Location: GIDC Sachin, Surat

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: 20+ Years

Reporting To: Promoter – Technical

Role Overview

The Head – Operations will lead end-to-end manufacturing operations across multiple production sites, ensuring world-class standards in production, safety, quality, compliance, cost optimization, and people management. This role requires solid expertise in specialty chemical manufacturing, batch processing, process improvement, and large-scale plant operations.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Utilities, EHS, Quality Control, and Warehousing.
- Manage multi-product batch manufacturing while maximizing productivity, quality, and operational efficiency.
- Improve plant performance through yield enhancement, cycle-time reduction, solvent recovery, and utility optimization.
- Ensure equipment reliability through preventive maintenance and asset management.
- Troubleshoot production issues, process deviations, and yield losses using root cause analysis.




- Lead pilot-to-commercial scale-up activities with R&D; and Technology Transfer teams.
- Ensure compliance with ISO, GMP, Responsible Care, REACH, statutory regulations, and customer requirements.
- Drive a strong safety culture through process safety, risk assessments, emergency preparedness, and EHS compliance.
- Oversee batch records, SOPs, audits, documentation, CAPA, and regulatory inspections.
- Implement Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Kaizen, 5S, OEE improvement, and digital manufacturing initiatives.
- Develop production KPIs, monitor plant performance, and present operational reviews to leadership.
- Lead, mentor, and develop managers, engineers, supervisors, and plant teams across multiple sites.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, R&D;, HR, and Commercial teams to achieve business objectives.

Qualifications
- B.E./B.Tech in Chemical Engineering (Mandatory).
- M.E./M.Tech or MBA preferred.
- Minimum 15 years of manufacturing experience

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