Job Description

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Overview
Job Overview:

• Applies knowledge of processes, equipment and system capability to set challenging individual and facility standards.

• Develops Annual Operating Plan for Manufacturing Dept

• Achieve performance standards with regards to safety, line utilization, efficiencies and quality metrics

• Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals. Demonstrate knowledge of Problem-solving tools like Fish bone, pareto, DMAIC approach etc.

• Maintain product quality and sanitation standards per Food Safety requirements

• Tracks key performance indicators/costs, anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets

• Oversees and assures facility equipment reliability to minimize downtime, works on MTBF increase, MTTR reduction on Key equipment's.

• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly personnel

• Co-pilot LTS & Engage Frontline workforce, Partner with HRBP and lead engagement

• Ensures compliance with all Health & Safety regulations

Responsibilities
Responsibilities:

• Production Planning:

o Review the tentative product wise volume projections for the plant;
o Review the KPI's and related cost budget (fixed and variable) prepared by respective Lines at the plant.
o Review Demand compliance and availability of Empties daily basis and adherence to production plan from ISCP;
o Review with Purchase, LDT & Quality counterparts the availability of quality complied raw material and packaging material at plant as per production requirements;
o Review the connectivity schedule for RMPM;
o Review the SAP updation of actual production and dispatch on periodic basis to oversee actual production as per the production plan and defined quality protocols

• Production Execution:

o Conduct daily inter department review meetings to discuss production plan changes and alternatives to manage changes;
o Priorities daily big-ticket activities for the team;
o Review along with HR manager daily resource requirements, last day's absenteeism, wastage levels, NE/TE and other production related parameters;
o Conduct reviews to check wastage levels, adherence to safety norms and GMP at the shop floor;
o Participate in quality meetings at plant; Resolve any escalated production and dispatch related issues in order to ensure smooth and continuous production run at the plant
o Drive M&W ways of working & TPM on shop floor
o Review key performance indicators and quality indices like plant productivity, capacity utilization, fuel and power consumption, material efficiency on periodic basis;
o Seek guidance from the Plant manager to improvise plant performance;
o Review monthly plant performance reports to prepare performance priority areas and short-term / long-term action plan for improvement;
o Share the performance related priority areas with the team;
o Define monthly plant performance target based on annual target;

• Process Improvement Initiatives:

o Identify and prioritize gaps at the factory on periodic basis to run the lines as per AOP;
o Involve in identification of process improvement initiatives to overcome gaps and pain-points;
o Monitor the implementation of process improvement on the shop floor in order to ensure overall quality improvement of processes and systems at the plant
o Own & drive applicable EHS role & responsibilities, create awareness within team for timely support and execution, GEHSMS standards and its compliances
Qualifications
Qualifications:

• Preferably BE degree with 8-10 years of experience

Does the person hired for this job need to be based in a PepsiCo office, or can they be remote
: Employee must be based in a Pepsico office