JOB DESCRIPTION
General Manager – Manufacturing & Business Operations
Company: Mighty Machines
Location: Peenya Industrial Area, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Position: General Manager
Experience: 10–12 Years
CTC: ₹16–20 LPA
Employment Type: Full-Time
Function: Manufacturing / Operations / Business Management
Reporting To: Managing Director / Senior Management
ABOUT MIGHTY MACHINES
Mighty Machines is a Bengaluru-based engineering and manufacturing organization engaged in the manufacture of precision and heavy engineering components.
Its product and manufacturing portfolio includes:
- CNC Machined Components
- Crusher Machine Parts
- Wind Mill Gear Box Parts
- Castings & Forgings
- Plain & Eccentric Shafts
- Heavy Engineering Components
- Sub-Assemblies & Projects
- Grinding Machine Components
- Grinding Machine Spindles
- Industrial Machinery Components
The organization has machining and grinding capabilities along with quality-control infrastructure and an integrated forging ecosystem.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Mighty Machines is looking for an experienced General Manager – Manufacturing & Business Operations to take end-to-end responsibility for the company's plant operations and overall business execution at its Peenya facility.
The General Manager will act as a key link between Senior Management and the operating functions, ensuring that business commitments are converted into efficient manufacturing execution.
The role will have responsibility across:
Business Planning → Sales Coordination → Production Planning → Manufacturing → Quality → Procurement → Stores → Maintenance → Cost Control → Customer Delivery → Team Management
The ideal candidate should be capable of managing both the strategic and operational aspects of an engineering manufacturing business.
This is a senior leadership position requiring strong understanding of the precision engineering and heavy engineering manufacturing ecosystem.
FIELD OF EXPERIENCEMANDATORY PREFERRED INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
Candidates should ideally have 10–12 years of experience in engineering manufacturing, particularly:
Precision Engineering / CNC Machining / Heavy Engineering
The candidate should have significant exposure to manufacturing businesses involving engineered components rather than purely repetitive consumer manufacturing.
HIGH-PRIORITY EXPERIENCE AREAS1. PRECISION ENGINEERING & CNC MACHINING
Strong experience in organizations involved in:
- CNC Turning
- VMC
- HMC
- Precision machining
- Heavy-duty machining
- Grinding
- Boring
- Milling
- Drilling
- Multi-operation machining
- Tight-tolerance engineering components
The candidate should understand the complete manufacturing cycle and be capable of discussing production capacity, machining costs, cycle times, tooling, quality and delivery with functional heads.
2. HEAVY ENGINEERING
Experience in manufacturing:
- Large shafts
- Eccentric shafts
- Plain shafts
- Rings
- Flanges
- Pins
- Heavy industrial components
- Large machined components
- Rotating machinery components
will be highly preferred.
Experience in large-component, high-value and long-cycle manufacturing is particularly relevant.
3. FORGING & CASTING
Candidates with experience in:
- Forging
- Ring rolling
- Forged shafts
- Forged components
- Castings
- Cast-machined components
- Heat treatment
- Material traceability
- Forging-to-machining processes
will be strongly preferred.
The candidate should understand the relationship between raw material/forging quality, machining, cost and final product quality.
4. WIND ENERGY / GEARBOX COMPONENTS
Candidates with experience in:
- Wind turbine components
- Windmill gearbox components
- Gearbox components
- Power transmission components
- Large rotating components
- Shafts
- Industrial drivetrain components
will receive strong preference.
5. CRUSHER / MINING EQUIPMENT
Experience with:
- Crusher machine components
- Mining equipment
- Heavy machinery
- Wear-resistant components
- Industrial equipment
- Large machined parts
will be considered highly relevant.
6. INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
Candidates from organizations manufacturing:
- Industrial machinery
- Capital equipment
- Machine components
- Engineering assemblies
- Industrial sub-assemblies
- Customized machinery components
will be preferred.
7. MAKE-TO-ORDER / ENGINEER-TO-ORDER MANUFACTURING
Experience in:
- Make-to-Order (MTO)
- Engineer-to-Order (ETO)
- Job-order manufacturing
- Project manufacturing
- Customized engineering components
- Low/medium-volume manufacturing
- High-mix manufacturing
is highly desirable.
Candidates from highly repetitive mass-production environments should have demonstrated adaptability to customized engineering manufacturing.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES1. Overall Plant & Business Operations
- Take overall responsibility for day-to-day operations of the Peenya facility.
- Translate management objectives into operational plans.
- Ensure coordination between all functional departments.
- Monitor overall plant performance.
- Establish departmental targets and KPIs.
- Drive accountability across functional heads.
- Ensure business objectives are achieved within agreed timelines and budgets.
2. Manufacturing Operations
Provide leadership to:
- Production
- PPC
- Quality
- Maintenance
- Stores
- Procurement coordination
- Engineering
- Dispatch
Ensure:
- Production targets
- Machine utilization
- Capacity utilization
- Productivity
- Quality
- Cost
- Delivery
are continuously monitored and improved.
