Interesting Job Opportunity: Open Secret - Plant Head

About Open Secret

Open Secret is a brand with a vision to make every Indian family eat better. Powered by a strong operating team of strategists and marketers from Harvard Business School, IIM, and IIT with 40+ years of collective FMCG experience and backed by the strongest set of mentors. Open Secret began as a challenger F&B brand offering a range of unjunked snacks from no-maida cookies to unjunked chocolates and a better-for-you bhujia. In 2021, Open Secret expanded its focus to become a one-stop platform for all things unjunked to cater to the consumer desire for 'better-for-you' food and beverage options across the day. Working closely with nutritionists and food experts

About The Founder & CEO

Ahana Gautam is an experienced operator with a passion to build and grow the biggest consumer brands in India. She has a B.Tech from IIT Bombay and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She started her career at P&G where she worked across multiple functions - supply chain, finance and marketing. Ahana grew her passion for food brands at General Mills in the US where she launched natural and organic products.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Owning Production for a multi-category plant in equivalent capacity as a Plant Head - across 2 shifts of operations at Bhandup, Mumbai.
• Managing a team of 6-8 reportees including Production Managers (2), Production supervisors (4-6) and dotted reporting from other department Supervisors.
• End-to-end production process ownership and systems ownership at Plant - owning the KPIs for productivity and production yield/losses.
• Responsible for deployment of 5S & FIFO processes to ensure material handling as per best quality systems and processes.
• Engineering/automation solutions for increasing productivity and production capacity of the lines.
• Responsible for military discipline within the team of 100+ Contract labor across 2 shifts
• Also responsible for process optimization at CM sites - soft touch on Productivity and Conversion cost KPIs there.
• Coordination with Supply Chain team for ensuring smooth production and inventory visibility.
• Coordination with Procurement team to ensure smooth material availability at all times.
• Ensure all products are manufactured to meet Open Secret's quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Lead initiatives to adopt new technologies or methods that can improve efficiency or product quality.
• Support the growth plans of company through effective capacity planning.
• Identify the right contract manufacturers for new product launches
  
  

Job Knowledge, Skills Abilities

• 10+ years of experience in FMCG/ Food Manufacturing, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, capacity management, and contract manufacturing.
• Knowledge of automation and process optimization is a plus.
• Job Location - Bhandup
• Salary - As per Industry standards
  
  

Educational background: Preferably engineering or MBA, open to other graduate streams as well. Bachelor's degree is a pre-requisite.

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