Role Purpose Valsad, Gujarat Plant Operations Management / Director The Plant Manager will be responsible for the overall management and performance of the manufacturing plant, ensuring safe, efficient, cost-effective and timely production while maintaining the required standards of quality and productivity. The role will lead cross-functional plant operations and drive the implementation of systems, processes, continuous improvement and operational discipline to support the organization's growth.
Key Responsibilities • Plant Operations: Oversee day-to-day plant operations covering Production, Quality, Maintenance, Stores, Utilities and related functions.
• Production Planning & Delivery: Ensure production plans are achieved as per customer requirements, while optimizing machine capacity, manpower and resources. • Productivity & Efficiency: Monitor OEE, productivity, wastage, downtime, rejection and other key operational KPIs; take corrective actions to improve performance.
• Quality: Ensure adherence to defined quality standards and processes, reduce rejection/rework and drive root-cause-based corrective actions.
• Maintenance & Utilities: Ensure effective preventive and breakdown maintenance of machinery, utilities and plant infrastructure to maximize equipment availability.
• Cost Control: Control manufacturing costs through efficient utilization of manpower, materials, energy and other resources.
• Process & Systems: Establish and strengthen SOPs, work systems, reporting mechanisms and operational controls for a systematic and transparent plant.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, waste reduction and other initiatives to improve productivity and operational efficiency.
• Safety & Compliance: Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, EHS standards, company policies and safe working practices across the plant.
• Manpower & Leadership: Build, develop and manage a competent plant team; establish accountability and performance-driven work culture.
• Inventory & Material Management: Coordinate with Stores/Purchase/Production to ensure optimum availability of raw materials, packaging materials, consumables and critical spares.
• New Product / Process Implementation: Support trials, process development, new product introduction and scale-up activities in coordination with relevant teams. • MIS & Reporting: Review plant performance through defined KPIs and submit regular operational reports to Management with key issues, actions and improvement plansJob Requirements: Injection molding, Extrusion blow molding, Operational management, Production planning, Quality control, Maintenance, Logistics, Team leadership, Recruiting, Training, Collaborative culture, Quality assurance, Compliance, Health and safety regulations, Environmental regulations, Cost control, Production efficiency, Production metrics, KPI analysis, Data analysis, Process improvement, Inventory management, Supply chain management, Supplier coordination, Preventive maintenance, Predictive maintenance, Technology implementation, Innovation, Budgeting, MIS reporting