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Senior Manager - Manufacturing Ujjain

Company: Pepsico

Location: Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

Created: 2026-03-31

Job Type: Full Time

Job Description:

Overview This position is responsible to lead production team of the concentrate manufacturing to produce safe & defect free concentrates. Position is responsible to ensure uninterrupted supply of Concentrates & to ensure all KPI’s are established, met & improved continuously. This position is responsible to implement an improvement based culture on the line. Position is also responsible for ensuring both the resources i.e. People & Equipment are utilized to the best of their capacities & capability building of new resources are in place whenever the need arises. Responsibilities Manufacturing - Driving safety mindset to deliver Safe operations - Driving a culture of Zero safety incident mindset. Utilizing tools like Risk assessment for various operations activities to proactively address any impeding human / environmental risk - Driving operations in strict adherence to Manufacturing Instruction issued by R&D - Driving a Zero Quality Defect Mindset to deliver. - Adherence to Minimum Mandates and maintaining AIB readiness on regular basis by imbibing GMP as core operational value. - Creating & implementing action plans on Customer Complaints received from Various Bottlers to ensure Zero Repeat. - Driving Flexibility for manufacturing operations to meet high surging volumes in South East Asia market. - Help ramp up of new assets to deliver capex commitment - Initiate plans and processes which minimize manufacturing costs through effective utilization of manpower, equipment, facilities, materials, and capital. - Timely review the installed capacities & draft the Infrastructural additions or modifications thus improving process efficiencies & Capacity additions in time. - Driving loss reduction initiatives through structured Yield Improvement processes and Productivity improvement initiatives - Co-ordinate with supply chain innovation team for the launch and manufacturing of new products as per timelines. - Raising Infrastructure requirements on 3 year rolling strat plan & execution of same to improve the productivities, efficiencies & meeting supply chain demands with surging volumes. - Coordinate maintenance including Predictive & break down to ensure smooth operations of manufacturing & no loss of time. - Coordinate & implement plant resource optimization activities ensuring lower usage of water, fuel & electricity hence serving the generations ahead. Raw Material Stores - Managing the Raw Material stores, external raw material warehouse and Engineering stores - Conducting month end stock taking of Raw materials and OGS stock and drive recocillation process for any deviation - Maintain documents related to all inbound materials - Liase and maintain healthy relationship with third party partner for External warehouse - Strategically plan the storage requirement for Raw Materials for site and manage investment plan in advance - Manage cost of external warehouse as per AOP Systems - Good SAP knowledge - Pivotal in driving all quality management, safety management and material management system for site . - Keeping live the inventory of Plant documentations, which includes MI’s, SOPs, Risk Assessments, Quality records etc. - Understanding process Capability of key equipment and plan for structured intervention - Driving Cycle count and Ware House Management module in SAP - Capability to converge on decision making on restricted and block stock along with stakeholders. Key KPIs to be driven- - Production Plan Compliance - Line True Efficiency & Net Efficiency - Direct Labour Productivity - Operations Yield & Usage - Skill Matrix - New Product Introduction Compliance - WMS compliance - Physical Verification gap on monthly basis - Block Stock value and compliance to recovery plan Controls - MIM controls- Process Owner - Quality Controls- Support AIB & Food Safety - Minimum Mandates - AIB & Food Safety guidelines People Management - Driving skill upgradation of the direct reports as part Skill matrix - Incorporating a high performance team culture within the team as part of W@POA - Drive structured and proactive grievance redressal wthin the team - Utilizing R&R tool to effectively engage the team - Driving positive operations culture within team by proactively addressing genuine grievances - Coaching the frontline supervisory team for driving high performance frontline team Qualifications Education: Graduate in Engineering – Chemical/Mechanical/Production Engg MBA with major in Operations will be an added advantage Experience: 7 to 10 years of experience in the related field is desirable An experience of Food industry is preferable. Education: Graduate in Engineering – Chemical/Mechanical/Production Engg MBA with major in Operations will be an added advantage Experience: 7 to 10 years of experience in the related field is desirable An experience of Food industry is preferable. Manufacturing - Driving safety mindset to deliver Safe operations - Driving a culture of Zero safety incident mindset. Utilizing tools like Risk assessment for various operations activities to proactively address any impeding human / environmental risk - Driving operations in strict adherence to Manufacturing Instruction issued by R&D - Driving a Zero Quality Defect Mindset to deliver. - Adherence to Minimum Mandates and maintaining AIB readiness on regular basis by imbibing GMP as core operational value. - Creating & implementing action plans on Customer Complaints received from Various Bottlers to ensure Zero Repeat. - Driving Flexibility for manufacturing operations to meet high surging volumes in South East Asia market. - Help ramp up of new assets to deliver capex commitment - Initiate plans and processes which minimize manufacturing costs through effective utilization of manpower, equipment, facilities, materials, and capital. - Timely review the installed capacities & draft the Infrastructural additions or modifications thus improving process efficiencies & Capacity additions in time. - Driving loss reduction initiatives through structured Yield Improvement processes and Productivity improvement initiatives - Co-ordinate with supply chain innovation team for the launch and manufacturing of new products as per timelines. - Raising Infrastructure requirements on 3 year rolling strat plan & execution of same to improve the productivities, efficiencies & meeting supply chain demands with surging volumes. - Coordinate maintenance including Predictive & break down to ensure smooth operations of manufacturing & no loss of time. - Coordinate & implement plant resource optimization activities ensuring lower usage of water, fuel & electricity hence serving the generations ahead. Raw Material Stores - Managing the Raw Material stores, external raw material warehouse and Engineering stores - Conducting month end stock taking of Raw materials and OGS stock and drive recocillation process for any deviation - Maintain documents related to all inbound materials - Liase and maintain healthy relationship with third party partner for External warehouse - Strategically plan the storage requirement for Raw Materials for site and manage investment plan in advance - Manage cost of external warehouse as per AOP Systems - Good SAP knowledge - Pivotal in driving all quality management, safety management and material management system for site . - Keeping live the inventory of Plant documentations, which includes MI’s, SOPs, Risk Assessments, Quality records etc. - Understanding process Capability of key equipment and plan for structured intervention - Driving Cycle count and Ware House Management module in SAP - Capability to converge on decision making on restricted and block stock along with stakeholders. Key KPIs to be driven- - Production Plan Compliance - Line True Efficiency & Net Efficiency - Direct Labour Productivity - Operations Yield & Usage - Skill Matrix - New Product Introduction Compliance - WMS compliance - Physical Verification gap on monthly basis - Block Stock value and compliance to recovery plan Controls - MIM controls- Process Owner - Quality Controls- Support AIB & Food Safety - Minimum Mandates - AIB & Food Safety guidelines People Management - Driving skill upgradation of the direct reports as part Skill matrix - Incorporating a high performance team culture within the team as part of W@POA - Drive structured and proactive grievance redressal wthin the team - Utilizing R&R tool to effectively engage the team - Driving positive operations culture within team by proactively addressing genuine grievances - Coaching the frontline supervisory team for driving high performance frontline team

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