JOB DESCRIPTION

General Manager – Manufacturing & Business Operations

Company: Mighty Machines
Location: Peenya Industrial Area, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Position: General Manager
Experience: 10–12 Years
CTC: ₹16–20 LPA
Employment Type: Full-Time
Function: Manufacturing / Operations / Business Management
Reporting To: Managing Director / Senior Management

ABOUT MIGHTY MACHINES

Mighty Machines is a Bengaluru-based engineering and manufacturing organization engaged in the manufacture of precision and heavy engineering components.

Its product and manufacturing portfolio includes:

- CNC Machined Components
- Crusher Machine Parts
- Wind Mill Gear Box Parts
- Castings & Forgings
- Plain & Eccentric Shafts
- Heavy Engineering Components
- Sub-Assemblies & Projects
- Grinding Machine Components
- Grinding Machine Spindles
- Industrial Machinery Components

The organization has machining and grinding capabilities along with quality-control infrastructure and an integrated forging ecosystem.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Mighty Machines is looking for an experienced General Manager – Manufacturing & Business Operations to take end-to-end responsibility for the company's plant operations and overall business execution at its Peenya facility.

The General Manager will act as a key link between Senior Management and the operating functions, ensuring that business commitments are converted into efficient manufacturing execution.

The role will have responsibility across:

Business Planning → Sales Coordination → Production Planning → Manufacturing → Quality → Procurement → Stores → Maintenance → Cost Control → Customer Delivery → Team Management

The ideal candidate should be capable of managing both the strategic and operational aspects of an engineering manufacturing business.

This is a senior leadership position requiring strong understanding of the precision engineering and heavy engineering manufacturing ecosystem.

FIELD OF EXPERIENCEMANDATORY PREFERRED INDUSTRY BACKGROUND

Candidates should ideally have 10–12 years of experience in engineering manufacturing, particularly:

Precision Engineering / CNC Machining / Heavy Engineering

The candidate should have significant exposure to manufacturing businesses involving engineered components rather than purely repetitive consumer manufacturing.

HIGH-PRIORITY EXPERIENCE AREAS1. PRECISION ENGINEERING & CNC MACHINING

Strong experience in organizations involved in:

- CNC Turning
- VMC
- HMC
- Precision machining
- Heavy-duty machining
- Grinding
- Boring
- Milling
- Drilling
- Multi-operation machining
- Tight-tolerance engineering components

The candidate should understand the complete manufacturing cycle and be capable of discussing production capacity, machining costs, cycle times, tooling, quality and delivery with functional heads.

2. HEAVY ENGINEERING

Experience in manufacturing:

- Large shafts
- Eccentric shafts
- Plain shafts
- Rings
- Flanges
- Pins
- Heavy industrial components
- Large machined components
- Rotating machinery components

will be highly preferred.

Experience in large-component, high-value and long-cycle manufacturing is particularly relevant.

3. FORGING & CASTING

Candidates with experience in:

- Forging
- Ring rolling
- Forged shafts
- Forged components
- Castings
- Cast-machined components
- Heat treatment
- Material traceability
- Forging-to-machining processes

will be strongly preferred.

The candidate should understand the relationship between raw material/forging quality, machining, cost and final product quality.

4. WIND ENERGY / GEARBOX COMPONENTS

Candidates with experience in:

- Wind turbine components
- Windmill gearbox components
- Gearbox components
- Power transmission components
- Large rotating components
- Shafts
- Industrial drivetrain components

will receive strong preference.

5. CRUSHER / MINING EQUIPMENT

Experience with:

- Crusher machine components
- Mining equipment
- Heavy machinery
- Wear-resistant components
- Industrial equipment
- Large machined parts

will be considered highly relevant.

6. INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & CAPITAL EQUIPMENT

Candidates from organizations manufacturing:

- Industrial machinery
- Capital equipment
- Machine components
- Engineering assemblies
- Industrial sub-assemblies
- Customized machinery components

will be preferred.

7. MAKE-TO-ORDER / ENGINEER-TO-ORDER MANUFACTURING

Experience in:

- Make-to-Order (MTO)
- Engineer-to-Order (ETO)
- Job-order manufacturing
- Project manufacturing
- Customized engineering components
- Low/medium-volume manufacturing
- High-mix manufacturing

is highly desirable.

Candidates from highly repetitive mass-production environments should have demonstrated adaptability to customized engineering manufacturing.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES1. Overall Plant & Business Operations

- Take overall responsibility for day-to-day operations of the Peenya facility.
- Translate management objectives into operational plans.
- Ensure coordination between all functional departments.
- Monitor overall plant performance.
- Establish departmental targets and KPIs.
- Drive accountability across functional heads.
- Ensure business objectives are achieved within agreed timelines and budgets.

2. Manufacturing Operations

Provide leadership to:

- Production
- PPC
- Quality
- Maintenance
- Stores
- Procurement coordination
- Engineering
- Dispatch

Ensure:

- Production targets
- Machine utilization
- Capacity utilization
- Productivity
- Quality
- Cost
- Delivery

are continuously monitored and improved.

