Tata Consumer Products is a focused consumer products company uniting the principal food and beverage interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella. Our brands embody our purpose of ‘For Better ‘through the value they deliver to consumers with a focus on innovation, health and wellness, convenience and premiumisation. The Company’s portfolio of products includes tea, coffee, water, RTD, salt, pulses, spices, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat offerings, breakfast cereals, snacks and mini meals. Our key brands include Tata Tea, Tetley, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Tata Coffee Grand, Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, Tata Copper+ and Tata Gluco+, Tata Salt, Tata Sampann and Tata Soulfull. In India, Tata Consumer Products has a reach of over 200 million households, giving it an unparalleled ability to leverage the Tata brand in consumer products.
- Designation: Manager External Manufacturing, South
- Function: Product Supply Organization
- Location: Tirupur
- Reporting To: Director – External Manufacturing
At Tata Consumer Products Ltd, we stand #Forbetter – Planet, Sourcing, Nutrition, Communities. And #ForBetter Opportunities …. Here’s an exciting one!
How does this Job align to our Strategy?
At the core of Tata Consumer Products’ business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability.
This job opportunity closely aligns with one of these key strategic pillars, which is driving Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business.The role involves managing the operations of multiple external foods manufacturing units for the respective region. The job aims to bring tangible business value by strengthening & accelerating our core business.
Financial Outcomes:
- To explore opportunities for cost optimization mechanisms- Negotation & management of operational cost with 3p/2p co-packers for multiple external manufacturing foods units in the respective category (Pulses, Poha, Value added Salt) and the designated region.
- To drive cost efficiency for the external foods manufacturing units in the region through fOCUS on reducing fixed cost per MT & variable cost per MT.
Customer Service:
- To improvise OTIF and Fill rates across various channels
- To drive audits closures (Quality & Stock audits) for all the external manufacturing units in the region within agreed timelines
- To ensure that external manufacturing units complies & adheres with the terms and conditions of the Food Safety & Quality standards
with no deviation & minimum number of customer complaints per million.
To drive team engagement fostering culture of collaboration, execution mindset and growth mindset behavior
Internal Processes:
- Monitor and review operations at external manufacturing foods units, drive production plan adherence while maintaining high level of food safety management system within organizational guidelines to ensure smooth contract manufacturing operations as per the budgeted sales plan.
- To ensure the capacity availability as per agreed volumes and timelines for all products including NPDs in the respective region
- To drive Health & Safety standards and all statutory compliances for the units in the region
- Identify & develop new external foods manufacturing vendors and bring them on-board following the process as per business requirements
Innovation and Learning:
- Foster Innovation through process improvement projects in external foods manufacturing units.
- Facilitate the innovation pipeline & timely launch & smooth execution of NPD products in Foods category while coordinating with the internal (Sales, R&D, Marketing, Procurement, S&OP) and external stakeholders.
- Development and Implementation of external foods manufacturing units processes, ensuring policies and Negotations as per contracts
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