3. Production Planning & Delivery
Work closely with the Production Planning team to:
- Review customer orders.
- Establish realistic production schedules.
- Monitor production against plan.
- Identify bottlenecks.
- Resolve capacity constraints.
- Ensure material availability.
- Prioritize critical orders.
- Improve manufacturing lead time.
- Improve on-time delivery.
The General Manager will have overall accountability for ensuring that customer commitments are operationally achievable.
4. Quality Management
Work with the Quality Head to ensure:
- ISO 9001:2015 compliance
- Reduction in rejection
- Reduction in rework
- Customer complaint reduction
- Supplier quality improvement
- Process quality
- Final inspection compliance
- Corrective and preventive action
Quality should be treated as a business KPI rather than only an inspection function.
5. Cost Management
Take ownership of manufacturing cost optimization.
Identify opportunities to reduce:
- Material wastage
- Scrap
- Rework
- Tooling costs
- Machine downtime
- Overtime
- Energy consumption
- Subcontracting costs
- Inventory costs
- Manufacturing lead time
Develop and implement cost-reduction initiatives without compromising quality or delivery.
6. Capacity & Productivity Improvement
Monitor:
- Machine utilization
- OEE
- Capacity utilization
- Manpower productivity
- Production throughput
- Bottleneck operations
Identify requirements for:
- Additional machines
- Automation
- Outsourcing
- Additional shifts
- Manpower
- Process improvements
Provide management with data-backed recommendations for capacity expansion and capital investment.
7. Procurement & Supply Chain Coordination
Work with Purchase and Stores to ensure uninterrupted availability of:
- Raw materials
- Forgings
- Castings
- Alloy steels
- Special steels
- Cutting tools
- Fixtures
- Consumables
- Bought-out components
Monitor critical suppliers and ensure material availability aligns with production schedules.
8. Vendor & Supplier Management
Participate in evaluation and development of:
- Raw-material suppliers
- Forging suppliers
- Casting suppliers
- Heat-treatment vendors
- Surface-treatment vendors
- Machining subcontractors
- Special-process vendors
Review supplier:
- Quality
- Cost
- Delivery
- Capacity
- Responsiveness
9. Customer & Commercial Coordination
The General Manager should be comfortable interacting with customers and supporting business development.
Responsibilities include:
- Customer meetings
- Delivery discussions
- Technical discussions
- Capacity discussions
- Customer escalation management
- Cost discussions
- New-project feasibility
- Production feasibility
- Customer complaint resolution
The candidate should understand the commercial implications of manufacturing decisions.
10. New Business & Order Feasibility
Support Senior Management in evaluating new business opportunities.
Assess:
- Manufacturing feasibility
- Machine capacity
- Raw-material availability
- Tooling requirements
- Process requirements
- Quality requirements
- Production lead time
- Cost implications
- Outsourcing requirements
Provide management with practical recommendations before accepting major orders.
11. MIS & Management Reporting
Develop and review management dashboards covering:
Manufacturing
- Production
- Productivity
- OEE
- Capacity utilization
Quality
- Rejection
- Rework
- Customer complaints
- Supplier quality
Delivery
- On-Time Delivery
- Order backlog
- Production delays
Financial / Cost
- Manufacturing cost
- Scrap
- Rework
- Overtime
- Inventory
People
- Manpower productivity
- Absenteeism
- Skill development
Present actionable insights to Senior Management.
12. Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement
Drive a culture of continuous improvement through:
- Lean Manufacturing
- 5S
- TPM
- Kaizen
- OEE improvement
- Setup-time reduction
- Waste elimination
- Process standardization
- Visual Management
The candidate should be able to demonstrate measurable results from previous Lean/continuous-improvement initiatives.
13. Maintenance & Asset Management
Work with the Maintenance team to ensure:
- Preventive maintenance
- Breakdown reduction
- Machine availability
- Critical-spares planning
- MTBF improvement
- MTTR reduction
- Machine reliability
The GM should understand the commercial impact of machine downtime on delivery and profitability.
14. People & Leadership
Lead and coordinate functional heads and senior personnel across:
- Production
- PPC
- Quality
- Maintenance
- Stores
- Purchase
- Engineering
- Administration
Responsibilities include:
- Goal setting
- Performance management
- Team development
- Succession planning
- Training
- Leadership development
- Cross-functional accountability
Build a culture of:
Ownership + Accountability + Quality + Delivery + Continuous Improvement
15. Safety & Compliance
Ensure compliance with:
- Factory regulations
- Workplace safety requirements
- PPE requirements
- Machine safety
- Fire safety
- Environmental requirements
- Statutory requirements
Promote a zero-accident manufacturing culture.
