VP Operations

Location: Hyderabad

Department: Operations

Company: Gravton Motors

Role Overview

The VP – Operations will own Gravton Motors end-to-end operations across Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Vehicle Development, and Powertrain, with a focus on scaling operations, driving quality and cost efficiency, leading product industrialization and production ramp-up, and building scalable systems and teams.

The role will work closely with the Founders, Engineering, R&D, suppliers, and manufacturing teams to drive operational excellence and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Operations across Production, Quality, SCM, Vehicle Development, and Powertrain.
• Drive manufacturing strategy, production planning, capacity expansion, productivity, and operational efficiency.
• Build robust processes, systems, SOPs, governance, and operational KPIs.
• Lead sourcing, supplier development, localization, inventory, logistics, and cost optimization.
• Establish strong quality systems across incoming materials, manufacturing, vehicle development, validation, and field performance.
• Drive new product development, industrialization, and production readiness.
• Strengthen the supplier ecosystem through development, localization, capacity planning, and quality improvement.
• Drive continuous improvement across cost, quality, delivery, productivity, and scalability.
• Build and lead a strong operations team with a culture of ownership, accountability, and execution.
• Partner with the Founders to translate business strategy into operational plans and measurable outcomes.
• Ensure operational readiness for new products, production ramp-ups, capacity expansion, and business growth.

Qualification & Experience

• Engineering degree in Mechanical, Automobile, Electrical, or Electronics.
• 15+ years of automotive/OEM experience, with strong exposure to 2-wheelers, EVs, or electric mobility.
• Proven leadership across Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Vehicle Development, Engineering, and/or Powertrain.
• Strong experience in NPD, industrialization, production scale-up, supplier development, localization, and cost optimization, with a proven track record of building teams, systems, and processes in high-growth automotive environments.
• Strong business acumen, leadership, stakeholder management, and execution skills.
• Experience in greenfield projects and startup environments, with the ability to build operations, teams, systems, and processes from the ground up.

To Apply

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