Manager – Strategy & Operations
Reports to: Managing Director
About the Role
Build the operational engine to scale Popsons Fertilisers from a regional player into a nationally competitive brand. You will oversee multi-site manufacturing, standardize SOPs, streamline supply chains, and build a high-performance team to reduce executive reliance on routine operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Multi-Site Operations: Direct daily operations at Pampadumpara; provide structured oversight, resource planning, and bottleneck resolution for Theni and Dindigul sites.
- Strategy & Growth: Translate MD targets into quarterly operating plans; support market expansion, new dealer onboarding, and new product commercialization.
- Process & SOP Excellence: Design and implement practical SOPs across manufacturing, procurement, inventory, quality, and maintenance to ensure system-driven execution.
- Supply Chain & Cost Control: Lead procurement for raw materials (rock phosphate, bonemeal, neem products, packaging), manage suppliers, control inventory holding, and optimize working capital.
- People & HR: Drive workforce planning, recruitment, role scorecards, and performance management to eliminate key-person dependency.
- Compliance & Reporting: Ensure multi-site inspection readiness, license renewals, and quality adherence; run weekly/monthly Plan vs. Actual MIS reporting.
Candidate Requirements
- Proven operational leadership in fertilizers, agri-inputs, chemicals, or process manufacturing.
- Track record of managing multi-site plant operations, supply chains, and teams.
- Strong capability in drafting practical SOPs and executing data-driven MIS/KPI tracking.
- High integrity, commercial mindset, and a willingness to be hands-on across factory floors.
Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Provident Fund
Work Location: In person
