JOB DESCRIPTION - PRODUCTION HEAD

Wafer & Chocolate Plant

Department: Production

Reports To: Plant Head / Unit Head / Business Head

Shift: General / Rotational as per Plant Requirement

Location: Plant Location
Job Purpose:
To lead and manage the overall production operations of the Wafer & Chocolate manufacturing plant, ensuring achievement of production targets, product quality, food safety, operational efficiency, minimum wastage and optimum utilization of manpower, machines and materials.

The Production Head will be responsible for production planning and execution, process control, manpower management, OEE improvement, cost optimization, maintenance coordination, GMP/HACCP compliance and continuous improvement across wafer and chocolate production lines.
Key Responsibilities:
A. Production Planning & Operations:
Plan, organize and control daily, weekly and monthly production activities as per business and production plans.
Ensure timely achievement of production targets while maintaining quality and safety standards.




Monitor overall production of wafer sheets, cream preparation, wafer assembly, cutting, stacking, chocolate preparation, tempering, enrobing and cooling processes.
Ensure optimum utilization of production lines, equipment, manpower and production resources.
Monitor production output, line efficiency, machine utilization and downtime.
Ensure proper start-up, changeover and shutdown of production lines.
Take immediate corrective actions for production deviations, process issues and operational bottlenecks.
Drive continuous improvement in production capacity and productivity.

B. Process & Production Control:
Monitor critical process parameters and ensure compliance with approved specifications and SOPs.
Ensure control of:
Wafer sheet thickness, weight and moisture
Wafer dimensions and stacking
Chocolate temperature and viscosity
Tempering parameters
Enrobing/chocolate coverage
Cooling tunnel temperature an

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