EVP - Manufacturing - Automotive

As EVP - Manufacturing (Automotive):

Formulate and recommend manufacturing policies that guide the organisation in maintaining and improving its manufacturing competitiveness.

Ensures adherence to Manufacturing plan and quality.

Takes overall responsibility for streamlining, optimal utilization of resources, improving process efficiencies and reducing the total cost of manufacturing

Drive process control and manufacturing excellence

Bring world class manufacturing practices

Develop the Manufacturing plan and establish procedures for maintaining high standards of manufacturing operations to ensure that products conform to established customer and company quality standards.

Achieve optimum Direct / Indirect employee levels with least amount of overhead and raw material costs to meet annual budgetary plan

Direct and Monitor factories to accomplish goals of the manufacturing plan consistent with established manufacturing and safety standards.

Identify, recommend and implement changes to improve productivity and reduce cost and scrap, monitor scrap.

Initiate and monitor major projects like plant layout changes, installation of capital equipment etc.

Direct and monitor various activities essential to Quality Manufacturing practices (e.g., House Keeping, Training, Safety, Cost reduction)

Liaison with marketing and service for field feedback and take corrective action to ensure manufacturing failures are minimised

Liaison with R&D for new product development, design changes etc.

Advice Management on Technology Selection

Advice Management on expansion of plant capacity and ensure implementation

Build technical capability in the Organisation

Drive automation and technology upgradation

Streamlining operations in all the plants and bring Standardisation

Ensure harmonious Industrial Relations

Key Internal Interfaces Key External Interfaces

Plants: for ensuring manufacturing plan

Sales: for product feedback

Finance: For manufacturing costs

R&D : For product design and development Government regulatory authorities

Management of Union

Education Age / Experience

Engineering Graduate & MBA

Age: 45 years

20 years in manufacturing function and at least 3 years in a position of similar responsibility.

Functional Behavioral

Manufacturing Concepts

Quality Concepts

TPM Leading

Planning

Organising

Analytical

Strategic Thinking

Process Orientation