Production Executive

Job Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and monitor Production line operations to achieve daily, weekly, and monthly production targets while ensuring optimum machine utilization, product quality, and compliance with safety standards. Monitor process parameters, minimize downtime and rejects, and optimize productivity to achieve budgeted operational efficiency. 
• Coordinate preventive, predictive, and autonomous maintenance activities for Production line equipment. Monitor machine health, mould performance, and utility systems to minimize breakdowns and maximize equipment availability. Analyze failures and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure Production line comply with quality standards through effective process control, SPC monitoring, in-process inspections, and defect reduction initiatives. Drive continuous improvement to reduce waste and improve first-pass yield.
• Plan and manage manpower allocation, casual labour deployment, overtime utilization, and operator productivity to achieve production objectives while maintaining labour costs within budget. Develop team competencies and maintain discipline and shift efficiency.
• Monitor the efficient utilization of raw material and packing material and spare parts. Minimize material waste, control inventory, and support cost reduction initiatives to improve operational profitability.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Quality, Food Safety, Environmental, and Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems (QMS, FSMS, EMS, OHSMS). Implement GMP and 5S practices and fulfil responsibilities under the Emergency Response Plan to maintain a safe and compliant workplace.

Person Specifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, or a related technical discipline, with a minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in production operations.
• Strong knowledge of production efficiency, product quality management, health and safety regulations, operational cost control, and preventive maintenance practices, with the ability to drive continuous improvement and achieve key manufacturing performance indicators.
• Sound technical knowledge of beverage manufacturing processes, Water Treatment Plant (WTP), and Hot Filling operations.
• Strong understanding of production planning, process optimization, and manufacturing performance management.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools and continuous improvement methodologies, including 5S, Kaizen, TPM, SMED, Root Cause Analysis, Fishbone Analysis, 5 Why Analysis, and OEE improvement techniques.
• Proficiency in Statistical Process Control (SPC), quality assurance principles, and process capability monitoring.
• Knowledge of SAP/ERP applications, material management, and inventory control.
• Thorough understanding of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS), GMP, CCPs, and OPRPs.
• Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS).
• Understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance principles to improve equipment reliability and operational efficiency.
• Knowledge of utility management, cost optimization, waste reduction, and sustainable manufacturing practices.
• Familiarity with production KPI management, including productivity, yield, OEE, quality losses, labour efficiency, and operational cost control.
• Candidate should possess strong leadership and team management skills, excellent operational planning and organizational abilities, effective communication and interpersonal skills, analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making, problem-solving and root cause analysis capabilities, ability to manage production teams, casual labour, and overtime effectively, performance management and KPI monitoring skills, cross-functional coordination and stakeholder management, ability to work under pressure in a shift-based manufacturing environment, and commitment to continuous improvement, quality excellence, and workplace safety.