Manager - Manufacturing

Overview
Job Overview:

• Applies knowledge of processes, equipment and system capability to set challenging individual and facility standards.
• Develops Annual Operating Plan for Manufacturing Dept
• Achieve performance standards with regards to safety, line utilization, efficiencies and quality metrics
• Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals. Demonstrate knowledge of Problem-solving tools like Fish bone, pareto, DMAIC approach etc.
• Maintain product quality and sanitation standards per Food Safety requirements
• Tracks key performance indicators/costs, anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets
• Oversees and assures facility equipment reliability to minimize downtime, works on MTBF increase, MTTR reduction on Key equipment's.
• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly personnel
• Co-pilot LTS & Engage Frontline workforce, Partner with HRBP and lead engagement
• Ensures compliance with all Health & Safety regulations

Responsibilities
Responsibilities
:

• Production Planning:

o  Review the tentative product wise volume projections for the plant;

o  Review the KPI's and related cost budget (fixed and variable) prepared by respective Lines at the plant.

o  Review Demand compliance and availability of Empties daily basis and adherence to production plan from ISCP;

o  Review with Purchase, LDT & Quality counterparts the availability of quality complied raw material and packaging material at plant as per production requirements;

o  Review the connectivity schedule for RMPM;

o  Review the SAP updation of actual production and dispatch on periodic basis to oversee actual production as per the production plan and defined quality protocols

• Production Execution:

o  Conduct daily inter department review meetings to discuss production plan changes and alternatives to manage changes;

o  Priorities daily big-ticket activities for the team;

o  Review along with HR manager daily resource requirements, last day's absenteeism, wastage levels, NE/TE and other production related parameters;

o  Conduct reviews to check wastage levels, adherence to safety norms and GMP at the shop floor;

o  Participate in quality meetings at plant; Resolve any escalated production and dispatch related issues in order to ensure smooth and continuous production run at the plant

o  Drive M&W ways of working & TPM on shop floor

o  Review key performance indicators and quality indices like plant productivity, capacity utilization, fuel and power consumption, material efficiency on periodic basis;

o  Seek guidance from the Plant manager to improvise plant performance;

o  Review monthly plant performance reports to prepare performance priority areas and short-term / long-term action plan for improvement;

o  Share the performance related priority areas with the team;

o  Define monthly plant performance target based on annual target;

• Process Improvement Initiatives:

o  Identify and prioritize gaps at the factory on periodic basis to run the lines as per AOP;

o  Involve in identification of process improvement initiatives to overcome gaps and pain-points;

o  Monitor the implementation of process improvement on the shop floor in order to ensure overall quality improvement of processes and systems at the plant

o  Own & drive applicable EHS role & responsibilities, create awareness within team for timely support and execution, GEHSMS standards and its compliances

Qualifications
Qualifications:

• Preferably BE degree with 8-10 years of experience

Does the person hired for this job need to be based in a PepsiCo office, or can they be remote?: Employee must be based in a Pepsico office