Description
The role is accountable for productivity improvement, capacity planning, factory and warehouse design, labor optimization, manufacturing excellence, lean transformation, automation, digital manufacturing initiatives, and end-to-end material flow efficiency across Tejas factories and EMS partners.
The position acts as the bridge between SCM, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Program Management, and Digital Transformation teams to ensure scalable, cost-effective, and highly efficient operations capable of supporting rapid business growth and large-scale telecom deployments.

Responsibilities
1. Manufacturing Productivity & Operational Excellence
Drive factory productivity improvement programs across assembly, testing, integration, repair, and warehouse operations.
Establish productivity baselines and annual improvement targets.
• Conduct time and motion studies and labor optimization initiatives.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, ECRS, and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Lead cost reduction through waste elimination and process simplification.




• Develop standard work instructions and operational best practices.
Key Deliverables
• Productivity Improvement Roadmap
• Labor Productivity Dashboard
• Annual Cost Reduction Plan
• Lean Transformation Program

2. Capacity Planning & Industrialization
• Develop short-term and long-term manufacturing capacity plans.
• Establish factory readiness plans for major customer programs.
• Define manpower, machine, space, and infrastructure requirements.
• Support business growth planning with scalable manufacturing strategies.
• Lead industrialization of recent manufacturing lines and technologies.
Key Deliverables
• Capacity Planning Model
• Factory Expansion Plan
• Resource Utilization Dashboard
• Make vs Buy Analysis
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3. Factory & Warehouse Layout Engineering
• Design and optimize manufacturing and warehouse layouts.
• Improve material flow and minimize handling waste.
• Drive warehouse-to-line-si

📌 Group Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Tejas Networks
📍 Bengaluru