Plant Head

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Job Title: Plant Head                                   

Business: Paneled Products (HPL, LPL, Traded) 
Location: Rohad   Bahadurgarh 
Reporting To: Chief Managing Director (CMD Sir) 
 

Role Objective

To spearhead manufacturing operations and drive innovative strategic thinking, manage Company resources 
productively, direct the people development and deployment process, maintain quality & planned capacity utilization 
and oversee day to day operations. Drive overall operational efficiency and ensure optimal returns on investments. Plan 
and undertake initiatives for high machine uptime & lead process improvement initiatives. To contribute in planning for 
production, maintenance, dispatch and raw material. Drive cost savings through improvement projects and support new 
product development initiatives.

Job Responsibilities

Process Excellence & Customer Centricity 
Support Quality Control & Assurance 
 Assure reliability and consistency of production; Ensure monitoring of manufacturing processes and output 
 Participate in quality audits and customer inspections; Support resolution of all complaints and findings related 
to Quality issues in collaboration with quality assurance 
Process & Engineering Improvements 
 Ensure implementation and adherence to process improvement initiatives across the plant 
 Oversee execution of OEE improvement initiatives in coordination with Engineering & Maintenance head 
 Monitor consumption of general consumables, scrap production across products in plant; Develop and drive 
initiatives to reduce additional costs incurred in plant 
 

Customer fulfilment 
 Ensure maximum market servicing basis demand projections - Ensure OTIF; Drive production in line with 
outlined production plan 
 Maintain high level of quality control in production to minimize defects 
Strategy and planning 
 Direct and lead planning of Capex and Opex for the plant (e.g., machinery, raw materials) in coordination with 
respective leads. 
 Support development of plant manufacturing budget in coordination respective leads; Plan and allocate 
production budget and capacity in coordination with production planning department 
 Oversee manpower planning, deployment and mobilization across production lines and shifts 
 Oversee implementation of people strategy at plant. 
 Prepare an annual manufacturing plan and policy guidelines to drive the performance of key result areas on 
production activities and continuous implementation monitoring. 
 Implements, drives, and sustains key initiatives that support plant strategic goals. 
 

Manufacturing Operations 
 Plan and supervise manufacturing 
 Support Production head in managing manufacturing operations 
 Liaise with procurement head to ensure availability of required raw materials 
 Ensure adherence to dispatch plan outlined in coordination with logistics manager 
 Ensure regular maintenance of equipment as per outlined schedule across plant 
 Ensure compliance with safety, quality and regulatory standards for the plant 
 Liaise with engineering & maintenance head to ensure maintenance and availability of utilities e.g., electricity; 
Drive civil and mechanical projects at plant 
 Oversee management of stores and spares at plant across products

Job Description – Merino Industries Limited

Job Responsibilities (Continued)

 Oversee planning and implementation of maintenance schedules and shutdowns to enhance machine uptime, 
reduction in mean time between repetitive failures and contingency planning while ensuring production 
continuity 
 Monitors the facility’s equipments needs and ensures that the technical team is working to keep the Company’s 
equipment and physical facility are properly maintained. 
 Optimally make sure that manufacturing units improvise on the standard efficiencies in terms of Machine 
efficiencies, material yields, labor and overhead costs versus budget. 
Performance monitoring and reporting 
 Monitor performance and plant costs along key production metrics outlined by management; Drive correction of 
negative deviation vs budgeted if any 
 Identify and highlight key deviations from plan; Suggest initiatives to resolve issues 
 Perform operational audit in conjunction with process excellence head to determine manufacturing efficiency 
 Work with plant finance controller to measure and track financial performance of plant 
 Works to ensure that the facility’s OEE, OTIF, production targets; monitor target achievements are met through 
periodic reviews. 
 Review daily, weekly and monthly production MIS reports to match actual performance vis-à-vis the targets and 
provide action steps to minimize variance 
 Provides information to Corporate with SLA, including daily/weekly/monthly reporting requirements and other ad 
hoc information requests. 
 

Procurement 
 Monitor management and coordination of procurement related to plant including preparation of procurement 
budget for plant, evaluation of suppliers, contract negotiation, delivery and quality of raw materials 
 Ensure adherence to inventory norms and minimize cost of inventory for all material types (RM, Consumables, 
etc.) 
 

