Plant Head Manufacturing

4 days ago

Chennai Kanchipuram Oragadam, India People Process Teck Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 36,00,000 per year

Position: Plant Head

Department: Production / Operation

Reporting to: Director / President

Purpose: Oversee plant operations, NPD, expansion projects, compliance, and build a culture of performance, quality, and safety.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Knowledge & Legal Compliance

  2. Ensure clarity on legal permissions and NOCs.

  3. Consult experts to avoid legal penalties.

  4. Maintain product issue logs and industry trend awareness.

  5. Customer Requirements

  6. Collaborate with Business Development and NPD to define product deliverables.

  7. Conceptualization & Planning

  8. Oversee site layout, machinery, utilities, and consultant engagement.

  9. Guide SOPs, budgets, safety policies, and operating plans for all departments.

  10. Execution & Monitoring

  11. Ensure clarity and compliance on SOPs, budgets, reports, safety norms, and plans.

  12. Monitor deliverables and guide corrective actions.

  13. New Product Development

  14. Understand customer-specific requirements.

  15. Conduct feasibility analysis and guide NPD through all development stages.

  16. Manage NPD budgets and communication.

  17. Project Execution

  18. Adhere to project roles, timelines, budgets, and SOPs.

  19. Report progress and seek support as needed.

  20. Organizational Culture

  21. Promote performance, quality, cost consciousness, and safety.

  22. Empower employees to report lapses and uphold standards.

  23. Continuous Improvement

  24. Update SOPs post-issue resolution.

  25. Train teams regularly and ensure succession planning.

  26. Maintain harmonious industrial relations.

  27. Relationship Building

  28. Cultivate relations with legal bodies and customer representatives.

  29. Business Planning & Budgeting

  30. Propose annual operational plans.

  31. Contribute to budgeting, monitor variances, and control costs.

  32. SOPs & MIS

  33. Ensure SOP documentation and compliance.

  34. Optimize SAP usage and MIS design.

  35. Analyze data and communicate insights.

  36. Communication

  37. Ensure timely, role-appropriate communication of goals and updates.

  38. Quality & Safety

  39. Define and monitor quality systems.

  40. Enforce safety policies and review regularly.

  41. Housekeeping

  42. Ensure compliance in equipment, data, and infrastructure maintenance.

Key Result Areas (KRA) & KPIs:

Plant Profitability: Ensure PBT target

Revenue Generation: Minimize deviation in customer delivery plans

Revenue Assurance: Budget variances (Operations, NPD, Admin, Wastage %)

Efficiency: Revenue per person

Compliance: Statutory/legal/taxation deviation

Industrial Relations: Work disruptions due to IR issues

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Experience: 15+ years in manufacturing, 3+ years as Plant Head
  • Education: BE Mechanical or DME (with 5 extra years), MBA/DBM in Operations Management

Skills & Knowledge:

Managerial

  • Budgeting, decision-making, cost control, planning, problem-solving, delegation

Technical & Industry Knowledge

  • Automotive systems, manufacturing processes, Lean, Six Sigma, TQM, Kaizen, 5-S
  • SAP, Microsoft Office, technology appreciation

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