Position: AVP Productions

Location: Banglore

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Experience Required: 10-20 years

Industry: Consumer Appliances / Kitchen Products

Role Overview

- Accountable for the overall strategy, performance, and governance of manufacturing operations across in-house plants and Contract Manufacturing (OEM) partners. Own production, quality, cost, delivery, and compliance outcomes at a multi-site level. Lead a team of Production Heads/Managers and shape capacity, capability, and cost roadmaps in line with aggressive business growth as a key member of the operations leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

- Operations Governance: Lead and govern end-to-end manufacturing operations across all in-house facilities and Contract Manufacturing partners.
- Production Strategy: Own the production strategy and annual operating plan, ensuring daily, weekly, and monthly targets are achieved while optimizing capacity.
- OEM Framework: Establish the OEM governance framework, including performance reviews, capability audits, scorecards, and escalation mechanisms.
- Change Management: Ensure timely implementation of approved BOM revisions, ECNs, and engineering changes with strict change-control discipline.
- Quality Control: Own Line/Process Quality Control (LQC), including first-off approval, in-process inspections, patrol audits, and rejection reduction.
- NPI & Collaboration: Partner with SCM, Engineering, Quality, Logistics, and Manufacturing Engineering for uninterrupted production, NPI readiness, and localization initiatives.
- Budget & Capex: Plan and manage the production budget and capex (tooling, automation, line expansion) while meeting unit and conversion cost targets.
- Compliance & Safety:



Ensure compliance with statutory, EHS, customer, process, and factory requirements across in-house and OEM facilities.
- Continuous Improvement: Champion Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, automation, and productivity improvement to drive cost optimization and waste reduction.
- Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and develop a leadership pipeline of Production Heads, Managers, and Supervisors while maintaining healthy shop-floor relations.

Qualifications & Requirements

- Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Production, or Industrial Engineering (or a related field).
- Post-Graduation: MBA in Operations is a strong plus.
- Certifications: Lean / Six Sigma certification is preferred.
- Systems: Proficiency with ERP/MES systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics).

Key Competencies

- Strategic planning coupled with sharp P&L; and budget ownership.
- Solid shop-floor leadership, manpower planning, and large-team management.
- Deep knowledge of OEM / Vendor governance and contract manufacturing management.
- Expertise in production planning execution, process improvement, and cross-functional coordination.
- High-level data-driven decision-making and rapid problem-solving skills.
- Commitment to leadership development and robust succession planning.

What the Role Offers / Key KPIs

- Direct Impact: Complete multi-site ownership of production output, capacity utilization, and budget adherence.
- Strategic Growth: Opportunity to design and expand automation, tooling, and line expansion capex roadmaps.
- Key Performance Metrics: Evaluated against First Part Yield Improvement, Manufacturing Cost per Unit reduction, Quality Rejection Rates, and OEM Performance Scorecards.

📌 AVP Productions (Bengaluru)
🏢 PinnacleU
📍 Bengaluru