Plant Head

Job Description

About Zetwerk

Zetwerk is the largest global manufacturing network for custom manufacturing that helps transform digital designs into physical manifestations. Zetwerk offers manufacturing solutions across a diverse range of products, from simple items like steel pipes to complex products like aircraft engine components, from industrial use-cases like metal bridges, oil rigs, aircraft/auto components to consumer use-cases like apparel, home appliances, audio-visual electronics, for small businesses and Fortune 500 companies alike. Zetwerk offers customers access to a wide range of manufacturing capabilities, including metal fabrication, CNC machining, plastic injection moulding, 3D printing and aluminum die castings, across 1000s of manufacturing partners. These capabilities serve a diverse set of industries ranging from traditional ones such as Oil & Gas, Energy, Infrastructure, Aerospace, Apparel to modern ones such as Renewables, Electric Vehicles, Consumer Electronics, and Space.

For customers, Zetwerk's global manufacturing network ensures products are manufactured faster, at competitive prices and with world-class quality. It offers quality monitoring through indigenously developed technology which provides end-to-end transparency from purchase orders to delivery, thus eliminating uncertainties around quality, visibility, reliability, and under-utilized capacities.

For manufacturing partners, the Zetwerk platform drives higher capacity utilization of manufacturing capacities and offers various portfolio services (including logistics, raw material procurement, working capital access) to drive revenue growth as well as optimize for cost of manufacturing.

Technology + Manufacturing

Over the last 7 years, Zetwerk has built a strong technology driven supply chain to deliver high quality manufacturing of various industrial and consumer products at highly competitive costs and lead times.

Zetwerk's in-house Manufacturing Operating System software, ZISO, enables digital selection of supply, pricing recommendations, digital repository of engineering designs, real-time tracking of manufacturing across various stages, visual updates of products getting made, seamless communication across stakeholders and quality assurance of the final product getting shipped.

Our software led approach unifies various stakeholders in the manufacturing universe to collaborate to deliver the products we see around us and we love. These include product designers, manufacturing partners, logistics providers, third-party quality inspectors, financing partners, raw material suppliers and many more. Zetwerk unifies the highly fragmented manufacturing ecosystem to work as one single entity to deliver the highest quality manufacturing with the fastest possible lead times and the lowest possible costs, day in day out.

Why Zetwerk

A company that's changing the way manufacturing is done needs game changers to shape the future. At Zetwerk, our job is to help you excel in your career and make an Impact. We offer you an environment to create a unique career journey, opportunities to grow your ambition and an inclusive culture to help you thrive. We encourage innovation through collaboration and connect you to leaders who help you go beyond. We deliver the best for our people so that they can deliver the best for our customers. It's that simple. It's Zetwerk.

Roles & Responsibilities

P&L: Prepare, monitor, and control the factory's operating budget to ensure cost efficiency.

Adhering to financial planning and budgeting and bringing in profitability of the business.

Operational Management: Oversee daily production and fabrication processes to meet targets in terms of volume, quality, and cost.

Develop and implement production plans to ensure optimal resource utilization and efficiency.

Co-ordinate with production, quality control, and maintenance teams to address issues and improve workflow. Strategic Planning: Monitor KPIs to drive continuous improvement in productivity, safety, and quality.

Collaborate with senior management to set annual targets and drive initiatives for factory development.

Quality: Implement quality management systems to ensure adherence to standards and specifications. Lead efforts to identify root causes of quality issues and drive corrective actions.

Safety: Ensure the factory complies with all safety & Health. Implement and monitor safety programs, conducting regular audits and drills to enforce a safe work environment.

Lead and mentor cross-functional teams, including production supervisors, quality inspectors, maintenance, and logistics staff.

Customer Centered: Ensure on-time delivery of quality products to meet customer requirements.

Job Requirement

Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or a related field. Relevant certifications are a plus.

Experience: Minimum 15-25 years of experience in the manufacturing or fabrication Industry.

Leadership Skills: Proven track record in leading large teams, developing talent, and driving a positive work culture.

Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of fabrication processes, equipment, and quality standards. Familiarity with manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies.

Problem-Solving:Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.

Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively at all organizational levels.

Budget Management:Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial management within a factory setting. Strategic thinking, operational efficiency, Strong organizational, multitasking abilities, Commitment to safety and quality & meeting deadlines