Operations Manager - Nadiad

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems

• Develop and implement production tracking and quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports, to detect production problems

• Maintain the full compliance in the Plant on Imerys safety protocol, Factories act , Labour act and local statutory regulations.

• Maintain a very high EHS standard in the plant meeting or surpassing the Imerys Safety System requirements. 

• Hire, train, evaluate, and discharge staff, and resolve personnel grievances

• Initiate and coordinate inventory and cost control programs

• Prepare and maintain production reports and personnel records

• Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality

• Review plans and confer with technical support team to develop new products and processes

• Institute employee suggestion or involvement programs

• Coordinate and recommend procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines

• Direct and coordinate production, processing, distribution, and marketing activities of industrial organization

• Develop budgets and approve expenditures for supplies, materials, and human resources, ensuring that materials, labour and equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets

• Review processing schedules and production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints

• Capex knowledge, Production /Maintenance, Statutory Compliance, KPI Tracking, Kaizen Concept, Resources allocation and optimization

• Maintaining the blending operations and its parameters to achieve best production efficiency

• Guidance to preventive and breakdown maintenance to the team, Spare parts Management 

• Identification and implementation Saving Road Map

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Education and Experience requirements:

• Degree in Ceramics Engineering , Material engineering, Chemical/Mechanical or equivalent 

• Person from Ceramics industry with knowledge of sanitary ware , tiles or mineral processing industry.

• Good knowledge of mineral processing, Ceramic raw material & engineered clays 

• 10-15 years of experience managing operation projects.. Regional exposure would be appreciated.

• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

• Strong working knowledge in MS office apps and Google workspace apps , Data visualization tools 

Knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics:

• Committed and autonomous. 

• Self-motivated, ability to lead and motivate the team.

• Ability to communicate and work with all levels of management & cultures.

• Used to working in a complex global/ matrix organization.

• Good negotiation and influencing skill.

• Organized and rigorous, pay attention to details.

• Operational experience in production environment. 

• Finance knowledge for project appraisal. 

• Capital investment budgeting/ planning and execution experience.

• Extended HSE knowledge.