Manager - Manufacturing Excellence - FMCG/Pharma

Company: FMCG

Designation: Manager process excellence

Location: Bangalore

Manufacturing units: 10 Units

1. Process Excellence

- Monitor performance of 10+ CMUs & 10+ Own Factories to ensure performance on various parameters is on target w.r.t manufacturing cost of RM & PM

- Identify improvement opportunities, work with development teams to develop alternatives, undertake pilot testing & trials to ensure successful implementation prior to transition to operations

- Plan cost saving initiatives (2-3% contribution) for the year & implement the same across units - PM changes, recipe changes, yield improvement, etc.

- Drive digitization efforts for capturing & monitoring manufacturing process indices to enhance performance analysis

- Undertake benchmarking exercise vis- vis competitor products for each unit to identify improvement opportunities for packaging cost saving by analyzing inputs from Manufacturing, Sales & Brand teams as well as the Central Packaging team

- Review annual & monthly performance data for all units across various parameters to determine improvement initiatives for recipe cost saving & yield improvement

- Initiate identified improvement projects with the respective factory teams

2. New Product Introduction

- Drive innovation & product launches for covering the entire new product introduction cycle - from ideation to development phase (in collaboration with Product Development team) to manufacturing team to packaging team to launch of new product

- Collaborate with various stakeholders - R&D, Package Development, Branding, Procurement, Finance, Manufacturing teams to ensure new product launch is seamless in terms of quality, cost & timelines

- Drive inclusion of process excellence practices in set up of processes for new products being introduced

3. Capability Development

- Undertake TNI & design of training programs / knowledge sharing platforms for capability development across the manufacturing teams

- Manage training for new joiners (MTs) as part of their induction in collaboration with HR

- Identify & guide through appropriate projects for new joiners to ensure understanding & alignment w.r.t various processes & readiness for role requirements