Overview:
Overview:
Sr Manager – Operations Serves as a strategic leader responsible for optimizing organizational performance, driving operational excellence, and leading cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives. This role combines advanced operational expertise with executive leadership skills to transform processes, systems, and team performance across the organization.
Responsibilities:
Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
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Drive a Safety First mindset, ensuring 100% compliance with Process Safety Management (PSM), OSHA, and local environmental control boards (such as the State Pollution Control Board and DISH).
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To maintain safe, pollution free working environment & housekeeping for eliminate/minimize work time lost due to accidents by implementing recommendations of Internal safety audits, EHS round, safety committee meeting, HAZOP study, & Occupational Health Risk Assessment etc.
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Oversee Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) and Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) operations and ensure strict adherence to hazardous waste management protocols.
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Lead incident investigations, root cause analyses (RCA), and implement corrective actions for any safety near-misses in the work place.
Production & Operational Excellence
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Direct day-to-day manufacturing operations to maximize equipment utilization, plant uptime, and overall output yield.
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Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) relating to safety, quality, delivery, and cost efficiency.
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Own plant performance across production, maintenance, quality, food safety, stores and factory administration, in close coordination with cross functional team.
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Improve OEE, capacity utilisation, throughput, labour productivity, yields and equipment reliability while reducing conversion cost, wastage, rework and downtime.
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Deliver production plans aligned with sales forecast demand, customer service levels and inventory norms.
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Implement Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement frameworks to minimize operational bottlenecks and reduce cycle times.
Maintenance Management
- Oversee preventive and breakdown maintenance programs to minimize downtime and costs.
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Achieve optimal Energy Units per KG targets by optimizing production processes and equipment conditions for reduced energy consumption.
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Generate Maintenance Reports, including Machine Health Cards, and manage Maintenance Costs effectively.
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Lead new project planning, including layout, process reengineering, and equipment execution for enhanced efficiency in coordination with the project team.
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Ensure critical plant & machinery uptime to prevent production shutdowns.
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Maintain high uptime rates by ensuring optimal conditions of equipment across all production lines.
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Prepare the Annual Operational Plan (AOP) for Plant Maintenance.
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Implement safety programs and eliminate accidents through regular inspection and repair of safety devices.
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Ensure fire hydrant, ETP & STP systems, and other critical infrastructure are in proper working condition.
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Analyze all the breakdown failures and implement corrective and preventive actions through proper lean tool.
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Liaise with EB and PCB officials for compliance and operational needs.
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Supervise and motivate the maintenance team, ensuring discipline and efficiency.
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Implement 5S practices in the maintenance section.
Team Leadership & Development
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Provide direction and motivation to team members, emphasizing safety, quality, efficiency, productivity, cost reduction, and morale.
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Responsible for managing and appraising team member job performance and recommending corrective action.
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Develop and maintains positive team member relations centered on mutual trust, dignity, respect, fairness, consistency, two-way communication, teamwork, and harmony.
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Plan and coordinate hiring and placement of team members. Monitors and track staf fing conditions, work hours and overtime, job rotation, and absenteeism.
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Direct floor activities through consistent application of company’s practices to ensure all aspects of manufacturing are ef fective and correct sub-standard situations.
Qualifications:
- Must be a BE / BTech in Chemical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering with around with 15 + years’ experience in chemical process manufacturing/operations, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
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Strong knowledge of production planning, maintenance systems, quality assurance, and safety standards.
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Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive operational efficiency.
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Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
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Strong communication and interpersonal skills to manage diverse teams.
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