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- Job ID: R-1166269
- Category: Supply Chain
- Location: Rajpura, Patiala, Punjab
- Date posted: 09/28/2025
Main Job Purpose:
Manufacturing Manager has overall responsibility for a unit within a factory. The MM leads all deliverables of the unit on SHE, Quality, Cost, Service & ER end to end and is a key member of the factory leadership team reporting to the factory manager.
Key Accountabilities:
- Deliver al core KPIs of his/her unit including
- SHE – Leading Indicators.Ensure compliance to all established SHE systems
- Quality – DPMU reduction thru focused QIPs, hygiene improvements
- Productivity – meeting OEE Glide path & driving capacity improvements
- Service – Ensure plan compliance and adapt to planner changes.
- Costs – Meeting ManEx Cost targets; Owns RR and works to improve efficiencies in line with lower repair costs by using WCM principles.
- Wastage – Driving technical efficiency reduction
- Controls – Ensuring all Control elements are fully met
- Innovation / Technology / Process Changes – Work with suit to land OTIFQ
- People – Ensure motivated shopfloor work force to deliver best results.
- Continuous Improvement – Lead Kaizen / Continuous improvement mindset in factory through employee engagement.
- Support factory manager (as a member of the factory leadership team) to execute factory master plan & on key operational decisions.
- Core team member in LTS discussions.
Key SOL’s:
- Bias for Action
- Building Talent & Teams
- Accountability & Responsibility – Ownership
Professional Skills:
ESSENTIAL
Minimum BE/B.Tech in engineering.
Worked with reasonably big shopfloor managing multiple front line executives & blue collar workforce
Experience Required:
5-8 years of experience in production/managing people FMCG experience
Travel:
May not necessitate too much travel as this is a site based role
Contacts:
Internal:
Blue collar Workforce
Finance department
SUIT / R&D & CQA
Union Members
UE
Core Factory Functions like SHE, Q, FE, HR, etc
IT
Planning
Procurement
External:
RPM Suppliers, as applicable
Job Workers/ Contractors
OEMs – equipment manufacturers
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