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Manager - Production

General Fabrication Business
Wardha
Job Description
About Zetwerk
Zetwerk is the largest global manufacturing network for custom manufacturing that helps transform digital designs into physical manifestations. Zetwerk offers manufacturing solutions across a diverse range of products, from simple items like steel pipes to complex products like aircraft engine components, from industrial use-cases like metal bridges, oil rigs, aircraft/auto components to consumer use-cases like apparel, home appliances, audio-visual electronics, for small businesses and Fortune 500 companies alike. Zetwerk offers customers access to a wide range of manufacturing capabilities, including metal fabrication, CNC machining, plastic injection moulding, 3D printing and aluminum die castings, across 1000s of manufacturing partners. These capabilities serve a diverse set of industries ranging from traditional ones such as Oil & Gas, Energy, Infrastructure, Aerospace, Apparel to modern ones such as Renewables, Electric Vehicles, Consumer Electronics, and Space. For customers, Zetwerk’s global manufacturing network ensures products are manufactured faster, at competitive prices and with world-class quality. It offers quality monitoring through indigenously developed technology which provides end-to-end transparency from purchase orders to delivery, thus eliminating uncertainties around quality, visibility, reliability, and under-utilized capacities. For manufacturing partners, the Zetwerk platform drives higher capacity utilization of manufacturing capacities and offers various portfolio services (including logistics, raw material procurement, working capital access) to drive revenue growth as well as optimize for cost of manufacturing.

Technology + Manufacturing
Over the last 7 years, Zetwerk has built a strong technology driven supply chain to deliver high quality manufacturing of various industrial and consumer products at highly competitive costs and lead times. Zetwerk’s in-house Manufacturing Operating System software, ZISO, enables digital selection of supply, pricing recommendations, digital repository of engineering designs, real-time tracking of manufacturing across various stages, visual updates of products getting made, seamless communication across stakeholders and quality assurance of the final product getting shipped. Our software led approach unifies various stakeholders in the manufacturing universe to collaborate to deliver the products we see around us and we love. These include product designers, manufacturing partners, logistics providers, third-party quality inspectors, financing partners, raw material suppliers and many more. Zetwerk unifies the highly fragmented manufacturing ecosystem to work as one single entity to deliver the highest quality manufacturing with the fastest possible lead times and the lowest possible costs, day in day out.

Why Zetwerk
A company that's changing the way manufacturing is done needs game changers to shape the future. At Zetwerk, our job is to help you excel in your career and make an Impact. We offer you an environment to create a unique career journey, opportunities to grow your ambition and an inclusive culture to help you thrive. We encourage innovation through collaboration and connect you to leaders who help you go beyond. We deliver the best for our people so that they can deliver the best for our customers. It's that simple. It's Zetwerk.

Role & Responsibilities
  • Manage the production team and contract workforce, ensuring effective planning and organization of production-related activities within the plant to meet customer expectations and deliver quality at cost-effective rates.
  • Prepare overall project schedules at a macro level in coordination with the Factory Head and GM, and execute them with teamwork. Identify and plan for critical project parameters.
  • Report monthly, quarterly, and annual production plans, and implement them on the shop floor through an efficient supply process to meet company objectives—minimizing costs and maximizing inventory turnover.
  • Establish systems and SOPs for all activities within the fabrication perimeter.
  • Continuously review and improve procedures and methodologies.
  • Monitor work progress and address issues as needed (e.g., resource reallocation, alternate job sequencing, resolution of operational/technical issues).
  • Assist in identifying, investigating, and resolving equipment, tooling, and process-related issues.
  • Implement 5S practices effectively.
  • Ensure the effective and efficient utilization of personnel and equipment (e.g., reduction of setup and cycle times).
  • Resolve technical disputes and provide clarifications during project execution.
  • Maintain, review, and reconcile production and planning data and records
Job Requirement
  • Minimum of 12 years of experience in manufacturing, specifically in heavy fabrication and engineering activities.
  • Extensive knowledge in the fabrication of equipment such as Hydra and heavy cranes, along with relevant industry standards.
  • Thorough experience and expertise in studying and interpreting manufacturing drawings.
  • Excellent knowledge of various welding processes.
  • Strong understanding of welder qualification procedures and the preparation of WPS (Welding Procedure Specifications).
  • Ability to interpret and analyze technical problems in manufacturing activities effectively