Job Description:

Production Manager – Job Description

Key Responsibilities

1. Production Organization & Management

• Supervise, organize, and coordinate production operations to achieve quality, cost, productivity, and delivery targets.

• Plan and optimize resources including equipment, raw materials, manpower, and production capacity.

• Monitor production performance and implement corrective and preventive actions wherever required.

• Prepare and submit daily, monthly, and annual production reports.

• Set productivity and production targets for the production team and monitor achievement against defined KPIs.

2. Leadership & Team Management

• Lead and motivate production employees to achieve departmental and organizational objectives.

• Manage manpower requirements, including recruitment, training, skill development, and performance management.

• Provide clear direction and guidance to production teams.

• Build a high-performance team culture focused on productivity, quality, safety, and continuous improvement.

3. Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Identify opportunities for improving production efficiency, productivity, yield, and cost effectiveness.

• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste, downtime, and manufacturing costs.

• Analyze production-related problems and develop effective solutions.

• Drive initiatives for process optimization and operational excellence.

4. Safety, Quality & Environment

• Ensure strict compliance with safety standards, environmental regulations, company policies, and statutory requirements.

• Ensure all manufactured products meet defined quality standards and customer specifications.

• Participate actively in internal and external audits and support corrective actions.

• Contribute to crisis management and emergency response activities.

• Draft, review, and update SOPs, procedures, work instructions, and production-related documentation.

• Maintain a safe, clean, and compliant production environment.

5. Equipment & Maintenance Management

• Coordinate with the maintenance department for preventive and breakdown maintenance of manufacturing equipment.

• Ensure maximum equipment availability and minimize production downtime.

• Troubleshoot and resolve technical and operational issues related to production machinery.

• Identify recurring equipment problems and coordinate appropriate corrective actions.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to motivate and develop employees.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities while consistently meeting production deadlines.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.

• Result-oriented approach with a high sense of ownership and responsibility.

• Good knowledge of batch, mass, or continuous production processes.

• Sound understanding of Quality Assurance (QA) principles.

• Proven ability to lead production teams and achieve defined production targets.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Strong troubleshooting and decision-making abilities.

• Working knowledge of ISO standards and quality management systems.

• Ability to work effectively with Production, Quality, Maintenance, EHS, Stores, and other cross-functional teams.