Manager - Production

About the Company

Godrej Industries Group serves more than 1.1 billion consumers worldwide across businesses spanning consumer products, real estate, agriculture, financial services, and chemicals. Within the group, Godrej Industries Limited’s Chemicals Division has a long-standing presence in the chemical sector and focuses on developing sustainable solutions in oleochemicals, derivatives, and surfactants.

Role Overview

This position is responsible for leading production operations for NPD and ensuring efficient plant performance, reliable dispatch coordination, strong cost control, and consistent compliance with quality, safety, and environmental standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee multipurpose batch plant operations, specifically for specialty chemicals.
• Plan production for NPD, including raw material and packing material planning, along with inventory control.
• Track daily stock movement and yield performance.
• Work with logistics teams to manage dispatches for NPD products.
• Improve plant utilization and drive OEE above 90% while reducing and standardizing batch cycle time.
• Handle contract manufacturing activities and audit partner facilities.
• Monitor manufacturing and production costs and take actions to reduce expenditure.
• Allocate manpower effectively and ensure efficient use of available resources.
• Ensure compliance with the Integrated Management System and arrange training for team members as needed.
• Support internal audits, identify internal and external issues, and contribute to risk assessment.
• Set and execute functional goals for quality, safety, and environment in alignment with management targets.
• Resolve process and quality deviations in day-to-day operations.
• Work to reduce internal quality issues and customer complaints.
• Perform structured root cause analysis and implement CAPA with periodic follow-up.
• Coordinate with engineering teams to execute preventive and shutdown maintenance smoothly.
• Support and train teams for scale-up of NPD production at MPBP and Wax Ester plants with R&D coordination.
• Review monthly production, dispatch, capacity use, productivity, yield, utilities, quality concerns, complaint trends, waste, safety performance, and related metrics.
• Coordinate with purchase, engineering services, and quality teams to ensure on-time delivery as planned.

Education

B.Tech in Chemical Engineering is required.

Experience

The role calls for 12 to 15 years of relevant work experience.

Skills and Competencies

• Sound decision-making ability
• Team leadership and people management
• Strategic and tactical thinking
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Interpersonal effectiveness
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Proactive mindset

Benefits

• Childcare support for birthing parents, commissioning parents in surrogacy cases, adoptive parents, and their partners
• 6 months of paid leave for primary caregivers, plus flexible return-to-work options
• 2 months of paid leave for secondary caregivers
• Travel support for primary caregivers who need to bring a caregiver and children under one year old on work travel
• Coverage for childbirth and fertility treatment
• Gender-neutral anti-harassment policy
• Equal benefits for same-sex partners as available to married spouses
• Coverage for gender reassignment surgery and hormone replacement therapy
• Community partnerships and advocacy support
• Support for persons with disability (PwD) care
• Comprehensive health insurance and accident coverage for employees and family, with top-up options
• Elder care support for dependent senior family members
• Preventive healthcare support
• OPD coverage including vaccinations, dental care, vision care, and similar services
• No limit on sick leave
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote work and part-time options
• Mental wellness programs, self-care resources, and counselling
• Recognition platforms for individual, team, and business achievements
• Digital and offline instant recognition mechanisms

Equal Opportunity

Godrej follows a strong non-discrimination policy and welcomes diversity across nationality, race, colour, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, and marital status. The organization is committed to equal opportunity and merit-based hiring.