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Senior Manager - Manufacturing Ujjain


Company : Pepsico


Location : Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh


Created : 2026-03-18


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

OverviewThis 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.ResponsibilitiesManufacturing- 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 AOPSystems- 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 planControls- MIM controls- Process Owner- Quality Controls- SupportAIB & Food Safety- Minimum Mandates- AIB & Food Safety guidelinesPeople Management- Driving skill upgradation of the direct reports as part Skill matrix- Incorporating a high performance team culture within the team as part of - 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 teamQualificationsEducation:Graduate in Engineering – Chemical/Mechanical/Production EnggMBA with major in Operations will be an added advantageExperience:7 to 10 years of experience in the related field is desirableAn experience of Food industry is preferable.Education:Graduate in Engineering – Chemical/Mechanical/Production EnggMBA with major in Operations will be an added advantageExperience:7 to 10 years of experience in the related field is desirableAn 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 AOPSystems- 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 planControls- MIM controls- Process Owner- Quality Controls- SupportAIB & Food Safety- Minimum Mandates- AIB & Food Safety guidelinesPeople Management- Driving skill upgradation of the direct reports as part Skill matrix- Incorporating a high performance team culture within the team as part of - 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