Manufacturing Excellence Lead

Manufacturing Excellence Lead – Induri, Pune

We are looking for a Manufacturing Excellence Lead for our manufacturing site at Induri, Pune.

Internally at Mondelz, this role is known as the IL6S Lead (Integrated Lean Six Sigma).

The role will partner closely with the Plant Director and Plant Leadership Team to drive the site's manufacturing excellence and continuous improvement journey, with a strong focus on loss elimination, productivity, OEE, reliability, capability building and sustainable improvement.

We are open to candidates from two relevant backgrounds:

• Strong Manufacturing / Production / Plant Operations professionals who have driven TPM, Lean, IWS, WCM, OEE or Continuous Improvement initiatives; OR

• Manufacturing Excellence / Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement professionals with strong hands-on plant and shopfloor exposure

• Approximately 5–10 years of experience in manufacturing/plant environments, preferably FMCG, Food, Beverages or Consumer Goods
• Strong exposure to Manufacturing Operations, Production Management or Plant Operations
• Experience with TPM, Lean Manufacturing, IWS, WCM, Continuous Improvement or Operational Excellence
• Understanding of OEE, loss elimination, root cause analysis, Kaizen and productivity improvement
• Exposure to pillars such as Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance or Focused Improvement is preferred
• Experience leading and influencing operators, frontline teams and cross-functional plant stakeholders
• Strong capability in coaching, capability building, structured problem solving and change management

Education: B.E./B.Tech or equivalent Engineering qualification preferred.