Factory Manager – Britannia Khurda Orissa

About the Job – Factory Manager – Britannia Khurda Orissa

Function: Manufacturing

Key Stakeholders:

Internal:

Replenishment and planning
Purchase (to coordinate availability of RM)
Center Quality team
Corporate Eng. and excellence teams
Corp. safety head
Center for technology and excellence
Manufacturing Excellence
HR/ ER
Factory union
Commercial (in case of deviations in budget with the finance manager in the factory)

External:

Auditors
Statutory bodies (pollution control board, factory inspector, local administration)
Consultant
Local industry associations
Neighboring factory peers
Vendors/service providers (for Eng. services, labor contractors)

Educational Qualification:

BE/B.Tech preferably in Mechanical, electrical / Food Tech.

Experience:

15 – 18 years (Factory manager for a mid – large sized unit; (in Manufacturing and Maintenance function with 2-3 years as the Head of Factory Role Industry Preference: FMCG/Beverages/Food Processing Industry)

Desired Competencies:

Competencies – Mfg. excellence tools like TQM, Kaizen, Maintenance system on Fixed Assets, IR Skills, Commercial Orientation.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for managing the operations of the entire factory

Review cost, quality and performance of the plant on an everyday basis

Ensuring adherence to the Production Plan (PVA).

Review production reports and variances; plan corrective actions and ensure implementation to ensure production costs and variances are minimized.

Verify production plan, Communicate change in plan, if any, to Central Planning. On an ongoing basis, agree on schedule changes, if required with the Central Planning Team and Regional Replenishment Team.

Review safety and food safety practices and ensure adherence to SOPs on a daily basis.

Drive improvements on practices (safety, cost controls, maintenance) from a long-term perspective.

Initiate capex expenditure proposals (get approvals and execute).

Check assumptions for various CERs (capex expense request) and accuracy of bills (execute validation of the bills submitted by vendors).

Statutory compliance and licenses: Applying for and managing renewal of licenses, adherence to compliances (environment, factory license, FSS, pollution control, etc.).

Review shop floor operations daily for checking adherence to Quality systems norms

Work out improvement plans for Quality and Hygiene TO ensure requisite quality and safety standards and certifications are being adhered to.

Support Innovation

Coordinate Plant Scale trials (Eg.1), stabilization of commercial production of new SKU Lines along with Central Planning, Replenishment and Engineering.

Interact with R&D and marketing to understand the new product or SKU to be introduced; Determine specific equipment’s, needs of up gradation for the unit and ensure procurement of machinery accordingly.

Budgets:

To aid with timely and accurate budgeting for the factory, confirm capacities on SKUs, number of working days/shifts available, and plant capabilities; Confirm direct costs, manpower requirement, M&R, other overheads and expansion budgets.

Responsible for managing and monitoring the production and conversion budgets of the unit.

Manage Labor Relations

Participate in IR committee discussions; negotiation with Union; Signing & Implement the settlement, helping resolve any labor issues to maintain harmonious labor relations within the plant.