Job Purpose

The Production Head will take full ownership of end-to-end production operations, ensuring optimal production performance, operational efficiency, and product quality, while driving safety, cost, delivery, and customer satisfaction objectives. This role requires a seasoned professional with hands-on experience in production management, a deep understanding of shop floor operations, solid leadership qualities, and the ability to drive continuous improvement across all production activities overseeing complex production processes while leading a team to achieve operational excellence and company goals.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Production Oversight & Planning
- Lead and manage day-to-day production operations, ensuring efficient planning, scheduling, and execution of all production processes to achieve production targets.
- Develop and execute production plans aligned with business requirements and company goals, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products while managing costs effectively.
- Optimize production workflows, resolve bottlenecks,



and support process optimization, automation, and capacity expansion projects.

2. Operational Efficiency & Process Optimization
- Monitor KPIs and OEE, machine utilization, productivity, and process efficiency, implementing corrective actions to achieve operational excellence.
- Oversee production schedules, resource allocation, material management, and inventory controls to ensure smooth operations with minimum downtime.
- Identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), and lead the development and implementation of corrective/preventive actions to improve productivity.
- Drive Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, and other continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste and cycle times.

3. Quality Assurance & Compliance
- Ensure adherence to customer requirements, quality standards, SOPs, and manufacturing processes across the production line, from raw material sourcing

📌 Production Head (Chennai)
🏢 Steel Shoppe
📍 Chennai