Production Executive

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India Foods Business is a full-service manufacturing and marketing unit comprising over 500 employees spread across over multiple locations across India. Our strong suite of products includes the Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Haagen-Dazs and Nature Valley brands in both direct-to-consumer and B2B channels across Retail, Food Service and Bakeries & Exports. We combine the capabilities of a global enterprise with the entrepreneurial spirit and cultural awareness you would expect of a smaller local company.

**Job Description**:
POSITION TITLE : Production Executive, Nashik Plant

REPORTS TO : Platform Manager - Nashik Plant

LOCATION : Malegaon, Sinnar, Nashik

Nashik plant supports the following businesses:

- Bakeries business in India
- Retail cake mixes for India & International markets.
- Food service chains with frozen tortilla capabilities
- Ready to Eat Frozen Muffins for India and select export markets.
- Frozen flat breads, dough products with and without filling for India / Exports

**Purpose**:
Production Executive is accountable to handle all the manufacturing lines operation during his shift by taking the complete responsibility and ownership. The role requires the production executive to be a key driver to make sure that shift teams are motivated and engaged to deliver the manufacturing goals with respect to Human Safety/Food safety & Quality/Cost to execute production as per plan/ schedule. Ensures lines are running smoothly and producing quality products. The role also requires production executive to ensure shift team maintaining process specifications and quality standard in a safe and sanitary environment. The incumbent of the role is responsible to lead his team in solving problems and continuously improving in coordination with the Maintenance Engineer & FSQ executive.

**Key Roles & Responsibilities**:

- ** Manufacturing Deliverables -** Deliver planned CBN (Compelling Business Need) commitments and associated factory KPIs by effectively organizing the shift resources and activities and/or supporting troubleshooting activities. Meeting production plan.
- ** Preventive Maintenance & Reliability -** To manage PM activities to schedule and ensure the shift team is trained to maintain the efficiency and reliability of platform operations.
- ** Technology Advancement -** Recommend improvements related to moving the area forward in technological change, which would result in new and improved equipment and/or methods to minimize production costs and improve quality.
- ** Change Champion -** Recommend and implement changes in methods, equipment, systems, and organization as needed, to ensure that the objectives of the area are met. Deliver area requirements by influencing and practicing high-performance collaboration with allied functions.
- ** Associate Advocacy -** Drive Associate engagement through a foundation of teamwork and involvement. Support associates in the implementation of improvement strategies that will help their areas perform more effectively in the near term and the future.
- ** Associate Development -**Lead the continuous up-skilling and development of operational expertise of teams as necessary to deliver the operation strategy by deploying standards, best practices, and tools.
- **Engagement -**Improve associates moral and build highly engaged high performance team.
- ** Manufacturing Excellence/Lean -** Eliminate 7 wastes in operation, reduce manufacturing conversion cost, and continuously drive for lean operation. To continuously improve the RM/PM yield, Right First-Time products and actively seek ways to reduce and eliminate inefficiencies, consumer complaints resulting from site activities.
- ** HSE -**Ensure safety of all the associates and contractors working in the plant, safety of our products, property, and all activities in the plant. Create HSE culture through visible leadership, engaging teams, and effective deployment of HSE Policy/Management system. Overall responsibility to ensure the functional compliance to GMI GSE Standards and all relevant local legislation.
- ** Food Safety & Quality -**Associate is responsible to ensure effective implementation of General Mills Quality Policies. Food Safety requirements and continuously improve the performance through effective communication and capability building.
- **Others -** Drive shift DDS process including shift to shift handover. Ensure that in case of any grievance or compliant whenever raised by any member, proper intimation is given to the concerned authorities. Ensure good Industrial relations at the shop floor through incorporation of bipartite forums.

**KEY INTERFACES**:

- With Specialists and other functions at the site like HR, FSQ, Engineering, Project & Supply Chain.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or food science from recognized institute
- At least 4-6 years of experience in Manufacturing with good experience of leading Direct Reports. Good coaching & people management skills
- Experience in F