About this Position

The Manager – Production position is responsible for leading and managing all manufacturing operations at the plant to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective production while meeting quality standards, customer requirements, and business objectives. The role focuses on maximizing productivity through effective utilization of manpower, equipment, raw materials, and utilities.

What you´ll do

• Lead daily production operations and ensure achievement of production plans and customer delivery commitments.
• Manage manpower, equipment, utilities, and raw materials to maximize productivity and efficiency.
• Monitor production performance and take corrective actions to achieve production targets.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive a strong safety culture and lead EHS initiatives, audits, and risk assessments.
• Maintain compliance with ISO, GMP, and other manufacturing standards.
• Improve productivity, reduce manufacturing costs, waste, and downtime.
• Optimize Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), yield, and resource utilization.
• Lead, coach, and develop production teams, supervisors, and operators.
• Coordinate with Maintenance and Engineering teams to maximize equipment reliability and uptime.
• Support preventive maintenance, shutdown activities, and new equipment commissioning.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, TPM, 5S, and Kaizen initiatives.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as production output, productivity, quality, safety, and manufacturing costs.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, EHS, and R&D teams to ensure smooth plant operations.
• Prepare operational reviews and improvement action plans for plant leadership.

What makes you a good fit

• Minimum 12 years of experience in Chemical, Adhesives, Specialty Chemicals, Paints, Petrochemical, or Process Manufacturing industries.
• Should be a B.E./B.Tech in Chemical Engineering.
• Strong experience in production management and manufacturing leadership.
• Deep understanding of chemical manufacturing processes and process safety.
• Knowledge of GMP, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement (CI), TPM, and Operational Excellence.
• Proven ability to lead and develop production teams and manage manpower effectively.
• Experience in driving productivity improvements, cost reduction, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical skills.
• Experience in managing safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams such as Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and EHS.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• A data-driven approach to monitoring KPIs such as OEE, productivity, yield, safety, and quality performance.

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
• Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
• Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
• Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.