Role purpose

Own manufacturing across all plants as a single P&L.; Deliver output, cost, quality and delivery, and replace jugaad with process discipline.

Key responsibilities

- P&L; ownership: direct accountability for plant revenue, margin and EBITDA across multiple plants.

- Multi-plant leadership: lead plant heads and set common standards, KPIs and reviews.

- Process spread: run the sheet metal/press, forging, casting, machining and finishing lines, and the assembly lines.

- Operational excellence: drive Lean, TPM, OEE, Kaizen, 5S and cycle-time and scrap reduction.

- Digital manufacturing: introduce Industry 4.0 (shop-floor data capture, IoT/MES, OEE dashboards, automation) and use data for decisions.

- ERP discipline: run planning, production and costing through SAP.

- Capex and capacity: plan machines, tooling and layout, and evaluate and execute expansion.

- Quality and compliance: work with Quality on ISO 9001/14001, SMETA and customer audits. IATF readiness is a plus.

- Cost and supply chain:



manage make-vs-buy, vendor development, and cost and inventory control.

- People and culture: build a plant leadership bench and a discipline culture.

Must-have requirements

- 18–21 years in manufacturing, of which 5 or more years are in Plant Head/GM roles (band of 16–21 years)

- Multi-plant exposure with a stated P&L; figure, not just “yes”

- Sheet metal/press shop and forging depth, with named specifics such as tonnages and machine types

- Lean/TPM with quantified results

- SAP working knowledge

- B.Tech/B.E. Mechanical (full time, accredited)

- Stable tenure, with no recent rapid job changes

Good-to-have

- Casting, machining and finishing exposure

- Experience in cookware, T&D;, telecom or auto aftermarket

- Industry 4.0 projects with a concrete example

- IATF/auditor exposure

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