Candidate Persona: Factory Excellence Leader

(Polycab Excellence Office)

1. Demographics

• Age Range: 40–50 years
• Gender: Open
• Location: Manufacturing location (initially Nashik / other plants as required)
• Mobility: Open to working across plants and extended shop-floor presence

1. Professional Background

Education:

• B.E./B.Tech (Mechanical / Electrical / Production / Industrial Engineering) – mandatory
• Postgraduate qualification (Operations / Manufacturing / Quality) – desirable
• Strong academic pedigree preferred (Tier 1 / reputed institutions)

Experience:

• 15+ years total experience, with 10+ years in manufacturing plants
• Hands-on exposure across:
  • Shop-floor operations
  • Production planning & execution
  • Quality, TPM, maintenance, safety
  • Cost, productivity, and yield improvement
• Experience in large, process-driven manufacturing organizations preferred
• Demonstrated ability to drive operational excellence initiatives end-to-end, not just design frameworks

Industry Exposure:

• Electricals / Engineering / Auto / FMCG / Process Manufacturing preferred
• Exposure to multi-line / multi-SKU / high-volume manufacturing environments

1. Role Purpose

The role will be part of the Polycab Excellence Office, with responsibility to:

• Drive operating excellence on the shop floor
• Translate excellence frameworks into daily execution
• Work closely with Plant Heads, Production, Quality, Maintenance, SCM, and Safety teams
• Lead structured improvement programs across productivity, cost, quality, safety, and delivery

This is a hands-on operating role, not a consulting or audit-only excellence role.

1. Key Competencies

Operational Excellence & Execution

• Strong grounding in Lean, TPM, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, OEE improvement
• Ability to run problem-solving on the floor (root cause, Gemba, data-led action)
• Proven record of sustainable improvements, not one-time wins

Plant Operations Understanding

• Deep understanding of:
  • Manufacturing KPIs (OEE, yield, downtime, cycle time)
  • Capacity planning & line balancing
  • Quality systems & defect reduction
  • Safety and compliance culture
• Comfortable influencing operators, engineers, supervisors, and plant leadership

Change & People Leadership

• Ability to drive behavioral change on shop floor
• Coaches teams instead of imposing frameworks
• Builds ownership culture among line managers and supervisors

Data & Systems Orientation

• Uses data rigorously for decision-making
• Comfortable with MES / SAP / dashboards / plant digitization initiatives

Stakeholder Management

• Works seamlessly with:
  • Plant leadership
  • Corporate excellence teams
  • Central manufacturing & supply chain
• Balances authority without hierarchy

1. Personality Traits

• Strong execution bias; “gets things done”
• High credibility with shop-floor teams
• Calm, resilient, and solution-oriented
• High learning agility; open to feedback
• Long-term mindset with institutional thinking

1. Motivations

• Building world-class manufacturing capability
• Creating repeatable, scalable excellence systems
• Leading complex operations and driving transformation
• Growing into broader manufacturing leadership responsibilities over time

1. What May Not Fit

• Pure consulting or corporate excellence profiles with limited plant exposure
• Profiles uncomfortable with daily shop-floor engagement
• Over-theoretical Six Sigma backgrounds without execution depth
• Candidates seeking only advisory or staff roles

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