Role & responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Plant Head to lead end-to-end manufacturing operations for our Automotive Lighting manufacturing facility. The candidate will be responsible for driving production excellence, ensuring compliance, improving operational efficiency, and leading cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead overall plant operations including Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Stores, Dispatch, and Utilities.
- Ensure compliance with required quality standards.
- Drive production planning, capacity utilization, productivity improvement, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Monitor and improve key manufacturing KPIs including OEE, yield, rejection, and on-time delivery.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, and TPM methodologies.
- Manage CAPEX,



OPEX, budgeting, and resource planning.
- Lead and develop high-performing teams while fostering a culture of safety, quality, and operational excellence.
- Support new product introduction, validation activities, and plant expansion projects.

Desired Candidate Profile:

- 10+ years of manufacturing experience with at least 5 years in a Plant Head/Operations Head role.
- Experience in auto components industry preferably automotive lighting.
- Solid exposure to injection moulding, assembly processes, quality systems, and manufacturing excellence initiatives.
- Excellent leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

📌 Plant Head (Kharkhoda)
🏢 Kukreja Auto Components Sonipat
📍 Kharkhoda