16. Strategic Planning
Support Senior Management in developing:
- Annual operating plans
- Capacity plans
- Revenue plans
- Cost-reduction plans
- Capital expenditure plans
- Workforce plans
- Technology-upgradation plans
- New-business plans
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
The General Manager will be evaluated on:
Business Performance
- Revenue achievement
- Order execution
- Gross contribution / manufacturing profitability
- Cost reduction
Manufacturing
- Production achievement
- Capacity utilization
- OEE
- Productivity
- Manufacturing lead time
Quality
- Internal rejection
- Customer PPM
- Customer complaints
- Rework
- Scrap
Delivery
- On-Time Delivery %
- Schedule adherence
- Order backlog
- Delivery lead time
Cost
- Manufacturing cost reduction
- Scrap reduction
- Tooling-cost reduction
- Overtime reduction
- Inventory optimization
People
- Manpower productivity
- Employee retention
- Skill development
- Training completion
Continuous Improvement
- Kaizen implementation
- Lean projects
- 5S performance
- TPM implementation
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONMandatory
B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering / Production Engineering / Industrial Engineering
Preferred
- MBA / PGDM – Operations / Manufacturing / Business Management
- M.E./M.Tech – Manufacturing / Production Engineering
- Lean Six Sigma certification
- PMP / Operations certification will be an advantage
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT
10–12 Years of relevant industry experience
The candidate should ideally have:
- 10+ years in engineering manufacturing
- 3–5+ years in a senior management / plant / operations role
- Experience managing multiple manufacturing functions
- Strong CNC / precision-engineering exposure
- Strong production and PPC understanding
- Quality-management exposure
- Cost-management experience
- Customer-facing experience
ESSENTIAL SKILLSManufacturing
- CNC Machining
- Heavy Engineering
- Precision Engineering
- Forging
- Casting
- Grinding
- Industrial Components
- Sub-Assembly
Operations
- Production Planning
- Capacity Planning
- Manufacturing Costing
- Quality Management
- Maintenance
- Supply Chain
- Inventory
- Vendor Management
Management
- P&L / Cost Understanding
- KPI Management
- MIS
- Business Planning
- Team Leadership
- Customer Management
- Negotiation
- Problem Solving
Improvement
- Lean
- 5S
- TPM
- Kaizen
- Six Sigma
- OEE
IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE
The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineering manufacturing leader who can manage the complete operational ecosystem rather than only one department.
The candidate should be capable of moving between:
Management Boardroom ↔ Customer Meeting ↔ Production Planning ↔ CNC Shop Floor ↔ Quality Department ↔ Supplier ↔ Dispatch
and understand the commercial and operational implications of decisions across each area.
The candidate should demonstrate:
- Strong engineering background
- Strong manufacturing knowledge
- Commercial understanding
- Strong analytical skills
- Customer orientation
- Strong leadership ability
- Decision-making capability
- Excellent communication
- Strong negotiation skills
- Hands-on shop-floor approach
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Ability to build high-performing teams
HIGH-PRIORITY CANDIDATE BACKGROUNDTier 1 – Excellent Fit
Candidates from:
Precision Engineering + CNC Machining + Heavy Engineering
with experience managing multiple manufacturing functions.
Tier 2 – Very Strong Fit
Candidates from:
Forging + Machining + Heavy Components
particularly where the candidate has managed:
Forging → Machining → Quality → Assembly → Dispatch
Tier 3 – Strong Fit
Candidates from:
- Wind Energy Components
- Windmill Gearbox Components
- Power Transmission
- Crusher / Mining Equipment
- Industrial Machinery
- Capital Equipment
- Heavy Auto Components
- Industrial Engineering Components
provided they have demonstrated broad operational leadership.
PREFERRED MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT
Candidates with experience in:
High-Mix / Low-to-Medium Volume Manufacturing
Make-to-Order (MTO)
Engineer-to-Order (ETO)
Project Manufacturing
Customized Engineering Components
will be strongly preferred.
Experience in managing manufacturing businesses where every order may have different drawings, materials, processes, tolerances, routing and delivery requirements will be highly valuable.
CANDIDATES LESS SUITED FOR THE ROLE
Candidates whose experience is primarily limited to:
- FMCG
- Food Processing
- Textile
- Chemical Processing
- Retail
- Logistics
- Warehouse Operations
- Pure Procurement
- Pure Sales
- Pure Quality
- Pure Maintenance
- Pure PPC
will generally not be preferred unless they also possess substantial engineering-manufacturing leadership experience.
COMPENSATION
₹16–20 LPA
Final compensation will be determined based on:
- Relevant industry experience
- Leadership experience
- Manufacturing exposure
- Team size managed
- Business/operations responsibility
- Current CTC
- Demonstrated operational improvements
- Customer-management experience
LOCATION
Peenya Industrial Area, Bengaluru, Karnataka
This is a plant-based senior management position requiring regular presence at the manufacturing facility.
APPLICATION
Interested candidates with relevant experience in:
Precision Engineering / CNC Machining / Heavy Engineering / Forging / Casting / Wind Energy / Gearbox Components / Crusher & Mining Equipment / Industrial Machinery / Capital Equipment
may submit their updated CV.
Email: [email protected]
Subject: Application – General Manager – Peenya
Position: General Manager – Manufacturing & Business Operations
Experience: 10–12 Years
CTC: ₹16–20 LPA
Location: Peenya, Bengaluru
Pay: ₹1,600,000.00 - ₹2,000,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
