Associated Alcohols & Breweries Ltd
Website:
associatedalcohols.com
Job details:
Job Purpose
To lead and manage end-to-end bottling operations, ensuring achievement of production targets, product quality, statutory compliance, cost optimization, safety, and continuous improvement while maintaining high operational efficiency in an IMFL/Distillery bottling plant.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise overall bottling operations including blending, filtration, filling, capping, labeling, packaging, and dispatch coordination.
- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly production plans to meet business requirements.
- Ensure optimum utilization of bottling lines, manpower, and machinery to maximize productivity and minimize downtime.
- Monitor production KPIs such as OEE, line efficiency, wastage, rejection, and yield.
- Ensure compliance with Excise regulations, SOPs, GMP, HACCP, FSSAI (where applicable), and company quality standards.
- Coordinate with QA, Engineering, Warehouse, Maintenance, Purchase, and Logistics for uninterrupted production.
- Drive preventive maintenance planning and minimize machine breakdowns.
- Ensure timely availability of raw materials and packaging materials.
- Lead cost reduction, productivity improvement, TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with Safety, Health, and Environment (EHS) requirements and conduct regular safety reviews.
- Manage manpower deployment, shift planning, contractor workforce, and employee development.
- Review production reports, MIS, and statutory documentation.
- Support internal, customer, ISO, and Excise audits and ensure timely closure of observations.
Qualification
- B.E./B.Tech (Mechanical, Chemical, Production, Industrial Engineering) or equivalent.
- MBA (Operations) is desirable.
Experience
- 12–18 years of experience in IMFL, Distillery, Brewery, Beverage, or FMCG manufacturing.
- Minimum 5 years in a leadership role handling multiple bottling lines and large production teams.
Required Skills & Competencies
Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of IMFL bottling operations.
- Blending, filtration, filling, labeling, packaging, and warehouse coordination.
- Excise rules and statutory compliance.
- Production planning and inventory management.
- OEE, TPM, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and Six Sigma concepts.
- Preventive and predictive maintenance coordination.
- SAP/ERP and production MIS reporting.
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA), CAPA, and problem-solving techniques.
- Knowledge of food safety, GMP, HACCP, and quality management systems.
Leadership Skills
- Team leadership and people management.
- Production planning and execution.
- Decision-making and analytical ability.
- Conflict resolution and employee engagement.
- Coaching and mentoring.
- Performance management.
Behavioral Skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong planning and organizing ability.
- High level of accountability and ownership.
- Result-oriented approach.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet production deadlines.
- Cross-functional coordination.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Production Target Achievement (%)
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Line Efficiency
- Rejection/Wastage %
- Machine Downtime
- Cost per Case
- Safety Performance (Zero LTI)
- Excise & Statutory Compliance
- Customer Complaint Rate
- On-Time Dispatch Performance
- Audit Compliance Score
- Employee Productivity & Training Completion
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