Manufacturing Excellence Lead

Location: Trichy Manufacturing Unit

Experience: 9–15 Years

Qualification: B.E./B.Tech – Mechanical / Production / Industrial Engineering

Function: Manufacturing Excellence / Operations

Role Purpose

Lead and drive Manufacturing Excellence initiatives across the manufacturing unit to improve operational performance, manufacturing capability, quality, cost, productivity and equipment effectiveness through structured improvement methodologies, data-driven decision making and deployment of best manufacturing practices.

Key Responsibilities

- Drive the Manufacturing Excellence roadmap for the plant aligned with business and manufacturing objectives.
- Lead Continuous Improvement / Operational Excellence initiatives across production, quality, maintenance and supporting functions.
- Establish and improve manufacturing performance metrics such as OEE, productivity, yield, throughput, downtime, conversion cost and process capability.
- Identify systemic losses and lead root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving for chronic and high-impact manufacturing issues.
- Drive implementation of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Kaizen, 5S, Visual Management and structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Benchmark manufacturing processes and facilitate adoption of best practices and standard operating systems across manufacturing areas.
- Lead cross-functional projects for capacity enhancement, loss elimination, quality improvement, cost reduction and manufacturing process improvement.
- Develop and strengthen daily management systems, performance review mechanisms and shop-floor management practices.
- Drive digital/data-based manufacturing improvement initiatives,



including performance dashboards, loss analytics and process monitoring.
- Facilitate Manufacturing Excellence assessments / audits and track improvement actions to closure.
- Build capability of production and cross-functional teams through training and coaching in Lean, TPM, problem-solving and continuous improvement tools.
- Work closely with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering and Supply Chain teams to ensure sustainable implementation of improvement initiatives.
- Ensure improvements are standardized, sustained and replicated across relevant manufacturing processes.

Key Deliverables / Success Measures

- Improvement in OEE, throughput and manufacturing productivity
- Reduction in process losses, downtime, rejection and conversion cost
- Improvement in manufacturing capability and process stability
- Successful implementation and sustainment of Lean / TPM / CI initiatives
- Deployment and replication of manufacturing best practices
- Improvement in shop-floor management and problem-solving maturity
- Measurable financial advantages from Manufacturing Excellence projects

Desired Experience

- 9–15 years of experience in manufacturing, with significant exposure to Manufacturing Excellence / Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in leading plant-level improvement programs and cross-functional manufacturing projects.
- Strong hands-on exposure to Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Kaizen, structured problem solving and performance management systems.
- Experience in driving change and influencing production teams at the shop-floor and management levels.

Qualification B.E./B.Tech – Mechanical / Production / Industrial Engineering

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