1. Job Objective

- To be accountable for delivering on plan for production, assets capacity, manufacturing costs while maintaining quality standards
- To be responsible for adherence on the production plan, production output, product quality, and on-time delivery

1. Primary responsibilities

Strategic and planning

- Deliver on plan for production, assets capacity, manufacturing costs while maintaining quality standards

- Monitor operations as per production plan and trigger corrective actions

Functional

Operations Management

- Oversee all systems and processes around capsule manufacturing, packing and printing

- Track and optimize productivity of the plant. Support the Operations Head and CI&TT; head in implementing improvements

- Ensure adherence to standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets

- Ensure cost optimizations to the extent possible (gelatin wastage, power, water, and manpower) in operations

- Ensure adherence to quality standards for all products and processes

- Maintain budget volume of products as per plan and quality norms

- Propose opportunities for increase in productivity in machines

- Oversee inventory control of raw materials and finished good products

Resource Management

- Oversee the resource allocation at the plant for optimum day-to-day operations

- Ensure adherence to delivery on production plan, production output, product quality, and on-time delivery

- Fully utilize assets to produce optimal results

- Monitor machine running costs in the plant and ensure budgets are adhered to

Supply Chain Management

- Ensure adherence of quality standards of key processes of purchase, logistics, planning and stores

- Review and approve negotiated prices and terms with suppliers, vendors,



or freight forwarders

- Ensure timely dispatch as per sales order

- Ensure appropriate follow up and escalation in case of delays in material delivery or in dispatch

EHS, Continuous Improvement, Maintenance and Engineering Services

- Ensure continued compliance with environmental and safety laws and regulations

- Review safety initiatives to promote and enhance safe workplace and the well-being of employees

- Identify needs relating to improvements in safety/ergonomics and developing and implementing solutions to these issues

- Review data and analyse the same to identify improvement opportunities

- Ensure routine calibration and maintenance requirements of machines and systems are fulfilled.

- Ensure the plant facility is fit and provide support/solutions when required.

Internal Processes

- Collect and analyse data to find cost saving opportunities

- Sign off on plant planning of resources and machines as required

- Liaison with EHS head to ensure adherence to plant safety procedures

- Liaison with Central SCM to understand the production requirements

- Ensure correct plant resource allocation

People development

- Take overall responsibility for people development initiatives and building up in-house capabilities for the employees in the department

- Drive a performance driven culture in the team by timely monitoring,



review of performance parameters and feedback to the team members

- Contribute towards development of talent for the department by providing subordinates with adequate exposure and growth opportunities to enable readiness for higher roles

- Actively participate in HR initiatives to drive overall employee engagement and motivation

- Support capability development programs of ACPL and by identifying and recommending the training areas

Any other additional responsibility could be assigned to the role holder from time to time as a standalone project or regular work. The same would be suitably represented in the Primary responsibilities and agreed between the incumbent, reporting officer and HR.

1. Key Result Areas

- Production Plan vs actual

- Capacity utilization

- On-time delivery

- Costs (actual vs budget) reduction

- Number of quality issues

- Completion rate of continuous improvement initiatives

- On-time and on-plan operationalization of recent products

- Compliance of environmental, health and safety laws and standards

- Adherence to maintenance standard procedures

1. Key Interfaces

Internal Interfaces

External Interfaces

- TT Team (Product operationalisation requirements, product Manuals)

- Global Plant QAQC Head (Quality checks, validation, documentation support)

- EHS (Compliance adherence)

- Supply Chain (Raw material and order status adherence)

- Quality & Regulatory Affairs (Quality checks, validation, documentation support)

- HR (Trainings, capability development)

- ACPL Customers (Understanding of future needs, showing facilities toc customers, managing visits)

- Regulators (Compliance related)

📌 Head - Operations, Pithampur, ACG Capsules
🏢 ACG
📍 Pithampur