Role Purpose

Lead the entire Ahmedabad sandwich panel plant from commissioning and stabilization through full-scale production, owning safety, output, quality, cost, people and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities
- End-to-end ownership of plant operations: production, PPC, maintenance, quality, stores, dispatch, utilities and EHS coordination.
- Lead commissioning, trial production, SOP finalization and ramp-up of the continuous PUR/PIR panel line.
- Set daily/weekly/monthly production plans aligned to sales orders, material availability and delivery commitments.
- Drive OEE, productivity, yield, line speed, changeover control, scrap reduction, energy efficiency and manpower optimization.
- Ensure stable control of foaming, profiling/forming, curing, cutting, packing and finished panel handling.
- Build preventive and predictive maintenance discipline to minimise breakdowns and downtime.
- Own incoming, in-process and final quality: steel facings, chemicals, adhesives, insulation core, panel dimensions, finished performance.
- Develop SOPs, work instructions,



skill matrices, shift structures, training and accountability systems.
- Coordinate with sales, purchase, finance and management on order priorities, inventory, cost, complaints and capacity planning.
- Lead RCA, CAPA, 5S and safety; recruit, mentor and evaluate key production and technical staff during start-up.
- Present plant MIS on production, rejection, downtime, consumption, manpower, dispatch and risks.

Commissioning & Ramp-Up Priorities
- Complete commissioning readiness, punch-point closure and reliable trial production with OEM teams.
- Recruit and stabilize the core production, quality, maintenance and shift team before commercial ramp-up.
- Freeze SOPs, shift reporting, material consumption standards and daily management routines.
- Establish the preventive maintenance calendar, critical spares list and breakdown escalation matrix.
- Achieve repeatable panel quality across key thicknesses,

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