Asst Production Manager - Food Technologist

Assistant Production Manager Food Technologist

We are looking for an experienced and results-driven Assistant Production Manager Food Technologist to take ownership of production planning, quality, productivity and shop-floor team management for our coffee and chocolate manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

Production Management

• Prepare and implement daily, weekly and monthly production plans.
• Plan manpower, machines and materials to achieve output and dispatch targets.
• Lead shop-floor teams and ensure smooth, uninterrupted production.
• Coordinate with Quality, R&D, Procurement, Warehouse, Maintenance and Dispatch teams.
• Review hourly production performance and resolve operational bottlenecks.

Quality & Food Safety

• Ensure products comply with approved formulations, specifications and SOPs.
• Oversee in-process quality checks, batch consistency and packaging quality.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, hygiene, food-safety and FSSAI requirements.
• Investigate deviations, rejections and customer complaints.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions and support audits.

Productivity & Team Leadership

• Improve production efficiency, capacity utilisation and product yield.
• Control wastage, rework, rejection, downtime and material consumption.
• Train, supervise and evaluate production executives, operators and helpers.
• Maintain accurate production, quality and performance reports.
• Support new-product trials, process standardisation and commercial scale-up.

Candidate Profile

• B.Tech/M.Tech in Food Technology, Food Science or a related discipline.
• 4–7 years of relevant manufacturing experience, including team-management responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, quality systems, process improvement and food safety.
• Proven ability to manage shop-floor teams and consistently deliver production targets.
• Strong leadership, analytical and problem-solving abilities.