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Head of Frame Manufacturing

Lenskart |Bhiwadi, India | On-site | Full time

Mission Brief: Build the Factory That Will Define Eyewear Manufacturing for Asia

- Lenskart is building one of the world's most ambitious eyewear manufacturing ecosystems — and this role is at the very centre of it.
- As Head of Frame Manufacturing, you will lead the ground-up design, commissioning, and full-scale operation of Lenskart's proprietary frames manufacturing plant. This isn't a role where you inherit a system and optimize it at the margins. You are the founder of this facility — owning everything from plant architecture and technology selection to the culture, the team, and the KPIs that will define world-class eyewear production.
- You will be building a smart, AI-enabled manufacturing engine that produces millions of frames annually, serves Lenskart's rapidly growing global retail and e-commerce network, and sets a new benchmark for what modern eyewear manufacturing can look like.
- If you've spent your career mastering precision manufacturing and have always wanted to build something at scale, from scratch, with the full backing of one of Asia's fastest-growing consumer tech companies — this is your moment.

What You'll Own

1. Factory Build-Out & Commissioning (The Founder's Mandate)

- Own the end-to-end setup of Lenskart's frames manufacturing plant — from concept, layout, and technology selection to full-scale production launch.
- Define the facility's physical and operational blueprint across injection moulding, acetate machining, metal processing, finishing, and final assembly.
- Lead technology transfer and vendor partnerships, ensuring world-class equipment and process capability from day one.
- Partner with global design, product, and sourcing teams to engineer for manufacturability, speed, and consistency at scale.

2. Smart Manufacturing & AI-Driven Operations (The Technology Mandate)

- Build the factory as an Industry 4.0 operation from inception — embedding IoT-enabled process monitoring, real-time quality sensing, and data-driven production control into the plant's DNA.
- Drive automation roadmap development: identify high-ROI opportunities for robotic process integration, vision-based quality inspection, and AI-assisted defect detection.




- Implement predictive maintenance systems that use machine learning signals to minimize unplanned downtime and extend asset life.
- Define and own the plant's data architecture — ensuring every process generates actionable intelligence on throughput, yield, cycle time, and quality.
- Leverage AI-driven demand signals from Lenskart's planning systems to dynamically align production schedules, WIP levels, and raw material flows.

3. Operational Excellence (The Execution Mandate)

- Institutionalize end-to-end plant operations across production planning, quality assurance, maintenance, and EHS.
- Drive lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and TPM practices — not as compliance frameworks but as a living culture of continuous improvement.
- Define, track, and relentlessly improve core operational KPIs: throughput, first-pass yield, OEE, cost-per-unit, and on-time-in-full delivery.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance, and Product teams to align manufacturing output with commercial goals, inventory targets, and new product launch timelines.

4. Team & Culture (The People Mandate)

- Recruit and develop a high-performance leadership team across production, quality, engineering, and plant operations.
- Build a culture anchored in craftsmanship, accountability, and curiosity — where every person on the floor takes ownership of the product they make.
- Champion a data-driven decision-making culture where operators, supervisors, and managers all work from the same real-time performance dashboards.

The Essentials

- Experience: 10–15 years of progressive leadership in precision manufacturing — eyewear frames, consumer durables, automotive components, or precision plastics/metals — with a demonstrated track record of setting up or significantly scaling a greenfield or brownfield facility.
- Technical Depth: Deep hands-on knowledge of eyewear frames manufacturing processes (injection moulding, acetate machining, metal processing, finishing,



assembly) combined with a genuine appetite for technology — automation, smart manufacturing, and AI-assisted operations.
- Systems Thinking: You understand manufacturing as an interconnected system, not a collection of machines. You design for flow, data, and resilience — not just capacity.
- Leadership: Proven ability to build and lead large cross-functional teams in high-growth, ambiguous environments. You set direction, develop people, and hold yourself to the same standard you hold others.
- Education: Strong engineering foundation — B.Tech / B.E. / M.Tech in Mechanical, Production, Industrial, or a related engineering discipline from a top tier 1 institution.

The Mindset

- Builder, not optimizer. You're energized by the blank canvas — the greenfield setup, the zero-to-one challenge, the chance to build something that has never existed before.
- Tech-forward. You believe the factory of the future is a data-generating, AI-informed, continuously learning system — and you want to build one.
- Ownership without ego. You get into the details when it matters, you delegate when it doesn't, and you never blame the system — you improve it.
- Pace and precision. You thrive at the intersection of speed and quality — moving fast enough to stay ahead of Lenskart's growth curve while maintaining the craftsmanship standards the brand demands.
- Long-term builder. You're not here for two years. You want to build a legacy — a facility that becomes a case study in what modern, responsible, technology-enabled manufacturing looks like.

Why This Role

- Own a mission-critical mandate at the centre of Lenskart's global expansion — this factory is foundational to the company's next phase of growth.
- Build from zero — rare, real greenfield authority with the resources, talent access, and leadership support to do it right.
- Work at the intersection of craftsmanship and technology — where precision manufacturing meets AI, automation, and data intelligence.
- Join one of Asia's most ambitious consumer tech companies — a brand that has already transformed how 50M+ customers access eyewear, and is just getting started.

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Posted on 4/2/2026

📌 Lenskart Head of Frame Manufacturing (India)
🏢 Lenskart Solutions
📍 India