Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the company's manufacturing strategy to support growth objectives.
- Oversee production planning and execution to ensure consistent on-time, in-full delivery meeting specifications.
- Promote Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement initiatives across all facilities.
- Enhance Overall Equipment Effectiveness, production efficiency, labor productivity, and throughput.
- Optimize manufacturing capacity to accommodate new stores, increased demand, and future expansion.
- Establish standardized operating procedures and best practices across all manufacturing sites.
- Create production performance dashboards to track key metrics and enable data-driven decisions.
- Identify and proactively address operational, quality, and supply chain risks affecting manufacturing.
- Develop and maintain business continuity plans for production operations.
- Improve energy efficiency, utility management, and environmental sustainability efforts.
- Ensure operational readiness for equipment failures, supply disruptions, and emergencies.
- Promote workplace safety and ensure compliance with Occupational Health & Safety standards.
- Lead incident investigations and implement preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
- Build and lead high-performing production teams across all manufacturing units.
- Develop succession plans for all critical manufacturing roles and coach managers to enhance leadership.
- Embed company values and a high-performance culture within manufacturing operations.
- Drive employee engagement, skill development, and accountability across the production workforce.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, teamwork, and operational discipline.
- Support Research & Development and Commercial teams in commercializing new products.
- Ensure manufacturing readiness for new product introductions and improve speed-to-market.
- Evaluate emerging manufacturing technologies and production methods.
- Lead capital investment planning for production expansion and modernization.
- Build manufacturing capability to support long-term growth strategy.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics, and Retail Operations to improve product availability.
- Improve production forecasting accuracy and scheduling.
