Factory Head

Designation Factory Head

Job Description

The Factory Head will be responsible for the end-to-end operations of

Dagard Indias manufacturing facility from raw material receipt,

through manufacturing of cleanroom panels, cold room panels, and

specialised doors, to finished goods dispatch with full accountability

for safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity.

The role will set up and run the factory to Dagards European manufacturing standards, lead plant teams, drive operational

excellence, and serve as the principal technical interface with Dagards

Group manufacturing team for technology transfer and best-practice

adoption.

The incumbent is expected to be a hands-on, plant-floor-comfortable

leader who can equally hold their own in a customers factory audit, a

Group manufacturing review, and a management update on operational

KPIs.

Company Profile

Dagard, founded in France in 1951 and part of the Purever Group, is a

leading designer and manufacturer of modular cleanroom and cold room

systems. With over 75 years of experience, Dagard manufactures

cleanroom wall and ceiling systems, cleanroom door systems and

glazing, insulated cold room and industrial panels, fire-rated rockwool

panels, acoustic panels, and isothermal and fire-rated doors.

Dagard operates in over 100 countries with 3 manufacturing facilities

across Europe and the USA, comprising 130,000 m of manufacturing

space, and produces 3.5 million panels and 35,000+ insulated

cleanrooms and isothermal doors annually for 2,500+ clients, including

Roche, Sanofi, Novartis, Grifols, Nestl, and LOral. Within the Purever

Group, Dagard is the manufacturing arm, supplying panels, doors, and

modular systems to Ardmac – the group’s design and EPC company – for

its cleanroom and technical environment projects worldwide.

Dagard India marks the next step in Dagard’s global expansion,

establishing manufacturing of cleanroom panels, cold room panels, and

specialised doors in India to European-quality standards, supplying

Ardmac India’s turnkey projects and customers across India.

Dagard India will cater to sectors including pharmaceuticals,

biotechnology, healthcare and laboratories, data centres,

semiconductor and microelectronics, EV battery, aerospace, defence,

food processing and cold storage, hospitality and catering, retail and

warehousing, and other controlled-environment applications.

Desired Profile Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all factory functions – Production, Maintenance, Quality,

Stores, Dispatch, and HSE – as one cohesive operations organisation.

• Support plant set-up, commissioning of panel lines, roll-forming,

pressing, and door fabrication equipment, and ramp-up to rated capacity.

• Drive production planning, capacity utilisation, and shift-level

discipline in line with the order book and Ardmac India project

schedules

• Ensure manufacturing of PUF/PIR, rockwool, and honeycombcore

panels and doors to Dagard product specifications and

Group standards

• Maintain quality at source through SPC, in-line, and final

inspection regimes, and manage customer and third-party factory

audits

• Own manufacturing KPIs including OEE, OTIF, yield, scrap,

rework, downtime, and conversion cost

• Lead preventive and predictive maintenance (TPM) programmes

and critical spares planning

• Champion Lean manufacturing, 5S, and continuous improvement

to reduce scrap, rework, and downtime

• Ensure HSE and statutory factory compliance, including safe

handling of chemicals (isocyanates, polyols, blowing agents) and

fire safety

• Lead capex planning for new lines, tooling, automation, and

capacity expansion in line with the business plan

• Coordinate with Ardmac India design and project teams to resolve

design-to-shop-floor issues and reduce ECN cycles

• Coordinate with Procurement on material planning, consumption

norms, and inventory levels

• Implement ERP and shop-floor digital tools for production,

quality, and inventory data

• Build, train, and lead plant teams, including supervisors,

operators, and contract workforce

• Implement and maintain ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001

management systems, and support product certifications and

fire-rating approvals

Required Skills:

• Strong fundamentals in sandwich panel manufacturing

(continuous and discontinuous lines), roll forming, PU foaming,

and door fabrication

• Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and TPM capability
• Production planning and capacity management
• Quality systems and statistical process control
• HSE leadership in a chemical-handling manufacturing

environment

• People leadership across shop-floor and contract workforce
• Working knowledge of ERP (SAP / Microsoft Dynamics / similar)
• Bias for action, plant-floor presence, and data-driven decision

making

Preferred Technical & Business Knowledge:

• Cleanroom and cold room product requirements – hygienic

finishes, flatness, thermal performance, and fire ratings

• Insulation chemistry and foaming processes (PUF/PIR) and

rockwool panel production

• Factories Act and statutory compliance in India
• Fire-rated product testing and certification
• European manufacturing and quality standards

Experience • 10–15 years of experience in manufacturing operations, with a minimum of 5 years leading a plant or production function

• Strong experience in sandwich/insulated panel (PUF/PIR/rockwool) manufacturing, cleanroom panel or doormanufacturing, coated steel processing, or PEB manufacturing
• Experience in greenfield plant set-up or line commissioning

preferred

• Exposure to international standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO

45001) and working with global principals preferred Industry Type Controlled-Environment Infrastructure Solutions (Cleanroom, Coldroom,Specialised Doors)

Functional Area Manufacturing / Plant Operations

Education B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical, Production, Industrial, or Chemical

Engineering M.Tech / MBA (Operations) is a plus

Compensation: 15,00,000 – 25,00,000 per annum

Location : Hyderabad

Keywords Factory Head / Plant Head / Manufacturing / Production / SandwichPanels