Plant Head

The role requires strong experience in manufacturing operations, preferably in temperature-controlled packaging, cold-chain solutions, pharmaceutical packaging, insulation products, PCM-based systems, thermal packaging, or allied industries.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

1. Overall Plant Operations

• Lead and manage the complete plant operations to achieve production, quality, delivery, cost, and safety targets.
• Ensure smooth and efficient functioning of all departments.
• Develop and implement annual plant operating plans and manufacturing strategies.
• Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly plant performance against agreed KPIs.
• Ensure optimum utilization of plant capacity, manpower, machinery, and resources.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence across the plant.

2. Production Management

• Plan, organize, and control production activities as per customer requirements and production schedules.
• Ensure timely production and dispatch of temperature-controlled packaging products.
• Improve productivity, line efficiency, OEE, yield, and throughput.
• Reduce production losses, rejection, rework, downtime, and material wastage.
• Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and process controls.
• Establish and monitor production KPIs for all manufacturing areas.

3. Temperature-Controlled Packaging Operations

• Ensure consistent manufacturing quality and performance of thermal packaging systems.
• Manage manufacturing processes related to insulated boxes, thermal liners, PCM packs, gel packs, EPS/EPP/PU insulation, vacuum insulation solutions, and other cold-chain packaging components, as applicable.
• Ensure correct assembly and configuration of packaging systems according to approved specifications.
• Work closely with R&D/Engineering and Quality teams for product improvement and process validation.
• Ensure thermal performance requirements are consistently achieved through controlled manufacturing processes.

4. Quality Management

• Ensure strict compliance with quality standards and customer specifications.
• Work closely with the QA/QC team to reduce rejection, complaints, and process deviations.
• Establish effective quality control at incoming, in-process, and final inspection stages.
• Support investigation and closure of customer complaints, CAPA, NCRs, and root-cause analysis.
• Promote a strong Right First Time (RFT) and zero-defect culture.
• Ensure proper documentation, traceability, and control of manufacturing records.

5. Planning & Supply Chain

• Coordinate with Production Planning, Purchase, Stores, Sales, and Dispatch teams to ensure uninterrupted production.
• Ensure availability of critical raw materials, packaging materials, components, and consumables.
• Optimize inventory levels and reduce excess, slow-moving, and obsolete inventory.
• Ensure production plans are aligned with customer delivery commitments.
• Monitor supplier performance and coordinate with Procurement for critical materials.

6. Maintenance & Engineering

• Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance of plant machinery, equipment, utilities, and infrastructure.
• Minimize machine breakdowns and production downtime.
• Ensure availability and reliability of critical production equipment.
• Plan machine upgrades, automation, tooling, and capacity expansion.
• Maintain proper maintenance records and spare-parts inventory.

7. Cost Control & Productivity

• Prepare and monitor the plant operating budget.
• Control manufacturing costs without compromising quality or delivery.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction through process improvement, automation, material optimization, and productivity enhancement.
• Monitor manpower cost, energy consumption, material consumption, scrap, and overhead expenses.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, Six Sigma, and other continuous-improvement initiatives.

8. Manpower & Team Management

• Lead, develop, and motivate production and support teams.
• Plan manpower requirements according to production volumes and shifts.
• Ensure proper training, skill development, and competency assessment of employees.
• Establish clear responsibilities and performance KPIs for departmental heads.
• Promote discipline, teamwork, accountability, and a positive work culture.
• Ensure effective shift management and workforce utilization.

9. EHS & Statutory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all applicable health, safety, environmental, labour, and statutory requirements.
• Maintain a safe working environment throughout the plant.
• Conduct regular safety inspections, risk assessments, and emergency preparedness activities.
• Ensure proper handling, storage, and disposal of materials and production waste.
• Coordinate with relevant authorities and internal teams for statutory compliance and inspections.

10. Warehouse & Inventory Control

• Ensure proper receipt, storage, identification, preservation, and issue of raw materials and finished goods.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and stock reconciliation.
• Implement FIFO/FEFO wherever applicable.
• Ensure proper storage conditions for temperature-sensitive materials and components.
• Reduce inventory discrepancies, damage, and material losses.

11. Customer & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate with Sales, Business Development, Quality, R&D, and Customer Service teams to meet customer requirements.
• Support technical discussions related to manufacturing feasibility and product customization.
• Ensure timely resolution of production-related customer issues.
• Participate in customer audits and technical/operational discussions when required.

12. New Product Introduction & Process Development

• Support new product development and commercialization activities.
• Review manufacturing feasibility, capacity, tooling, manpower, and process requirements for new products.
• Coordinate with R&D/Engineering for trials, pilot production, validation, and process stabilization.
• Ensure successful transition from development to commercial production.

13. Systems, Documentation & Reporting

• Establish effective production and operational reporting systems.
• Review daily MIS, production reports, rejection reports, downtime reports, inventory reports, and plant KPIs.
• Present monthly operational performance to senior management.
• Ensure proper implementation and compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate operational records and documentation.Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile