Plant Operations Manager

Position Objective: To oversee the entire housing wire manufacturing unit. This role is responsible for driving daily production targets, optimizing operational costs, and maintaining strict compliance with national quality benchmarks like BIS/ISI standards. The ideal candidate will blend strategic leadership with strong floor-level technical expertise to maximize capacity utilization and integrate a seamless supply chain.

• Operations & Production Management - Daily Oversight: Direct and supervise all daily manufacturing operations, including wire drawing, extrusion, annealing, coiling, and packaging.
• Production Planning: Formulate and execute robust Production Planning and Control (PPC) schedules to meet market demands and achieve optimal capacity utilization.
• Maintenance Coordination: Oversee preventative and breakdown maintenance of manufacturing machinery (e.G., high-speed extruders, bunchers, drawing machines) to minimize downtime. 2.

Quality

Assurance & Compliance - Regulatory Compliance: Maintain full ownership of BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) and ISI marking processes, ensuring all housing wires meet rigorous national safety and quality benchmarks.

• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Implement and enforce strict QA/QC protocols across the production line to guarantee zero-defect output.
• Safety & Audits: Ensure 100% compliance with factory safety norms, environmental regulations, and periodic statutory audits.
• Cost Optimization & Resource Management - Material Management: Optimize the consumption of critical raw materials like Copper, Aluminum, and PVC/XLPE compounds.
• Wastage Reduction: Implement tracking systems to drastically minimize scrap, burn-off, and material variance during extrusion and drawing stages.
• Budgetary Control: Manage plant operational expenditures (OPEX) and drive cost-saving initiatives without compromising product integrity.
• Workforce & Team Leadership - Labor Relations: Foster a productive, safe, and harmonious working environment;

effectively handle labor relations and grievance redressals on the shop floor.

• Team Development: Manage, mentor, and evaluate floor supervisors, engineering teams, and maintenance staff to upgrade plant-wide skill levels. 5.Technical & Functional Competencies - Process Knowledge: Deep technical understanding of wire drawing, bunching, compounding, and PVC extrusion processes specifically geared toward building/housing wires (FR, FRLS, ZHFR variants).
• Continuous Improvement: Proven track record of deploying Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, and Kaizen frameworks to improve floor efficiency.
• Inventory & ERP: Familiarity with inventory management tools and modern ERP systems (like SAP or Oracle) for supply chain tracking.

Experience & Qualification - 10–15 years of total experience in wire and cable manufacturing, with a mandatory 3–5 years of experience independently heading a housing wire production line.

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Production Engineering. A diploma in Plastic/Polymer technology is a strong plus.

Performance

Indicators (KPIs) A candidate's success in this role will be measured by

• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and overall plant capacity utilization.
• Scrap/Wastage percentage against established industry baselines.
• Zero non-compliance findings during external BIS/ISI certification audits.
• On-time delivery performance to the warehouse or distribution chain.