Operations Manager – Production & Operational Excellence

Company: Ethera Diamond
Industry: Lab-Grown Diamond Fine Jewellery
Location: Jaipur Rajasthan
Department: Manufacturing / Operations
Experience: 1–2 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time

Ethera Diamond is a lab-grown diamond fine jewellery company with a manufacturing facility in Jaipur. We are looking for a motivated professional to join our manufacturing operations team and contribute to production planning process improvement operational excellence and shop-floor efficiency.

The selected candidate will be responsible for supporting production and plant operations while driving process improvements productivity quality cost efficiency and operational excellence across manufacturing activities.

• Support day-to-day production and plant operations to ensure smooth and efficient manufacturing.
• Assist in production planning scheduling and execution based on business requirements.
• Monitor production performance productivity quality yield and operational KPIs.
• Identify process bottlenecks and support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Kaizen 5S Six Sigma and other operational excellence methodologies.
• Monitor and improve OEE productivity process efficiency and resource utilization.
• Work closely with production quality procurement planning maintenance and other cross-functional teams.
• Support inventory material flow and production requirements.
• Identify opportunities for reducing cost waste process losses and production inefficiencies.
• Maintain and improve SOPs work instructions and operational processes.
• Support shop-floor teams and ensure adherence to quality safety and operational standards.
• Prepare and analyze operational reports and MIS using Advanced Excel.
• Support dashboards and data-driven decision-making using Power BI / similar tools.
• Use SAP/ERP systems for relevant production material or inventory-related activities.
• Ensure compliance with EHS quality and process standards.

• Production / Manufacturing Operations
• Production Planning & Control
• Process Improvement / Operational Excellence
• Lean Manufacturing
• Kaizen / 5S / Six Sigma
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• OEE & KPI Management
• Advanced Excel
• Power BI / Data Analysis
• SAP / ERP
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills

/ from IITs OR MBA from a reputed institute.

Candidates with an educational background in Production Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Operations Manufacturing or related fields will be preferred.

• 1–2 years of relevant experience in production manufacturing plant operations process improvement or operational excellence.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Comfortable working closely with shop-floor and production teams.
• Willing to work from the Jaipur manufacturing facility.
• Candidates who can combine operations knowledge with data-driven process improvement will be preferred.

Location: Jaipur Rajasthan
Experience: 1–2 Years
Role: Operations Manager – Production & Operational Excellence

Required Skills:

Production Manufacturing Operations Production Planning & Control Process Improvement Operational Excellence Lean Manufacturing Kaizen 5S Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis (RCA) OEE KPI Management Advanced Excel Power BI Data Analysis SAP ERP Problem-solving Analytical Skills Communication Stakeholder-management