Position: Production Manager (Unit Head)Location: Hosur Reporting To: Director – Head of furniture & Head of Factory operations Category - Furniture: Engineering Wood, Solid Wood, Fabrication, Sofa Key Responsibilities1. Productivity:● Utilization targets per the year, 70% across all applicable shifts2.

Quality: ● 99% quality rate● Act as the voice of the customer within manufacturing operations.● Ensure product quality standards consistently meet or exceed customer expectations.● Utilise customer feedback, field failures, warranty trends and operational insights tocontinuously improve manufacturing processes3.

Cost: ● Identifying current projects to reduce fixed and variable costs and execution till closure andhereby achieving AOP targets● Own plant profitability through productivity improvement, waste elimination,materialoptimisation and process excellence.● Challenge existing assumptions and identify innovative ways to improve operationalefficiency while maintaining quality and safety standards.4.

Delivery: ● OTIF 98%+, conducting daily cadence, solutioning and sustenance5.

Safety:



● Ensuring and guiding best safety practises and driving related projects● Champion a safety-first culture and ensure compliance with all statutory, environmentaland regulatory requirements while maintaining the highest standards of workplacesafety.6. Morale:● Identifying best practises and gaps in Wakefit● Foster a culture of operational excellence through Lean Manufacturing,● Total Productive Maintenance, Kaizen, Six Sigma and structured problem solving.

Essential

Qualifications1. Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, Production or Manufacturing Engineering.2. 12+ years of manufacturing experience.3. 5+ years leading a manufacturing facility.4.

Experience managing large production teams.

Preferred

Qualifications1. MBA Operations or equivalent.2.

Lean Manufacturing

Certification.3. TPM Certification.4.

Six Sigma Green

Belt / Black Belt.5.

Experience in Mattress, Foam, Consumer Durables, FMCG or Automotive industries.

📌 Production Manager (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 Wakefit
📍 Tamil Nadu