General Mills Looking For India Foods_Plant Technical Manager_Nashik at Maharashtra , Nashik Full Time

Job type full-time regular / permanent

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Job description

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India foods business is a full-service manufacturing and marketing unit comprising over 500 employees spread across over multiple locations across indiaOur strong suite of products includes the pillsbury, betty crocker, haagen-dazs and nature valley brands in both direct-to-consumer and b2b channels across retail, food service and bakeries & exportsWe combine the capabilities of a global enterprise with the entrepreneurial spirit and cultural awareness you would expect of a smaller local company:
Position title : technical manager, nashik plant – snacks business unit, asia
Reports to : plant manager, nashik plant – snacks business unit, asia
Location : nashik

The company

About general mills worldwide
Headquartered in minnesota, us, general mills, with $17 billion in net sales (2016) and more than 44,000 employees worldwide, is in the top 10 largest food companies in the worldNamed one of the ‘top 100 companies to work for’ by fortune magazine, general mills is a highly focused consumer foods company providing products that enhance nutrition, shorten preparation times, provide health benefits, enable on-the-go eating and, of course, taste great.
Our brands including cheerios, betty crocker, pillsbury, nature valley, häagen-dazs, yoplait, old el paso, progresso, totino’s, annie’s and small plant foods, in addition to strong local brands from around the world, and an emerging bakeries & foodservice businessGeneral mills is also partners in two international joint ventures – cereal partners worldwide (with nestle), and haagen-dazs japan (with suntory)Visit www.generalmills.com for more information on us.
Snacks business unit, asia
General mills has recently gone through a major reorganization, whereby a new asia + latam group has been createdOf this, the asia region spreads across india, middle east, africa, south east asia, korea, china, hong kong and taiwan.
The asia business is a consolidation of 4 different business units, namely, haagen dazs ice cream business unit, yoplait yoghurt business unit, frozen foods business unit & snacks business unitsAlso, the asia business is broken into 3 markets, namely, china, north, south east asia (nsea) & indian, middle east, africa & exports (imea).
Snacks business unit finds its presence in imea & nsea markets with the portfolio consisting of betty crocker & pillsbury range of retail cake mixes, ready to eat cookies and cakes, nature valley granola bars, fruit snacks and bugles.
To support the snacks business in asia, currently we have 3 general mills owned manufacturing plants at nashik – india, anseong – korea & nanjing – china and several external supply chain partners manufacturing out products.
Nashik plant supports the following businesses:

Retail cake mixes for india & international markets of south east asia and south africa.
Bakeries business in india
Food service chains with frozen tortilla capabilities
Ready to easy snacks like cookie cake for india and select export markets
Frozen flat breads for exports out of india mainly meant for ethnic indian diaspora
Parampara branded gravy mixes business for exports
The role

Note: each platform lead will have maintenance leads directly reporting to themAll the maintenance leads will indirectly report to the technical manager

Purpose of the position

Lead the site engineering which includes mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, civil and projects along with utilities & engineering stores.
Be a key member of the plant management team and actively participate in various development and improvement initiatives.

Key responsibilities & expectations
To adhere to principles of good engineering practices while ensuring readiness of the site in terms of infrastructure, machines & utilities as per the site requirements.
To comply with all statutory requirements (dish, mseb, mpcb, midc, etc) & safety policies and instigate work practices which results in a safe & healthy workplace.
To lead / participate in hazard & risk assessment and various ehs initiatives as technical expert.
To maintain machinery to ensure optimum availability, minimal downtime, maximum efficiency and capacity utilization.
To ensure that the manufacturing facility achieves its production & delivery targets as per rolling plan.
To work upon major infrastructure projects like plant layout changes, installation of capital equipment’s, capacity & capability enhancement.
To improve plant infrastructure by incorporating innovations, better technologies and continuous improvement tools.
To identify and implement energy conservation measures.
To formulate & implement the proactive maintenance, both preventive & predictive and provide sustainable engineering solutions.
To carry out root cause analysis for all breakdowns and implement corrective & preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
To control and monitor manufacturing expenses, through effective utilization of resources and incorporation of systems.
Recruit train, develop and evaluate engineering staff from time to time.
Suppliers and contractors management to improve their deliverables.
Values and leadership: the incumbent is expected to role model the general mills values:

Do the right thing all the time: ensure all dealings are transparent and conducted with ethics & integrityAll contracts meet audit & risk requirements for life of contractPlay to win: deliver exceptional value for the customers and delivering on the commitmentsAlways putting consumer firstWin as a team: build open & trusting work relationshipsRespecting & embracing differences and working across boundaries to get the best outcome for the companyGrow and inspire: inspire people to be their best – not only at general mills but also in our communityBuilding diverse teams and empowering them to make a differenceAct boldly, move quickly: seek improvements in every area of the companyQuickly sense & respond to risks & opportunitiesTake decisive actions on critical priorities.

Candidate profile
Be / btech / me / mtech in mechanical, electrical and / or instrumentation.
12 – 15 years of relevant work experience in manufacturing operations preferably in the fmcg, beverages, pharmaceuticals or other consumer goods industries.
Must be comfortable working in a matrixed organization.
The incumbent must be able to work in self-managed team structure (platforms) and extend / develop technical capability.

Company overview:
We exist to make food the world lovesBut we do more than thatOur company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every dayWe look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow togetherBecause becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

Job detail

Job id jd2354885
Industry not mentioned
Total positions 1
Job type: full time
Salary: not mentioned
Employment status permanent
Job location nashik, maharashtra, india
Education not mentioned
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