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 Responsibilities

1. Productivity:

● Utilization targets per the year, 70% across all applicable shifts

2. 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 to continuously improve manufacturing processes

3. Cost:

● Identifying new projects to reduce fixed and variable costs and execution till closure and hereby achieving AOP targets

● Own plant profitability through productivity improvement, waste elimination,material optimisation and process excellence.

● Challenge existing assumptions and identify creative ways to improve operational efficiency while maintaining quality and safety standards.

4. Delivery:

● OTIF 98%+, conducting daily cadence, solutioning and sustenance

5. Safety:





● Ensuring and guiding best safety practises and driving related projects

● Champion a safety-first culture and ensure compliance with all statutory, environmental and regulatory requirements while maintaining the highest standards of workplace safety.

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 Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, Production or Manufacturing

Engineering.

- 12+ years of manufacturing experience.
- 5+ years leading a manufacturing facility.
- Experience managing large production teams.

Preferred Qualifications

- MBA Operations or equivalent.
- Lean Manufacturing Certification.
- TPM Certification.
- Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt.
- Experience in Mattress, Foam, Consumer Durables, FMCG or Automotive industries.

📌 Hiring: Production Manager (Hosur)
🏢 Wakefit
📍 Hosur