Head Manufacturing

A. Manufacturing Strategy & Operations

• Develop and execute the manufacturing strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations and ensure achievement of production targets.
• Establish production plans and ensure effective utilization of manpower, machines, materials, and capacity.
• Ensure manufacturing operations meet customer demand and delivery requirements.
• Optimize plant capacity, production flow, line balancing, and resource utilization.
• Identify capacity constraints and develop short-, medium-, and long-term improvement plans.
• Establish clear manufacturing standards, processes, and performance expectations.

B. Production Performance

• Drive achievement of production volume, efficiency, productivity, and schedule adherence.

• Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly manufacturing performance.

• Establish and improve KPIs such as:

  • OEE
  • Production efficiency
  • Capacity utilization
  • Schedule adherence
  • Productivity
  • Scrap and rejection
  • Downtime
  • Labor efficiency
  • Manufacturing cost

• Lead daily management and performance-review processes.

• Ensure effective escalation and resolution of production issues.

C. Quality Management

• Ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet internal and customer quality requirements.
• Work closely with Quality to reduce defects, scrap, rework, and customer complaints.
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.
• Promote quality-at-source and right-first-time manufacturing.
• Ensure compliance with applicable quality management systems and customer-specific requirements.
• Support new product introduction and process validation activities.

D. Cost & Productivity Improvement

• Own manufacturing cost performance and drive continuous cost reduction.
• Develop and implement productivity improvement programs.
• Optimize manpower, machine utilization, material consumption, energy, and other manufacturing resources.
• Reduce scrap, rework, downtime, overtime, and other operational losses.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, TPM, and other operational-excellence initiatives.
• Identify and implement automation and digitalization opportunities.
• Deliver measurable annual productivity and cost-saving targets.

E. People Leadership & Organization Development

• Lead and develop manufacturing managers, engineers, supervisors, and production teams.
• Establish appropriate organizational structures, manpower plans, and succession plans.
• Develop technical and leadership capabilities across the manufacturing organization.
• Promote accountability, teamwork, discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Establish training and competency-development programs.
• Manage workforce productivity, attendance, overtime, and labor utilization.
• Build a strong performance-oriented manufacturing culture.

F. Maintenance & Equipment Reliability

• Work closely with the Head of Maintenance to ensure equipment reliability and availability.
• Drive reduction of unplanned downtime and recurring equipment failures.
• Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance programs support production requirements.
• Prioritize critical equipment improvement and replacement projects.
• Ensure manufacturing requirements are incorporated into equipment upgrades and CAPEX projects.

G. Tooling & Process Capability

• Work closely with Tooling and Engineering teams to ensure tooling availability and reliability.
• Optimize tooling life, changeover time, process capability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Support development and implementation of new tooling, fixtures, jigs, dies, molds, and automation.
• Ensure tooling and process issues are resolved rapidly to minimize production disruption.

H.Supply Chain & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work closely with Planning, Procurement, Warehouse, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Tooling, and Logistics.
• Ensure manufacturing requirements are aligned with material availability and production schedules.
• Identify and escalate material, capacity, quality, and delivery risks.
• Optimize production flow and inventory through effective coordination with Supply Chain.
• Support S&OP and capacity-planning activities.

I. Safety& Compliance

• Establish and maintain a strong safety culture across manufacturing operations.
• Ensure compliance with company EHS standards and applicable statutory requirements.
• Drive reduction of workplace accidents, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions.
• Ensure proper implementation of risk assessments, safety procedures, and emergency-response processes.
• Promote safe machine operation, ergonomics, housekeeping, and workplace organization.
• Ensure manufacturing activities comply with relevant regulatory and certification requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field is an advantage.
• 7-10+ years of manufacturing experience, including significant experience managing large-scale manufacturing operations.
• Proven experience in a senior manufacturing/plant leadership position.
• Strong experience in production management, manufacturing engineering, Lean Manufacturing, quality, maintenance, tooling, and process improvement.
• Experience managing manufacturing budgets, CAPEX, manpower, and operational costs.
• Experience with new product introduction, manufacturing transfers, automation, and capacity expansion is preferred.
• Strong or relevant manufacturing quality systems is an advantage.