Production Manager

<p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Role: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Production Manager - Battery</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Location:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Hosur, Tamil Nadu</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reporting to: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Production Lead - Battery</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Team name: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Manufacturing Operations</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">About the Team and the Role: The Manufacturing Operations team at Ather is responsible for end-to-end battery manufacturing, driving assembly excellence, adhering to quality and safety standards, and scaling operational efficiency to deliver high-quality intelligent electric vehicles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">This role is for a Production Manager who will spearhead battery assembly operations, oversee program integration from pre-SOP through SOP, optimize resource and capacity utilization, and lead cross-functional execution to achieve key SQCDM and operational targets.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Responsibilities</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px 0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Serve as the single point of contact for battery production programs, managing timelines, capex, and opex plans while representing the team across CFT swimlanes, PI, and sprint sessions to meet organizational OKRs.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Drive the new product development (APQP) cycle across design, manufacturing, assembly, and integration from proof of concept (POC) through start of production (SOP).</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Monitor pre-SOP and post-SOP trial runs, validating root causes and executing countermeasure implementations for 3M (Man, Machine, Material) concerns.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead operational efficiency and productivity projects through effective capacity utilization, resource planning, and technical problem-solving with subject matter experts.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Deliver departmental KPIs across Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Morale (SQCDM) while coordinating with Shift-in-Charges (SICs) on daily 3M deployment and contingency planning.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead change management workflows (including MQ1, SOR, DAP, FTR, CR, and IA) and provide actionable feedback to key cross-functional stakeholders.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Represent battery production in internal and external audits, ensuring compliance and prompt closure of all findings within specified timelines.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px 12pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Support ongoing sustenance activities, provide guidance to production leads, and foster team capability development on the shop floor.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience and Qualifications</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px 0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical, EEE, E&C, or Mechatronics; an MBA in Operations Management is an added advantage.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px 12pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">7 to 10 years of experience in Production, Process Engineering, or Operations Program Management, preferably within the automobile industry.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Must Have Competencies</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px 0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Execution and management of high-volume mass production processes on battery assembly lines.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Implementation of Lean manufacturing frameworks including TPM, TPS, and TQM on the production shop floor.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Application of New Product Development (NPD), APQP, PFMEA, and Control Plan methodologies throughout the production lifecycle.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px 12pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Technical design, validation, and deployment of assembly tools and fixtures to enhance ease of production.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Good to Have Competencies</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px 0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Utilization of manufacturing software and planning tools, including SAP, JIRA, AutoCAD, and FactoryCAD.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Application of Integrated Management System &#40;IMS&#41; standards encompassing ISO 9001, ISO 45001, and ISO 14001.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Commissioning, ramp-up, and execution within greenfield automotive manufacturing setups.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0pt 0px 12pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Structured root cause analysis and technical problem resolution for shop floor production deviations.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Want to know more?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">At Ather, we’ve built India’s first intelligent scooter, from scratch. Based on the philosophy of clean design and smart technology, we are transforming the urban commute experience. We are expanding in India, and in the coming years, we look forward to scaling up and launching more products globally. Today, our product offerings include the Ather 450X, 450S, 450 Apex, and Rizta. Beyond the product, we are also setting up an extensive charging network and re-imagining end-to-end ownership experience. To know more, check out our Careers site and our Substack.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Be You, With Us</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:12pt 0px;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Ather story doesn't write itself - our people do. We believe everyone is equal, but not the same. Diversity is our strength, and building an inclusive and equitable workplace begins with acknowledging and embracing our differences. We are an equal opportunity employer, and our team reflects a wide range of identities, experiences, and perspectives - all united by a shared passion to shape the Ather journey.</span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-45d9fd1e-7fff-9331-b539-7e37fc9229df"><br /></span></p>