• Be directly accountable to lead the manufacturing, utilize lean production and continual improvement techniques and formulation and adherence to departmental annual budgets.
• Providing vision, leadership and direction for manufacturing activities, ensuring execution of the jobs within cost.
• Developing production roadmaps related to on-going and future in-house

 Manufacturing:

• Receive sales forecast and prepare monthly production plan in accordance to the Quality standards and within safety norms.
• Ensure that the factory has the necessary resources in terms of manpower, quality and quantity, systems, technology, information, materials and equipment to meet the business objectives.
• Plans, develops and establishes the policies and practices related to manpower, machines and materials to all production activities of the Company.
• Ensure appropriate certification standards are maintained for the machinery and technicians
• Continuous review of the Kaizen system so as an effective utilization of the same.
• Ensure material packaging & logistics
• Vendor development where necessary.

 Plant & Machinery Maintenance:

• Maintenance of tools and machinery
• Timely calibration

Factory Administration:

• Ensure safety and security of factory is maintained as per standards.
• Ensure legal compliance of factory is maintained.
• Attend and manage the emergency situations at plant.
• Liaison with HR to oversee overtime.
• Managing attendance, discipline and punctuality.

 Budget Forecasting:

• Work closely with Management on the Manpower and Operational budget planning

System Adherence & Development:

• Develop, implement and monitor accurate documentation processes is followed in the team.
• Will be required to keep abreast of industry developments, new technologies/machineries, new production techniques for the production team, commercial off-the-shelf equipment, and planned future developments.

Team Management:

• Effectively mentoring and monitoring the team.
• Setting goals and managing the performance of the team by conducting periodical reviews.
• Identifying the Training & Development needs of the team.

MIS (Management Information System)

• Ensure to send all the prescribed reports as per the report matrix.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Proven experience of working in Labels Plant required.
• Candidate should have in-depth technical knowledge of automated & fast production lines and Lean manufacturing.
• Candidate should have good understanding of regulatory requirements for operating plants
• Candidate should possess strong aptitude for root cause analysis and troubleshooting operational issues
• Candidate should be well versed in implementing Kaizen and 5S methodology.
• Candidate should possess strong leadership and managerial attributes and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.