Wakefit - Process Excellence Role

Description:
Key Responsibilities:
Manufacturing & Loss Reduction:
- Identify, track, and reduce material losses across production processes through root cause analysis and process improvements.
- Streamline labor losses by improving productivity, line balancing, and manpower utilization.
- Establish standard loss benchmarks and ensure adherence through regular audits and reviews.
Quality Improvement:

- Reduce quality-related losses by driving corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Improve first-pass yield and reduce rework, rejection, and refurbishment.
- Work closely with Quality and Production teams to strengthen process controls and quality standards.
Inventory & Warehouse Excellence:
- Define and implement FG (Finished Goods) and SFG (Semi-Finished Goods) stock guard rails aligned with demand, lead times, and production capacity.
- Maintain healthy inventory levels at warehouses by controlling aging, slow-moving, and non-moving stock.
- Drive inventory accuracy, cycle counts, and adherence to FIFO practices.
Logistics Cost Optimization:
- Identify opportunities to reduce logistics costs across inbound, inter-warehouse, and outbound movements.
- Optimize vehicle utilization, route planning, and dispatch models without impacting service levels.
New Product Launch Readiness:
- Act as the operations gatekeeper for new product launches.
- Ensure process readiness across sourcing, production, quality, inventory, and logistics before giving operational go-ahead.
- Validate scalability, cost impact, and risk mitigation plans for new product introductions.