Deputy General Manager- Production

About Us

VBL is part of the RJ Corp group, a diversified business conglomerate with interests in beverages, quick-service restaurants, ice-creams, and healthcare. VBL is one of the largest franchisee of PepsiCo in the world (outside USA); with over 3 decades of association with PepsiCo. In India, VBL is a key player in the beverage industry in India with presence in 27 states & 7 union territories. Our overseas operations span across Indian subcontinent (Nepal & Sri-Lanka) and Africa (Zambia, Zimbabwe & Morocco).

Purpose of the Job

Job Context:

• To make sure goods are produced safely, cost-effectively and on time and that they meet the required quality standards. Plan and draw up a production schedule.

Challenges: 

• Improvement of Line productivity and Production productivity. (Maximum utilisation of Manpower).
• Improvement of raw material & Packaging Yield. (Concentrate, preform, Crown/closer, label).
• Ensure availability of raw materials, packaging materials before planning.
• Ensure product availability.

Details of the Job

Job Role/ Title: Production Manager

Reporting Manager: Plant Manager

Level: M03, M04

Function: Production

Manager’s Manager: RCTO

Key Accountabilities(1)

To set the production target

Overall responsibility for all production activities. Watch over the production process and coming up with a production schedule. Identify improvement projects, getting approval & executing the same

To prepare corrective action & preventive action plan for the production non-conformities

Making sure the production is cost effective. Supervise the production processes and regulate schedules as per requirement. Evaluating the performance of people working under them. Keeping the team motivated. Implementing the organizations goals and policies along with the managers. Setting healthy and safe guidelines and making sure they are followed stringently. They make sure that the services and goods are made efficiently and they also ensure that the quantity, quality and price are right.

Key Accountabilities(2)

Ensures costs & sets up quality standards

See the customers are satisfied and goods are produced on time. Direct responsibility for control of annual plant budgets. Direct responsibility for safety of personnel, facilities & equipment Overall responsibility for adherence to local laws, especially labor laws, fire & explosives, safety, electrical installation, etc. Direct responsibility to implement the safety systems in the plant area. Direct responsibility for achieving the targeted yields, losses & usage factors for ingredients & utilities.

Key Interface

Internal Interfaces

Employees

Education & Experience

Education Qualification (Highest) with Target Institute(s):B.Tech- Mechanical & Electrical or equivalent

Desired Certifications:Technical

Experience Range: 10-15 years of experience in Beverages Industry

Desirable experience: Production & Process Knowledge of beverages Industry benchmarking methodology and other experiences are an advantage.

Competencies

Skills Required(1)

Description

Functional Skills

• Proven ability to work in team-working style in complex, inter-dependent organization.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet the desired deadlines

Behavioural Skills

• Imagination & Creativity
• High Analytical Ability
• Strong Communication skills
• Co-ordination Skills
• Interpersonal skills

Skills Required(2)

• General Awareness:  Knows the fundamental or general understanding of concepts.
• Working Knowledge:  Has broad job knowledge; knows and applies the full range of concepts and practices.  Has broad / working knowledge of the subject. Candidate should use these concepts in day to day practices.
• Functional Expert: Candidate is certified functional expert with strong knowledge on concepts.
• Mastery: Candidate is subject matter expert and has command over the subject/ concepts.