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About our Client:

FMCG company

Role Overview:

To lead and manage the overall operations of Food Manufacturing Plant, ensuring world-class manufacturing standards, operational excellence, food safety, quality compliance, cost efficiency, and timely delivery of products for international markets.

The incumbent will be responsible for driving plant performance, scaling production capabilities, developing a high-performance team, and ensuring compliance with international food safety and regulatory requirements across export markets.

Responsibilities:

A. Overall Plant Operations

- Take complete ownership of end-to-end plant operations, including production, engineering, maintenance, quality, warehousing, utilities, and dispatch.
- Ensure achievement of production targets, productivity, capacity utilisation, and operational efficiency.
- Develop and implement annual operating plans, budgets, and manufacturing strategies.
- Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing processes and plant performance.
- Ensure optimal utilisation of manpower, machinery, raw materials, and infrastructure.

B. Export Manufacturing & Compliance

- Ensure manufacturing operations comply with international food safety and quality standards.
- Drive implementation and adherence to BRCGS, FSSC 22000, HACCP, ISO 22000, GMP, and other relevant certifications.
- Ensure compliance with export-country regulations and customer-specific requirements.
- Work closely with export, regulatory,



and supply chain teams to ensure smooth execution of export orders.
- Ensure complete product traceability, documentation, batch records, and audit readiness.

C. Production & Process Excellence

- Oversee production, minimise production losses, wastage, rework, and product rejection.
- Drive automation and technology upgrades wherever commercially viable.

D. Quality & Food Safety

- Establish a strong quality-first and food safety culture throughout the plant.
- Ensure consistency in product quality, taste, texture, shelf life, and packaging standards.
- Partner with Quality Assurance and R&D; teams for new product launches and process improvements.
- Lead customer audits, certification audits, regulatory inspections, and corrective action closures.
- Ensure effective management of customer complaints, deviations, CAPA, and product recalls.

E. Engineering & Maintenance

- Ensure high equipment availability and reliability through preventive and predictive maintenance.
- Drive reduction in equipment breakdowns and maintenance costs.
- Ensure proper management of utilities, boilers, refrigeration, compressed air, water treatment, and other infrastructure.
- Lead capacity expansion, commissioning, and modernisation projects.

F. Cost & Financial Management

- Own the plant's operating budget and manufacturing cost performance.




- Drive reduction in conversion costs, energy consumption, packaging costs, and material wastage.
- Monitor and improve cost per kg / unit of production.
- Ensure effective inventory management and working capital optimisation.
- Identify opportunities for productivity enhancement and profitability improvement.

G. Supply Chain & Planning

- Ensure coordination with procurement, planning, warehousing, logistics, and export teams.
- Ensure production plans are aligned with export demand and shipment schedules.
- Maintain optimal inventory levels of raw materials, packaging materials, and finished goods.

H. Leadership & People Management

- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary plant team comprising production, quality, engineering, maintenance, supply chain, and administration.
- Build a culture of accountability, discipline, safety, and performance ownership.
- Develop second-line leadership and succession plans.
- Drive manpower productivity, training, capability development, and employee engagement.
- Ensure compliance with labour laws, industrial relations policies, and statutory requirements.

Experience & Candidate Profile

- 15-25 years of overall experience in food manufacturing, FMCG, or large-scale packaged food operations.
- Minimum 5-8 years in senior plant leadership / manufacturing leadership roles.
- Solid experience managing large-scale, high-volume food manufacturing facilities.
- Experience in export-oriented food manufacturing will be highly preferred.
- Proven track record of managing large teams, multiple production lines, and complex manufacturing operations.
- Strong understanding of international food safety standards and export compliance.

📌 Plant Head | 15-25 yrs | FMCG Company | Delhi
🏢 MetaMorph
📍 Delhi