Operations Manager
Tenneco · Pune Division
- Experience18–20 yrs
- SalaryNot disclosed
- Work modeonsite
- Posted23 Sept 2026
About Tenneco
Tenneco is hiring in Pune Division in automotive mobility. This role looks for around 18+ years of experience.
Skills
- lean manufacturing
- welding processes
- APQP
- PPAP
- root cause analysis
- ISO 9001
- IATF 16949
- Mechanical Engineering
- capacity planning
- production planning
- quality systems
- customer audits
- SMED
- Value Stream Mapping
- Total Productive Maintenance
- 5S
- annual operating planning
- cost control
- English
- Marathi
- Hindi
The role
An operations manager at an automotive manufacturing company coordinates production planning, lean manufacturing, and welding processes while improving shop-floor productivity and quality. The role applies APQP, PPAP, and root cause analysis to production operations and customer audits.
Full job description
Co-ordinate with PPC for daily production planning of cells. Ensure all shop floors follow Personnel and Machine Safety standards. Daily interactions with customer & representatives to ensure customer is having 2 days coverage of materials Monitoring & Review of Hourly / daily production of cells as per target with Team leaders & Group leaders Work with various departments to resolve production 4M loss issues which affect productivity & target of cells Drive continues improvements projects to achieve plant productivity, CI targets & quality targets Quality focus on shop floor i.e. review daily cell level rejection, defects, and customer complaints. Drive team for proper root cause analysis & actions Active participation for feasibility and risk assessment in new ECN & projects Managing a team of 800 teams which includes union workman, engineers, team leaders & Group leaders To handle various customer & system audits. Strongly familiar with lean manufacturing techniques. Able to plan & execute operational expenses as per annual operating plans. Ensure shop floor will maintain/arranged as per global 5S standards Technical knowledge of welding, Press components and Assembly. Daily tracking and controls of Operation cost of the plant. New Project launches and development SMED and VSM knowledge Bottleneck Management and improvements Knowledge of TPM and Autonomous Maintenance. Knowledge of Problem-Solving tools and approach
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering (DME, B.E., B. Tech etc.) Minimum 18 to 20 years of experience of production in automotive Tier 1 companies. Excellent communication & co- ordination skill to interact with support functions, union committee & members Familiarity with drawings, APQP, PPAP & knowledge. Well versed with Quality Systems such as ISO9001, IATF16949, TS16949 & customer audit like M&M MSES, VW formal Q capability etc. Advanced PC skills (MS Office, Spreadsheets, ppt etc.). Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, Marathi & Hindi Excellent in welding process. Excellent in root cause analysis techniques 8D, Fish bone diagram, why- why analysis. Excellent analytical skill Ability to do annual operating plan:- Capacity planning, productivity planning & operations expenses planning