Technical Manager

Job description

Key Responsibilities  Safety Leadership: Promote and enforce a strong safety culture across all Indian manufacturing sites.  Team Management: Lead, coach, and mentor plant technical teams including Process Engineering, Tooling, and Maintenance.  Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitate seamless collaboration with HR, Production, Quality, Materials, and global engineering teams.  Program Launch Support: Provide technical leadership for new program launches, ensuring alignment between global engineering (WFC) and local operations.  Customer & Supplier Interface: Act as a technical point-of-contact to resolve production or quality challenges.  Downtime & Efficiency: Improve OEE and reduce downtime through proactive root cause analysis and failure mitigation.  Standardization: Drive the adoption of Woodbridge Global Standards in tooling and processes, reducing variation, scrap, and rework.  Performance Metrics: Monitor and improve COPQ, RFT, and other critical KPIs across Indian sites.  Technology Roadmap: Develop and deploy a strategic roadmap for technical upgrades, training, and implementation of new technologies.  Cost Optimization: Lead efforts to optimize chemical usage and premix formulations while maintaining product quality.  Corporate Liaison: Serve as the key link between Corporate Technical Teams and plantlevel technical staff.  CI / Lean Leadership: Facilitate WPS, Lean, and CI workshops with measurable productivity and cost gains.  Business Case Development: Prepare, present, and execute robust business cases for technical investments, ensuring ROI targets are met.  Executive Communication: Provide clear, confident updates and reports to senior leadership on technical initiatives and plant performance.