Logistics 
 Oversee planning and coordination of timely movement of goods from plant including preparation of budget, 
managing inventory levels, tracking shipments, evaluation of vendors and contract negotiation 
 

Miscellaneous 
 Directs all aspects of the business operations, including purchasing, scheduling, manufacturing, warehousing, 
dispatch, quality assurance, customer service etc. 
 Accountable for plant costs, throughput, utilization, manpower productivity & production costs 
 Lead creation of the plant budget by consolidating inputs from various departments; ensure adherence to the 
approved budget 
 Control of all operational aspects including cost & operations, production, quality, plant production improvement, 
health & safety and compliance. 
 Ensure implementation of process improvements across products at plant to ensure improvement in key metrics 
 Oversee the cost-effective management of all outsourced transportation service in consistence with budgeted 
levels of costs. 
 Enforces all Company policies, including safety, production, quality, sales, human resources, customer service 
and accounting policies. 
 Understands the technical aspects of the manufacturing facility so as to provide support to departmental 
personnel. 
 Well versed with processes like IMS, QMS, ISO Audit & Compliance 
 Constantly assesses the facility’s operational efficiencies and seeks out opportunities to improve processes in 
an economic manner. 
 Ensure that all legal and statutory compliances for the plant are complied as per the required timelines 
 Drive lean in every aspect of business practices and operations. 
 Any assignment which needs to be done for addressing the Company needs/ objectives / emergencies / 
criticalities as directed by the Management time to time. 

 

Staff + Manpower 
 Guide and monitor performance of direct reports, providing timely feedbacks 
 Support the identification of training and development to facilitate technical learning and growth of production 
staff and manpower 
 Ensure adequate safety training for production staff and manpower 
 Determine and communicate staffing needs to HR, interview candidates as necessary 
 Manage and maintain labor and operating costs in accordance with budgets and strategic goals including cost 
due to rejections and rework etc. 
 Ensure smooth coordination between production, quality control and maintenance functions in order to maintain 
parity/ clear understanding of targets/ expectations at all levels. 
 Develop and nurture a dynamic and competent workforce through a robust performance driven culture.

Job Description – Merino Industries Limited

Learning & Development 
 Coach and develop staff to build high performing teams. Assigns stretch assignments to further train and 
enhance staff development. 
 Promotes cross training to optimize workforce, ensures functional coverage, reduce labor costs, and supports 
succession planning. 
 Oversees the hiring and training of facility personnel. Works with Human Resources to drive performance 
management of employees and seek out ways to motivate and develop employees. 
 

Industrial Relations 
 Manage the overall IR climate at the plant and ensure timely awareness and action for managing any labor 
issues 
 Support interactions with unions, labor bodies in coordination with Plant HR + IR Head 
 Oversee management of complaints and manage grievance redressal with the labor unions 
 Build constructive relationships with all stakeholders both internally and externally (Govt. bodies, other 
industries bodies and external parties/ vendors.) 
 

Liaison 
 Coordinate with external stakeholders e.g., regional administrative bodies, industry bodies, and labor unions; 
Ensure prompt issue resolution 
 Meeting all statutory, regulatory & admin at plant site 
 Oversee environmental health and safety - Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and industry 
 

codes 
 Oversee and extend full support for compliance to all statutory government regulations. 
Employee health & safety 
 Oversees all employee management, while being a champion for safety at the facility. 
 Support development of employee health and safety procedures and policies 
 Ensure regular safety inspections, and training of employees on safety procedures 
 Drive reporting and investigation of accidents and incidents pertaining to employee safety and health 
 Ensure compliance with employee health and safety standards, and regulations 
 Drive Kaizen and other improvement initiatives. 
 Monitor and ensure strict adherence to all safety & environment norms and drive safety as a culture in the plant 
 

Digital First 
 Employ digital tools to ensure accurate scheduling and tracking of production operations 
 Leverage digital tools to maintain quality standards in production and manufacturing 
 Develop and report monthly performance reports on production, including updated forecasts for the rest of the 
year to support production and logistics planning 
 

Key Performance Indicators 
 

Financial Performance

 Plant operating expenditure vs budgeted 
 LPL production expenditure vs budgeted 
 Plant Capex RoI 
 Fixed expenses vs Budgeted 
 

Operational Performance 
 Quality (customer returns and complaints) 
 OTIF 
 Overall equipment effectiveness 
 Throughput 
 Manufacturing process cycle time 
 Capacity utilization (%) 
 Worker productivity - Output per plant worker FTE 
 Inventory days (# of days inventory held in warehouse) 
 Scrap rate (% of raw material lost in production)

Compliance 
 # Reported compliance (Safety, Quality, Regulatory) violations 
 Cost of compliance violations 
 Average compliance violations closure time 
 Industrial Relations - # of grievances reported, average complaint closure time