General Manager – Manufacturing

Company: Norquest Brands Pvt. Ltd.
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat (on-site, factory-based)
Reports to: Managing Director
Experience: 10+ years in manufacturing operations, with at least 5 running a production floor Type: Full time

About Norquest
Norquest Brands manufactures custom cotton bags and sustainable packaging for premium brands across the US, UK, Europe and Australia. Our customers specify fabric to the GSM, approve every sample, and measure us on whether tens of thousands of units arrive on the exact date we committed to weeks earlier.
Getting that right is a production problem before it is anything else. That is the job.

The role
You run the manufacturing floor — cutting, printing, stitching, finishing, packing, dispatch — and you own what comes off it: output, efficiency, quality and delivery dates.
We are not looking for an administrator. We want someone who is on the floor daily, who can look at a line and see where it is losing time, who fixes the method rather than adding people,



and who can build a supervisory team that holds the standard when they are not watching.

What you'll own

Production and delivery
Plan capacity against the order book, commit realistic dates to Merchandising, and hit them.
Sequence and schedule orders across lines to keep utilisation high and changeovers low.
Own daily output targets and the daily production review.

Efficiency and line balancing
Balance lines by operation — measure SAM/SMV, allocate operators to the bottleneck, cut idle time.
Improve layout, workflow and material feeding so the line never waits for the previous stage.
Drive down cost per unit through fabric utilisation, marker efficiency and wastage control.
Reduce rejection and rework by catching defects inline, not at packing.

People
Lead supervisors, line in-charges, QC and operators across the unit.
Hire, train and retain skilled tailors and machine operators in a tight local labour market.
Build a supervisory layer ca

📌 General Manager Manufacturing (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Norquest Brands Private
📍 Ahmedabad