Production Manager

Role Purpose

To lead and manage end-to-end production operations for the Home Furniture Division, ensuring production targets, quality, productivity, cost efficiency, timely delivery, and optimal manpower utilization.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and monitor daily/monthly production as per business requirements and dispatch schedules.
• Drive production of wooden/home furniture while ensuring adherence to quality and productivity standards.
• Manage and optimize manpower, machines, materials and production capacity.
• Ensure smooth coordination between Production, Planning, Quality, Maintenance, Stores, Design and Commercial teams.
• Monitor production KPIs including productivity, rejection, rework, wastage, OEE, downtime and delivery adherence.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement process improvements, Lean/Kaizen and productivity enhancement initiatives.
• Ensure effective utilization of wood, boards, hardware, consumables and other raw materials.
• Maintain production discipline and ensure compliance with SOPs, safety standards and 5S practices.
• Lead and develop the production team, including supervisors, operators and workmen.
• Review production performance regularly and take corrective actions to achieve targets.
• Work closely with the Quality team to minimize rejection, rework and customer complaints.
• Support new product development, process trials and product/process improvements.
• Ensure proper maintenance coordination to minimize machine breakdowns and production downtime.
• Prepare and present regular production MIS and performance reports to senior management.

Candidate Profile

• Engineering Graduate with 12/14 years of overall experience.
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in woodworking/furniture manufacturing is mandatory.
• Strong exposure to wood-based furniture production processes, machinery, manpower management and production planning.
• Experience in managing large-scale production teams and multiple production lines will be preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and people-management skills.
• Should be target-oriented with a strong focus on productivity, quality and timely delivery.
• Experience in home furniture / modular furniture manufacturing will be an added advantage.

Key Performance Areas

Production Output | Productivity | Quality & Rejection | Cost & Wastage Control | On-Time Delivery | Manpower Optimization | Machine Utilization | Process Improvement | Safety & 5S