Jr. Executive - Production

Role overview

This position is for a junior production executive based in Pune District, Maharashtra. The role is centered on supervising shop-floor operations, developing team capability, maintaining process discipline, and driving day-to-day production performance, quality, safety, and continuous improvement.

People management

• Handle induction for new joiners within the assigned area, including temporary staff, and organize training sessions on a planned basis.
• Assess the need for flexibility and multi-skilling across the area, then build training plans that strengthen autonomy and a culture of improvement.
• Track certification status for each operator and keep the flexibility matrix updated in real time.
• Oversee daily matters such as absenteeism, leave, enforcement of safety rules, environmental risk checks, and updates to communication and performance boards.
• Verify that standard pauses such as breaks and meetings are followed through regular genba checks, and approve operator working time.
• Apply reaction standards consistently and escalate issues in line with procedure.
• Review the area’s main targets during monthly meetings with the team.
• Support employee engagement and help maintain a healthy and positive work environment.
• Carry out annual performance reviews, as well as salary discussions and career conversations.

Standards and process discipline

• Deliver daily on-the-job training to reinforce the standards in place for the team.
• Ensure that health, safety, environmental, and site rules are followed by all people working in or entering the assigned perimeter.
• Keep work instructions current for every station, including rework activities.
• Make sure operational standards related to safety, instructions, quality, 5S, product handling, and start-of-line readiness are respected, while also suggesting and implementing improvements.
• Set work standards with help from support teams and operators.
• Drive TPM deployment by ensuring abnormality detection, red-tag usage, routine equipment inspection and cleaning, first-level preventive maintenance, and maintenance QRQC follow-up.
• Check equipment performance on the shop floor regularly, including cycle-time studies and observation of micro-stoppages, and take action on findings.
• Conduct regular time studies with a focus on eliminating waste.
• Ensure all visual management displays in the area are updated by the end of each shift and that workers have the required materials to maintain them.

Production management

• Propose weekly headcount and line organization to the APU Manager in line with the master production schedule.
• Secure production output while meeting SQCDM and inventory goals.
• When an issue cannot be resolved at the team level, define containment and corrective actions with support functions and/or management.
• Review all daily QRAP items within the assigned area.
• Respond quickly to operational issues and escalate to APU level when required.
• Coordinate with the Supply Chain team on daily MPS priorities.
• Meet the daily MPS commitment and, if there is a deviation, take corrective action during the week after APU Manager approval so that weekly MPS is achieved by week-end.
• Engage support functions whenever needed to resolve issues raised by the team as quickly as possible.
• Monitor shift-level QCDM and keep boards updated.
• Prepare site-defined reports.

Continuous improvement

• Lead action plans aimed at improving SQCDM results against current and target performance, aligned with APU and plant priorities, including productivity plans (P-30).
• Build and sustain a strong improvements proposal system.
• Contribute to reduction of safety and environmental risks and lead line Safety QRQC for category 7 safety issues.
• Support new equipment and process start-ups.
• Lead zoning improvements with the team.
• Take part in APU QRQC reviews covering quality, direct labor efficiency, and maintenance, bringing the necessary data for effective participation.
• Drive PDCA, FTA, and Maintenance 5 Why analysis on topics assigned by the APU Manager across safety, quality, labor efficiency, TRP, and maintenance.
• Prepare LLC and Kaizen cards.
• Facilitate VPS workshops such as flow analysis, MUDA hunting, 5S, Hoshin, and TPM, and coordinate with the Site VPS Manager for methodology training.
• Participate in the weekly Site VPS committee and regularly present the status of workshops being led on the shop floor.
• Work with support functions to move improvement actions forward within the assigned area.
• Support budget preparation for headcount, overheads, investments, and P-30, and manage the area budget.
• Promote Valeo’s five axes in daily work, develop improvement plans for VPS, IP, and TQ, and work toward assigned V5000 targets.

Additional information

This role is focused on direct production leadership, standards compliance, performance tracking, problem-solving, and continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.