Our Client
Our client is an established industrial manufacturing organization seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead its PP woven bag manufacturing operations, ensuring production efficiency, product quality, operational reliability, and profitability.
Role Overview
Reporting to the General Manager, you will be responsible for the overall management and performance of the PP woven bag manufacturing facility, overseeing production, maintenance, quality, HSE, workforce management, budgets, and operational improvement.
The role requires a hands-on manufacturing leader with strong technical expertise in polypropylene woven packaging, capable of optimizing plant performance, reducing production costs, improving equipment efficiency, and ensuring consistent product quality and timely delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end plant operations, including PP tape extrusion, weaving, lamination, printing, cutting, stitching, and finished goods production, as applicable to the facility.
- Develop and execute production plans to achieve monthly output targets, optimize capacity utilization, and ensure timely delivery against customer requirements.
- Drive operational efficiency by improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), machine availability, production yields, labor productivity, and manufacturing cost per kilogram.
- Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programmes to minimize equipment breakdowns, production interruptions, and unplanned downtime.
- Establish and maintain robust quality control, HSE, and operational standards to minimize defects, material wastage, customer complaints, and workplace incidents.
- Manage plant budgets, raw material consumption, energy efficiency, supplier performance, manpower planning, and overall manufacturing profitability.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on process optimization, waste reduction, cost efficiency, workforce capability, and operational excellence.
Must-Have
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical/Polymer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline is preferred.
- 10–15+ years of industrial manufacturing experience, preferably including at least 10 years in PP woven bags, polypropylene woven packaging, or closely related plastics manufacturing operations.
- Proven experience managing manufacturing plant operations with responsibility for production, maintenance, quality, safety, manpower, and operational budgets.
- Strong technical understanding of PP woven bag manufacturing processes, production machinery, raw materials, process parameters, and quality requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to improve key manufacturing KPIs, including production output, OEE, waste percentage, cost/kg, energy consumption (kWh/kg), machine availability, and labor productivity.
- Strong experience in production planning, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, cost optimization, supplier coordination, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Proven leadership capability in managing multidisciplinary plant teams, maintaining safety standards, achieving production targets, and delivering measurable operational improvements.
Next Steps
Upload your resume via our ATS platform and ensure all form details are complete. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 5–7 working days for a more detailed discussion about the role. Please note, due to high application volumes, we will only respond to shortlisted profiles.
