Key Responsibilities:

1.

Production

Planning &

- Management

- Lead and manage overall injection moulding production operations to achieve production, quality, and delivery targets.

- Plan daily and monthly production based on customer requirements and business priorities.

- Ensure optimum utilization of machines, manpower, moulds, materials, and other resources.

- Monitor production output, cycle time, machine utilization, rejection, scrap, and OEE.

- Review production performance and take corrective actions to achieve targets.

- Ensure effective machine changeover, mould change, setup, start-up, and shutdown activities.

2. Team Leadership &

- Manpower Management

- Lead and supervise Production Supervisors, Engineers, Operators, and Technicians.

- Plan manpower deployment across shifts and ensure optimum workforce utilization.

- Set performance expectations, monitor team performance, and develop team capabilities.

- Conduct regular production reviews and ensure effective communication across shifts.

- Build a culture of accountability, discipline, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

3.

Quality

Management

- Ensure production processes consistently meet quality standards and customer specifications.

- Work closely with Quality, Process Engineering, and Tool Room teams to identify and eliminate recurring defects.

- Monitor rejection, rework, customer complaints, and process deviations.

- Ensure effective implementation of process controls, SOPs, and quality standards.

- Drive root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions for quality issues.

4. Machine, Mould &

- Maintenance Coordination

- Coordinate with Maintenance and Tool Room teams to ensure maximum machine and mould availability.

- Monitor machine breakdowns, downtime,



preventive maintenance, and equipment performance.

- Ensure proper condition and availability of moulds, auxiliary equipment, and production tools.

- Support troubleshooting of injection moulding machines and process-related issues.

- Drive actions to reduce breakdowns and improve machine uptime.

5. Productivity &

- Cost Improvement

- Identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce rejection, scrap, material consumption, and production losses.

- Monitor manufacturing costs and implement measures to improve cost efficiency.

- Drive improvement in OEE, cycle time, machine utilization, and overall production efficiency.

- Implement Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, and other continuous improvement initiatives.

- Lead projects to improve process capability and reduce operational losses.

6. Safety &

- Compliance

- Ensure strict adherence to company safety policies and statutory requirements.

- Ensure safe operation of injection moulding machines, moulds, material handling systems, and auxiliary equipment.

- Review safety incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions and ensure corrective actions.

- Maintain high standards of housekeeping and workplace discipline.

7. Cross-Functional Coordination &

- Reporting

- Coordinate with Planning, Quality, Maintenance, Stores, Tool Room, Engineering, and HR teams for smooth production operations.

- Review daily, weekly, and monthly production performance against targets.

- Prepare and present production MIS, OEE, downtime, rejection, productivity, and other performance reports to management.

- Escalate critical production, manpower, quality, or maintenance issues with suitable action plans.

- Support recent product development, process trials, machine installation, and production scale-up activities.

📌 Product Manager (Coimbatore)
🏢 Watertec
📍 Coimbatore