Job Title

Assistant Manager Operations

Reports To

Factory Manager / Manager Operations

Function

Technical

Job Purpose: To ensure manufacturing readiness of the unit as per volume projection and
oversee implementation of manufacturing process related improvements for the category
within budgets and timelines in order to meet the annual operating plan targets.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Ensure execution of the manufacturing plans for the unit within the stipulated
budgets and timelines.
2. Review the execution of operations plans on a regular basis and guide the team in
resolving process bottlenecks.
3. Ensure conformity to the laid down quality guidelines and ensure that key issues in
quality are resolved in a timely way.
4. Review the units performance against key indices like productivity, capacity
utilization, quality, and prioritize the action areas to improve the metrics.
Recommend key interventions to enhance yield, utilization and productivity.
5. Lead the institutionalization of new lines / augmentation of existing lines at the
unit for capacity optimization in coordination with the Projects team.
6. Guide the team for commercial scale production of new products / manufacturing
changes related to new SKUs.
Knowledge:
1. Basic understanding of manufacturing processes, productivity and quality
parameters, costs, throughput etc
2. Knowledge of regulatory compliance for a manufacturing plant with respect to
labor, machinery, safety, infrastructure Review the overhead requirements and
related cost budget (fixed and variable) prepared by respective departments at the
factory
3. Knowledge of commercial processes like budgeting, costing, ROI computation, IRR
computation, hurdle rates etc;
4. Knowledge of process improvement tools like TQM, TPM, Six sigma, Kaizen.
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Strong analytical ability

Good Communication Skills
Excellent Problem Solving Ability
Interpersonal skills;
Negotiation skills;
Planning and coordination skills