Plant Head Manufacturing

Strategic and planning

Cascade the macro manufacturing plan shared by Central Planning and create a micro plant level plan in order to achieve the budgeted volumes as per the quality norms and timelines.

Functional

Core:

Mucilage preparation

- Review the five day production plan and ensure adherence to the same

- Coordinate with supply chain, production and plant head to manage escalations

- Provide infrastructural support as required in coordination with Plant Head

- Review performance and quality standards for mucilage preparation

Production, Printing and Packing

- Review production efficiency and volume as per budgeted norms

- Initiate and review corrective actions to maintain efficiency as required

- Ensure adherence to quality standards for all products & processes

- Identifying the areas for improvement in entire manufacturing process

Printing and Packing

- Review production efficiency and volume as per budgeted norms

- Initiate corrective actions to maintain efficiency as required

- Ensure adherence to quality standards for all products & processes

- Identifying the areas for improvement in entire manufacturing process

- Ensure print quality as per the defined norms

- Resource planning (cameras, printing machines etc.)

• Daily coordination between various activities of mucilage preparation, production & printing/packing activities to address the internal needs
• Monitoring and review of all manufacturing losses
• Driving improvement plans for quality & quantity in manufacturing areas. This will also include driving initiatives for Cont. Improvement & TTT for implementation of new projects/manufacturing of new products.
• Implementation of safety initiatives to ensure safe workplace
• Review and analysis of data for identifying activities for improvement across mucilage preparation, production, printing and packing
• Keep the manufacturing facility fit for purpose and take action as required with support from internal/external agencies
• Support QA for customer and regulatory audits
• Conducts Root cause analysis and reviews CAPA implementation in case of customer complaints

Internal process

- Ensure cost optimization in manufacturing (RM, power, water, manpower)

- Coordination with Engineering Service and maintenance, EHS, Supply chain, and quality in order to ensure seamless functioning of the manufacturing process

- Adherence to SOPs for entire manufacturing area

People development

• Take overall responsibility for people development initiatives and building up in-house capabilities for the employees in the department
• Drive a performance driven culture in the team by timely monitoring, review of performance parameters and feedback to the team members
• Contribute towards development of talent for the department by providing subordinates with adequate exposure and growth opportunities to enable readiness for higher roles
• Actively participate in HR initiatives to drive overall employee engagement and motivation
• Support capability development programs of ACPL by identifying and recommending the training areas for the team.