Manufacturing Excellence Executive

Job Description Manufacturing Excellence Lead

Location: Trichy Manufacturing Unit
Experience: 9–15 Years
Qualification: B.E./B.Tech – Mechanical / Production / Industrial Engineering

Function: Manufacturing Excellence / Operations

Role Purpose

Lead and drive Manufacturing Excellence initiatives across the manufacturing unit to improve operational performance, manufacturing capability, quality, cost, productivity and equipment effectiveness through structured improvement methodologies, data-driven decision making and deployment of best manufacturing practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the Manufacturing Excellence roadmap for the plant aligned with business and manufacturing objectives.
• Lead Continuous Improvement / Operational Excellence initiatives across production, quality, maintenance and supporting functions.
• Establish and improve manufacturing performance metrics such as OEE, productivity, yield, throughput, downtime, conversion cost and process capability.
• Identify systemic losses and lead root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving for chronic and high-impact manufacturing issues.
• Drive implementation of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Kaizen, 5S, Visual Management and structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Benchmark manufacturing processes and facilitate adoption of best practices and standard operating systems across manufacturing areas.
• Lead cross-functional projects for capacity enhancement, loss elimination, quality improvement, cost reduction and manufacturing process improvement.
• Develop and strengthen daily management systems, performance review mechanisms and shop-floor management practices.
• Drive digital/data-based manufacturing improvement initiatives, including performance dashboards, loss analytics and process monitoring.
• Facilitate Manufacturing Excellence assessments / audits and track improvement actions to closure.
• Build capability of production and cross-functional teams through training and coaching in Lean, TPM, problem-solving and continuous improvement tools.
• Work closely with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering and Supply Chain teams to ensure sustainable implementation of improvement initiatives.
• Ensure improvements are standardized, sustained and replicated across relevant manufacturing processes.

Key Deliverables / Success Measures

• Improvement in OEE, throughput and manufacturing productivity
• Reduction in process losses, downtime, rejection and conversion cost
• Improvement in manufacturing capability and process stability
• Successful implementation and sustainment of Lean / TPM / CI initiatives
• Deployment and replication of manufacturing best practices
• Improvement in shop-floor management and problem-solving maturity
• Measurable financial benefits from Manufacturing Excellence projects

Desired Experience

• 9–15 years of experience in manufacturing, with significant exposure to Manufacturing Excellence / Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in leading plant-level improvement programs and cross-functional manufacturing projects.
• Strong hands-on exposure to Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Kaizen, structured problem solving and performance management systems.
• Experience in driving change and influencing production teams at the shop-floor and management levels.

Qualification

B.E./B.Tech – Mechanical / Production / Industrial Engineering