Senior Manager/Assistant Director Industrial Engineering
- Maharashtra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Strategic Leadership:
- Lead the Industrial Engineering function, ensuring efficient product industrialization and alignment with global standards.
- Mentor and develop the Industrial Engineering team to build high-performance capabilities and align with business objectives.
- Drive the establishment and optimization of manufacturing lines for Level and Pressure instruments, ensuring scalability and quality compliance.
- Manage annual CAPEX investments of new equipment, upgrades and new product lines.
- Design factory layouts, optimize material flow, and enhance productivity through data-driven industrial engineering techniques.
- Lead the development and deployment of digital manufacturing systems such as MES and paperless production workflows.
- Special Projects:
- Oversee product transfer projects from global competence centers, ensuring smooth integration of processes, equipment, and technologies.
- Implement and standardize lean manufacturing practices (Kaizen, CIP, TPM) to drive operational excellence.
- Ensure compliance with ISO standards including ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 18001.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, and global APCs to harmonize processes and share best practices.
- Implementation of supporting equipment and processes from product initiation through release to production
- Support daily business fulfilment through reviewing technically special products, manufacturability, and direct production support.
- Interpret and explain technical instructions, procedures, and standards
- Responsible for maintaining global engineering change databases for material and production changes
- Support and develop production training guides for production processes.
- Support Expansion project activities.
- Experience: Have minimum 20 years.
- Expertise: in Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Operations, preferably in instrumentation or precision manufacturing.
- Education: Bachelor's / master's degree in mechanical, Electrical, Production, or Industrial Engineering.
- Technical Skills:
- Proven experience in industrialization of new products and global production transfers.
- Strong expertise in CAPEX planning, equipment localization, and facility projects.
- Deep knowledge of lean manufacturing, process optimization, and operational excellence methodologies.
- Familiarity with ISO standards and regulatory compliance for manufacturing facilities.
- Proficiency in SAP PP, MES, and other digital manufacturing tools.
- Demonstrated leadership skills with experience managing and developing engineering teams.
- Action oriented problem solver, individually and cross-functionally
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Knowledgeable in continuous improvement methods Technology-driven engineering projects
- Local and global Perspective
- Personal Attributes: Are a strategic thinker with a hands-on, results-driven approach. Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills. High emotional intelligence with sensitivity to cultural differences. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment while maintaining a focus on long term objectives. Strong ethical standards with a commitment to corporate values and integrity.
- Business: Have a very Strong business acumen with a deep understanding of organizational growth dynamics.
- Communication and stakeholders: Have strong communication skills and be comfortable interacting with employees across diverse business groups and geographical cultures.
- Personality: Have an enthusiastic personality with inclusive communication and networking skills and the ability to effectively interface to multiple audiences with a strong attention to detail with high accuracy rate
- Languages: Are fully fluent in English in writing as oral. What can you expect from us?
- We are a family company with a sustainable vision.
- We promote lifelong learning with versatile training and further education opportunities, internal knowledge transfer and e-learning.
- We offer growth opportunities in a very dynamic and supportive environment that encourages professional growth and development.
- A culture of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity.
- Competitive Compensation: Attractive compensation and benefits package.
- You will get constant global exposure: Opportunities to work with international stakeholders.
- Meaningful Work: The chance to lead strategic initiatives that drive operational excellence and contribute to the achievement of business goals.