Deputy General Manager Production

Key Responsibilities:

1. Production Planning and Execution

• Prepare and execute monthly and daily production plans aligned with sales orders and export schedules.
• Ensure optimum utilization of kilns machines molds and manpower.
• Coordinate with PPC Stores Maintenance Quality and Dispatch for smooth material flow.
• Achieve production targets for yield throughput and on-time delivery.

2. Process Control Across the Porcelain Line

• Oversee all stages: raw material and body preparation (ball milling slip spray drying) forming (casting pressing jiggering) drying bisque firing glazing glost firing decoration and decal firing sorting and packing.
• Monitor critical parameters such as slip density and viscosity moisture firing curves kiln atmosphere and glaze application.
• Drive reduction in breakage warpage pinholes crawling and other defects.

3. Quality and Yield Improvement

• Work with QA/QC to meet customer and export quality standards.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions for rejections.
• Improve first-quality (A-grade) yield and reduce rework.

4. Cost Control and Efficiency

• Control manufacturing cost per piece: fuel and gas consumption power raw materials packing and manpower.
• Track and improve OEE kiln efficiency and energy consumption.
• Prepare and manage the production budget and report on variances.

5. Maintenance and Equipment Management

• Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance of kilns presses mills casting machines and utilities.
• Plan capacity additions new machinery debottlenecking and modernization projects.

6. People Management

• Lead mentor and develop production managers and supervisors.
• Plan manpower shift rosters skill development and succession.
• Maintain discipline and handle industrial relations and contractor management.

7. Safety Health Environment and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with the Factories Act GPCB (pollution control) norms labor laws and statutory audits.
• Promote safe working practices with particular attention to silica dust control kiln and gas safety and PPE usage.
• Maintain a zero-accident culture and drive 5S and housekeeping.

8. Continuous Improvement and New Product Development

• Implement Lean Kaizen TPM and Six Sigma initiatives.
• Support R&D and design teams in trials and commercialization of new shapes bodies glazes and decorations.

9. Reporting and Governance

• Submit daily weekly and monthly MIS on production yield downtime cost and manpower.
• Participate in management reviews and ISO/system audits.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Education: B.E./ in Ceramics / Diploma or degree in Ceramic Technology.
• Experience: 15 to 20 years in ceramic porcelain bone china or tableware manufacturing with at least 5 years in a senior production leadership role (manager/sr. manager/AGM).
• Experience in a high-volume export-oriented plant is preferred.

Skills and Competencies:

• Deep technical knowledge of porcelain body glaze and firing technology
• Strong leadership and people management
• Production planning cost control and MIS skills
• Lean TPM and Six Sigma exposure
• Problem solving and decision making
• Knowledge of safety and statutory compliance
• Good communication in English Hindi and Gujarati (preferred)
• Working knowledge of ERP/SAP and MS Excel

Required Skills:

Production Planning Production Execution Machine Utilization Manpower Utilization Material Flow Management Process Control Slip Density Monitoring Defect Reduction Breakage Reduction Root Cause Analysis Cost Control Manufacturing Cost Control Gas Consumption Control Power Consumption Control Production Budget Management Preventive Maintenance Capacity Planning Skill Development Succession Planning Discipline Maintenance Industrial Relations Contractor Management Safety Compliance Monthly Reporting Downtime Reporting ISO Audits English Communication ERP MS Excel