Assistant Manager - Site Management

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers, and for a sustainable future.

We connect and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to progress.

Not only your performance but also your personality matter to us, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, orientation, and background.  At BASF, careers develop from opportunities. 

Objectives of the Position:

• Site Management, Site Digitalization & Strategy implementation.
• Provide information, primarily financial in nature, about site company activities that will assist site management and department heads, in understanding the results and efficiency of the site operations and in making business decisions.
• Participate in strategy implementation to enhance profitability as per OD’s initiatives.

Main Tasks:

Site Management

• Work with Site Head for various improvement project at Site.
• Work with Site department / functions to identify area of improvement, root cause and implement sustainable solutions.
• Guiding a group of Executives/Officers/Operators/Contract workers in the plant continuously to ensure improvement, trouble shooting.
• Update knowledge regarding product through proper channel.
• Lead Digitalization initiatives at Site and work with various teams for identification and implementation of digital initiatives at Site.
• Prepare and draw various MIS and analyses the available information for improvement, strategic decision at site and present them in Business Board.
• Support country and site leadership in arranging various events across the site and at a PAN India level
• Accounting/monitoring/capitalization of Small and Medium CAPEX measures
• Monitoring and capitalization of OpEx based CAPEX
• Evaluation of OpEx measure for Dahej
• MIS with respect to OpEx measures
• Lead Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen initiatives

Site Digitalization

• Stakeholder Representation: Act as the primary liaison between regional manufacturing and global project teams, articulating regional demands and needs.
• Resource Planning: Oversee resource planning, ensuring appropriate human resources and budget allocations at the site level.
• Communication and Qualification Process: Manage local Industry 4.0 communication and qualification processes, including stakeholder analysis to identify key roles in smart manufacturing initiatives.
• Knowledge Transfer: Facilitate the transfer of insights from plants and knowledge providers to Industry 4.0 project members, defining necessary competencies for project members.
• Opportunity Identification and Rollout Process Management: Identify innovation opportunities, manage the rollout process for applications, and ensure effective communication of project knowledge to stakeholders, including managing scope changes during rollouts.

Business Support

• Identifying potential partners for manufacturing products related to OD’s specific requirements
• Utilize knowledge of chemical products and applications to provide tailored solutions that meet client needs.
• Work closely with ODs to understand the market requirement providing them with required inputs from manufacturing perspective

Suggested Competencies:

• Strong background in chemistry and chemical engineering.
• Exposure to MPP functioning, Lab to commercial grade scale up

Job Requirements:

• B.E Chemical Engineer
• 5 years of working experience in Manufacturing
• 5 years in product development/R&D/Scale up operations
• LSS green or black belt certified would be an added advantage