3. Production Planning & Delivery





Work closely with the Production Planning team to:

- Review customer orders.
- Establish realistic production schedules.
- Monitor production against plan.
- Identify bottlenecks.
- Resolve capacity constraints.
- Ensure material availability.
- Prioritize critical orders.
- Improve manufacturing lead time.
- Improve on-time delivery.

The General Manager will have overall accountability for ensuring that customer commitments are operationally achievable.

4. Quality Management

Work with the Quality Head to ensure:

- ISO 9001:2015 compliance
- Reduction in rejection
- Reduction in rework
- Customer complaint reduction
- Supplier quality improvement
- Process quality
- Final inspection compliance
- Corrective and preventive action

Quality should be treated as a business KPI rather than only an inspection function.

5. Cost Management

Take ownership of manufacturing cost optimization.

Identify opportunities to reduce:

- Material wastage
- Scrap
- Rework
- Tooling costs
- Machine downtime
- Overtime
- Energy consumption
- Subcontracting costs
- Inventory costs
- Manufacturing lead time

Develop and implement cost-reduction initiatives without compromising quality or delivery.

6. Capacity & Productivity Improvement

Monitor:

- Machine utilization
- OEE
- Capacity utilization
- Manpower productivity
- Production throughput
- Bottleneck operations

Identify requirements for:

- Additional machines
- Automation
- Outsourcing
- Additional shifts
- Manpower
- Process improvements

Provide management with data-backed recommendations for capacity expansion and capital investment.

7. Procurement & Supply Chain Coordination

Work with Purchase and Stores to ensure uninterrupted availability of:

- Raw materials
- Forgings
- Castings
- Alloy steels
- Special steels
- Cutting tools
- Fixtures
- Consumables
- Bought-out components

Monitor critical suppliers and ensure material availability aligns with production schedules.

8. Vendor & Supplier Management

Participate in evaluation and development of:

- Raw-material suppliers
- Forging suppliers
- Casting suppliers
- Heat-treatment vendors
- Surface-treatment vendors
- Machining subcontractors
- Special-process vendors

Review supplier:

- Quality
- Cost
- Delivery
- Capacity
- Responsiveness

9. Customer & Commercial Coordination

The General Manager should be comfortable interacting with customers and supporting business development.

Responsibilities include:

- Customer meetings
- Delivery discussions
- Technical discussions
- Capacity discussions
- Customer escalation management
- Cost discussions
- New-project feasibility
- Production feasibility
- Customer complaint resolution

The candidate should understand the commercial implications of manufacturing decisions.

10. Recent Business & Order Feasibility

Support Senior Management in evaluating new business opportunities.

Assess:

- Manufacturing feasibility
- Machine capacity
- Raw-material availability
- Tooling requirements
- Process requirements
- Quality requirements
- Production lead time
- Cost implications
- Outsourcing requirements

Provide management with practical recommendations before accepting major orders.

11. MIS & Management Reporting

Develop and review management dashboards covering:

Manufacturing

- Production
- Productivity
- OEE
- Capacity utilization

Quality

- Rejection
- Rework
- Customer complaints
- Supplier quality

Delivery

- On-Time Delivery
- Order backlog
- Production delays

Financial / Cost

- Manufacturing cost
- Scrap
- Rework
- Overtime
- Inventory

People

- Manpower productivity
- Absenteeism
- Skill development

Present actionable insights to Senior Management.

12. Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement

Drive a culture of continuous improvement through:

- Lean Manufacturing
- 5S
- TPM
- Kaizen
- OEE improvement
- Setup-time reduction
- Waste elimination
- Process standardization
- Visual Management

The candidate should be able to demonstrate measurable results from previous Lean/continuous-improvement initiatives.

13. Maintenance & Asset Management

Work with the Maintenance team to ensure:

- Preventive maintenance
- Breakdown reduction
- Machine availability
- Critical-spares planning
- MTBF improvement
- MTTR reduction
- Machine reliability

The GM should understand the commercial impact of machine downtime on delivery and profitability.

14. People & Leadership

Lead and coordinate functional heads and senior personnel across:

- Production
- PPC
- Quality
- Maintenance
- Stores
- Purchase
- Engineering
- Administration

Responsibilities include:

- Goal setting
- Performance management
- Team development
- Succession planning
- Training
- Leadership development
- Cross-functional accountability

Build a culture of:

Ownership + Accountability + Quality + Delivery + Continuous Improvement

15. Safety & Compliance

Ensure compliance with:

- Factory regulations
- Workplace safety requirements
- PPE requirements
- Machine safety
- Fire safety
- Environmental requirements
- Statutory requirements

Promote a zero-accident manufacturing culture.

