Head-manufacturing operation-IVD

Location

India | India

Job description

We are looking for candidates who have global experience in Electronic manufacturing like home appliances to lead the team. He should also have managed manufacturing and supply chain as a function. This is a very senior role so we are looking for leaders to come and join us. This role is based in Vizag.

1. Principal accountabilities:
2. Lead all the key functions in the value chain – planning, manufacture, logistics and customer service – to ensure OTIF delivery of product, conforming to quality standards specified, to customers as per demand plan.
3. Ensure that procurement, manufacturing and delivery plans are aligned to a demand plan.
4. Ensure best possible rates for procurement of key RM/ PM globally
5. Ensure optimal manufacturing plans that align manufacturing locations to the closest delivery points and manufacture equipment and consumables in line with demand.
6. Drive Lean Manufacturing principles across the network to derive optimal benefits in terms of cost, quality and volume of output and productivity.
7. Ensure that manufacturing capacity is aligned to current and future business needs; adequately plan capital expenditure to ensure that supply is always adequate to meet demand.
8. Manage regulatory affairs effectively and well in advance to ensure that product flows to various countries are done in line with business plans
9. Participate and steer the process of inorganic growth (acquisition of manufacturing facilities) as appropriate.
10. Lead the process of review and development of quality standards across the entire business and adherence to the same
11. Create a robust and effective organization structure to meet these needs.
12. Ensure that the distribution value chain is adequately geared to exploit market potential
13. Effective leadership of a senior team
14. KPIs (indicative and not exhaustive):
15. Volume of output
16. Value of output
17. Quality conformance/ rejection rate
18. Customer complaints/ feedback scores
19. Regulatory compliance
20. OTIF delivery
21. Forecast Accuracy/ Forecast bias
22. Margin achievement and gross margins
23. Management of Opex
24. Person Specifications:

• Formal qualification in science or engineering, preferably followed by a further qualification (degree or diploma) in management
• Experience in a diagnostics/ devices company at some stage in the career, if not the most recent. Experience in electronics components manufacture, auto, devices etc is also acceptable.
• Currently leading an end to end supply chain function, including manufacturing, across more than one country for an international business, with a basic understanding of commercial, finance, product systems etc. While the experience in the early part of the experience may have bene purely functional, it is expected that the more recent experience would be more general-management oriented. 4
• Should have proven experience in driving organization-wide change management initiatives focused on cost, productivity, quality and output such as Lean.
• Demonstrated experience in monitoring costs and driving cost efficiencies across the business.
• Experience in leading a team, and also in influencing stakeholders and people who do not report directly into the roleholder

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