on regular basis by imbibing GMP as core operational value. Creating & implementing action plans on Customer Complaints received from Various Bottlers to ensure Zero Repeat. Driving Flexibility both in People & assets to meet high surging volumes in South East Asia market. Champion the ramp up of new assets to deliver capex commitment Initiate plans and processes which minimize manufacturing costs through effective utilization of manpower, equipment, facilities, materials, and capital. Timely review the installed capacities & draft the Infrastructural additions or modifications thusimproving process efficiencies & Capacity additions in time. Driving loss reduction initiatives through structured Yield Improvement processes and Productivity improvement initiatives Co-ordinate with supply chain innovation team for the launch and manufacturing of new products as per timelines. Raising Infrastructure requirements on 3 year rolling strat plan & execution of same to improve the productivities, efficiencies & meeting supply chain demands with surging volumes. Coordinate maintenance including Predictive & break down to ensure smooth operations of manufacturing & no loss of time. Coordinate & implement plant resource conservation activities ensuring lower usage of water, fuel & electricity hence serving the generations ahead. Raw Material Stores Managing the Raw Material stores, external raw material warehouse and Engineering stores Conducting month end stock taking of Raw materials and OGS stock and drive recocillation process for any deviation Maintain documents related to all inbound materials Liase and maintain healthy relationship with third party partner for External warehouse Strategically plan the storage requirement for Raw Materials for site and manage investment plan in advance Manage cost of external warehouse as per AOP Systems Good SAP knowledge Pivotal in driving all quality management, safety management and material management system for site . Keeping live the inventory of Plant documentations, which includes MI’s, SOPs, Risk Assessments, Quality records etc. Understanding process Capability of key equipment and plan for structured intervention Driving Cycle count and Ware House Management module in SAP Capability to converge on decision making on restricted and block stock along with stakeholders. Qualifications Education: Graduate in Engineering – Chemical/Mechanical/Production Engg MBA with major in Operations will be an added advantage Experience: 7 to 10 years of experience in the related field is desirable An experience of Food industry is preferable.