16. Strategic Planning

Support Senior Management in developing:

- Annual operating plans
- Capacity plans
- Revenue plans
- Cost-reduction plans
- Capital expenditure plans




- Workforce plans
- Technology-upgradation plans
- New-business plans

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

The General Manager will be evaluated on:

Business Performance

- Revenue achievement
- Order execution
- Gross contribution / manufacturing profitability
- Cost reduction

Manufacturing

- Production achievement
- Capacity utilization
- OEE
- Productivity
- Manufacturing lead time

Quality

- Internal rejection
- Customer PPM
- Customer complaints
- Rework
- Scrap

Delivery

- On-Time Delivery %
- Schedule adherence
- Order backlog
- Delivery lead time

Cost

- Manufacturing cost reduction
- Scrap reduction
- Tooling-cost reduction
- Overtime reduction
- Inventory optimization

People

- Manpower productivity
- Employee retention
- Skill development
- Training completion

Continuous Improvement

- Kaizen implementation
- Lean projects
- 5S performance
- TPM implementation

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONMandatory

B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering / Production Engineering / Industrial Engineering

Preferred

- MBA / PGDM – Operations / Manufacturing / Business Management
- M.E./M.Tech – Manufacturing / Production Engineering
- Lean Six Sigma certification
- PMP / Operations certification will be an advantage

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT

10–12 Years of relevant industry experience

The candidate should ideally have:

- 10+ years in engineering manufacturing
- 3–5+ years in a senior management / plant / operations role
- Experience managing multiple manufacturing functions
- Strong CNC / precision-engineering exposure
- Strong production and PPC understanding
- Quality-management exposure
- Cost-management experience
- Customer-facing experience

ESSENTIAL SKILLSManufacturing

- CNC Machining
- Heavy Engineering
- Precision Engineering
- Forging
- Casting
- Grinding
- Industrial Components
- Sub-Assembly

Operations

- Production Planning
- Capacity Planning
- Manufacturing Costing
- Quality Management
- Maintenance
- Supply Chain
- Inventory
- Vendor Management

Management

- P&L; / Cost Understanding
- KPI Management
- MIS
- Business Planning
- Team Leadership
- Customer Management
- Negotiation
- Problem Solving

Improvement

- Lean
- 5S
- TPM
- Kaizen
- Six Sigma
- OEE

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineering manufacturing leader who can manage the complete operational ecosystem rather than only one department.

The candidate should be capable of moving between:

Management Boardroom ↔ Customer Meeting ↔ Production Planning ↔ CNC Shop Floor ↔ Quality Department ↔ Supplier ↔ Dispatch

and understand the commercial and operational implications of decisions across each area.

The candidate should demonstrate:

- Strong engineering background
- Strong manufacturing knowledge
- Commercial understanding
- Strong analytical skills
- Customer orientation
- Strong leadership ability
- Decision-making capability
- Excellent communication
- Strong negotiation skills
- Hands-on shop-floor approach
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Ability to build high-performing teams

HIGH-PRIORITY CANDIDATE BACKGROUNDTier 1 – Excellent Fit

Candidates from:

Precision Engineering + CNC Machining + Heavy Engineering

with experience managing multiple manufacturing functions.

Tier 2 – Very Strong Fit

Candidates from:

Forging + Machining + Heavy Components

particularly where the candidate has managed:

Forging → Machining → Quality → Assembly → Dispatch

Tier 3 – Strong Fit

Candidates from:

- Wind Energy Components
- Windmill Gearbox Components
- Power Transmission
- Crusher / Mining Equipment
- Industrial Machinery
- Capital Equipment
- Heavy Auto Components
- Industrial Engineering Components

provided they have demonstrated broad operational leadership.

PREFERRED MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

Candidates with experience in:

High-Mix / Low-to-Medium Volume Manufacturing

Make-to-Order (MTO)

Engineer-to-Order (ETO)

Project Manufacturing

Customized Engineering Components

will be strongly preferred.

Experience in managing manufacturing businesses where every order may have different drawings, materials, processes, tolerances, routing and delivery requirements will be highly valuable.

CANDIDATES LESS SUITED FOR THE ROLE

Candidates whose experience is primarily limited to:

- FMCG
- Food Processing
- Textile
- Chemical Processing
- Retail
- Logistics
- Warehouse Operations
- Pure Procurement
- Pure Sales
- Pure Quality
- Pure Maintenance
- Pure PPC

will generally not be preferred unless they also possess substantial engineering-manufacturing leadership experience.

COMPENSATION

₹16–20 LPA

Final compensation will be determined based on:

- Relevant industry experience
- Leadership experience
- Manufacturing exposure
- Team size managed
- Business/operations responsibility
- Current CTC
- Demonstrated operational improvements
- Customer-management experience

LOCATION

Peenya Industrial Area, Bengaluru, Karnataka

This is a plant-based senior management position requiring regular presence at the manufacturing facility.

APPLICATION

Interested candidates with relevant experience in:

Precision Engineering / CNC Machining / Heavy Engineering / Forging / Casting / Wind Energy / Gearbox Components / Crusher & Mining Equipment / Industrial Machinery / Capital Equipment

may submit their updated CV.

Email: [email protected]

Subject: Application – General Manager – Peenya

Position: General Manager – Manufacturing & Business Operations
Experience: 10–12 Years
CTC: ₹16–20 LPA
Location: Peenya, Bengaluru

Pay: ₹1,600,000.00 - ₹2,000,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

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