Head - Manufacturing IT

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

'•    •    Drive and Sustain Digital technologies / OT transformations in Product Manufacturing across 15+ plants of AFS.
•    Manage highly skilled MES, OT Network, OT Security and Software Product Development teams  
•    Leveraging technologies like MES, OT Security, Digital threads, Connected workforce, Industrial metaverse, Industrial Data Fabric, IE4 etc.
•    Strengthen Operational Technology (OT) Network and OT security across manufacturing plants
•    Collaborate with Technology partners, service providers and internal strategic Digital teams to drive digital initiatives
•    Architect world class Digital Factory for brownfield and Green Field plants with right MES, Digital twins, 5G networks, Digital processes, VRs and IoT solutions.
•    Spearheaded the implementation of cutting-edge AI/ML and camera vision-based smart models to transform Product & Manufacturing operations. 
•    Building Industrial AI platform for manufacturing
•    Digitization of TPM, MAPS and MPDS for Manufacturing
•    Manage annual CAPEX and REVEX budgets 
•    Strong understanding of IT solutions and IT infrastructures for Manufacturing Operations
•    Ensure smooth operations of MES like Rockwell FTPC / DRONA 
•    Plan and prepare for Lighthouse factory assessment
•    Collaborate with manufacturing leadership and key stakeholders to define, and implement digital interventions

Experience

20+ years of hands-on MES operations management with large organization with multiple shops, locations and multi variant models

Industry Preferred

Automobile

Qualifications

•    Strong hands-on experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) especially on Rockwell FTPC and any one leading MES product
•    20+ years of hands-on MES operations management with large organization with multiple shops, locations and multi variant models
•    Strong knowledge of MBOM and its variants
•    Hands on experience with Plant Simulation, Process planning, Process Simulation, VR/AR simulations etc. 
•    Cybersecurity in OT and IoT
•    Software Product development for MES platforms and change management
•    Understand of PLM (3DExperience, Teamcenter) and SAP
•    Adoption of AI/ML in Manufacturing
•    Equipement Integration, network connectivity, Databases in Manufacturing

General Requirements

•    Strong understanding of Automotive and Tractor Manufacturing Processes 
•    Building and implementing Digital Strategy
•    Partner / Vendor Management
•    Adoption of Cloud platforms
•    Working with cross functional teams of Plants, Corporate IT and different Digital teams
•    Supply Chain Management Knowledge