Production Manager

Hitachi Energy

India

#JID3-161038

Position summary

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How you'll make an impact

  • Ensure all production activities comply with company policies, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.

  • Develop, monitor and manage daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules. Allocate resources, tools, and equipment to meet production targets.

  • Sequence tasks and assign workloads to work centers or production lines. Adjust schedules in response to design changes, backlogs, machine downtime, or material/manpower shortages.

  • Communicate changes and updates effectively to internal stakeholders and team members. Analyze current processes and identify areas for improvement.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve scheduling conflicts and bottlenecks and implement best practices. Ensure in process quality checks and skill certification of blue-collar employees.

  • Blue collar management for optimum qualitative output. Drive operational efficiency and enhance productivity across our manufacturing processes.

  • Take ownership of equipment and facility performance within the production line, and proactively recommend technical improvements to enhance reliability, efficiency, and safety

  • Monitor production costs and implement cost-saving initiatives.

  • Identify opportunities in production area and lead improvement activities (JDI, Kaizens, A3) and oversees implementation and deployment of actions to improve production performance.

  • Lead Technology Transfer of new products for Production and participate in all the Greenfield/Brownfield projects for new facility development, expansion, or incorporation in existing line.

  • Leading the Lean Light House deployment with factory operations team. Set clear goals and objectives for team members aligned with operational outcomes.

  • Supervise professional and para-professional staff, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures.

  • Provide guidance, coaching, and performance feedback to team members. Oversee the entire production process, from the initial manufacturing stages through to final packing and dispatch to ensure overall operational efficiency

  • Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

  • Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

Your background

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering - Mechanical/Electrical with 8-10 years' experience in a manufacturing environment required, preferably from Switchgear Industry.

  • Hand on experience on using S4 HANA / SAP (PP & MM modules). Should have high attitude for quality.

  • Experienced professional in Continuous Improvement. (Greenbelt in Lean Sis Sigma is an advantage).

  • Proven track record in driving quality and continuous improvement across operations

  • Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required

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