Factory Manager - FMCG

• Position Title: Factory Manager
• 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)

• (Sr. Production Manager in a midsized factory; 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
• Managing Talent: Monitoring & reviewing performance levels; provide developmental plans for people, recommend increments & promotions