Production Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Run day-to-day production at our Kumbalagodu factory: cleaning, sorting, grading, milling, roasting, seasoning and packing lines
• Plan production against customer POs across our own brand and private label SKUs, and manage changeovers
• Track yield, wastage and conversion cost per kg for every batch, and report variances
• Maintain food safety and hygiene standards (FSSAI, HACCP, GMP) and lead the factory through customer and certification audits
• Oversee quality checks: moisture, foreign matter, infestation control, packing weight variance, shelf life
• Maintain batch traceability from raw material lot to finished pack
• Procure grains, pulses and packaging material: vendor selection, quality checks at source, and timing purchases around price and season
• Manage raw material, packaging and finished goods inventory with FIFO/FEFO
• Coordinate dispatches to modern trade and quick-commerce customers across Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai, ensuring on-time, in-full deliveries
• Resolve GRN shortages, rejections and debit notes with customers
• Manage shift planning, contract labour and the factory team
• Keep production and inventory data updated in our in-house ERP

Preferred candidate profile

• 510 years in food processing production and/or supply chain, ideally in grains, pulses, flour, dry fruits or snacks
• Hands-on experience with processing machinery such as destoners, colour sorters, mills, roasters and FFS packing machines
• Working knowledge of FSSAI, HACCP and GMP; exposure to FSSC 22000 or BRC audits is a plus
• Experience supplying modern trade (Reliance, Metro, etc.) or quick-commerce platforms is a strong plus
• Understanding of commodity buying and APMC markets
• Comfortable with data: Excel and ERP, tracking yields, costs and stock
• Strong people management skills on the shop floor, including handling contract labour
• Kannada and Hindi preferred; English for reporting
• Graduate in Food Technology, Engineering or Agriculture; an MBA in Operations/Supply Chain is a plus
• Based in or willing to relocate to West Bengaluru (Kengeri/Kumbalagodu)