Associate Head - Manufacturing Excellence
The Associate Head – Corporate Manufacturing Excellence is responsible for driving productivity improvement, quality enhancement, and manufacturing cost reduction across the Roots Group of Companies. The role focuses on deploying Lean and continuous improvement methodologies to optimize processes, eliminate waste, and enhance overall operational performance across manufacturing plants.
· Identify
process inefficiencies and lead improvement projects to reduce waste, cycle
time, defects, and costs
· Drive
standardisation of processes and best practices across plants
· Deployment
of Lean principles, continuous improvement methodologies across manufacturing
sites
· Partner with Manufacturing and
Quality Heads to analyse operational data, performance metrics, and trends to
identify improvement opportunities
· Support
achievement of annual operational targets and strategic objectives
· Initiate
value stream mapping and kaizen
· Support
implementation and optimization of manufacturing systems (MES and digital
tools)
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Production, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Engineering)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in
Engineering (Mechanical / ECE/EEE /Industrial / Manufacturing or equivalent)
- 15–20 years of manufacturing
or operations experience
- Strong hands-on experience
in Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence
- Lean Six Sigma certification preferred
- Strong analytical and
problem-solving skills
- Excellent stakeholder
management and communication abilities
- Hands-on leadership style
with strong shop-floor presence
- Data-driven decision making
- Change management and
coaching skills