Triumph is one of the world’s largest intimate apparel companies. It enjoys a presence in over 80 countries with the core brands Triumph® and sloggi®. Globally, the company serves 20,000 wholesale customers and sells its products in more than 2,300 controlled points of sale as well as via several own online shops. The Triumph Group is a member of the amfori Business Social Compliance Initiative (amfori BSCI).
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Our Production Department in Chennai is looking for a
Production Executive
Your Responsibilities:
Safety
- Ensure compliance to Triumph’s Global Safety & Product Safety policies including metal free, contamination and needle control.
- Implement and maintain 6S principles through floor walk
Quality
- Ensure Article Description (AD) and Machine Attachments are followed as documented for each style
- Ensure that all finished garments conform to Triumph’s Global Quality Standards.
- Understand and react to quality indicators including Inline, End line, and AQL rejections
- Ensure action plan is derived for bottom 3 high quality rejection percentage operators
- Ensure RQC, EC, rework process are working, and containment is in place where applicable
- Manage and direct operators to resolve Red traffic light indicators as per Roving QC processes
- Ensure that Operator follows the self-checking / measurement deployment and conform to “no defect forward” policy.
- Follow up on stain report every day and take necessary actions to control
- Ensure Stage Samples are in place for newly loaded styles
- Ensure Critical to quality alert (CTQ) hand out is given to line (from launch) during AD reading of new style
- Ensure warning slip is given for commissions that has more color groups
- Ensure double red card operators are screened with Floor Managers
Delivery
- Meet the budgeted OEE target
- Deliver daily targets on time in full (“OTIF”) with good quality.
- Increase standard time produced to meet forecasted annual minutes as per budget.
- Lead efforts to improve Operator efficiency while ensuring they follow correct method. Engage the entire team and support departments in eliminating losses and improving efficiency.
- Ensure WIP is under min max numbers
- Ensure open orders are closed according to FIFO
- Ensure lead time is under control
- Ensure style change over parameters are fulfilled as mentioned in check list
- Collect data, analyze, and ensure corrective actions are in place for continuous improvement of all KPI’s.
- Take up additional projects to improve operational processes when required by the Organization.
- Ensure Re cuts are followed properly
- Escalate issues to superiors at timely intervals
- Ensure updating of skill matrix done every week
- Log in the issues in launch book in case of deviation from AD
- Ensure updating of Downtime in PC Downtime Sheet.
- Ensure coupon tickets are handed over to Scanning Department during shift closure
- Ensure Single point lesson (SPL) is being prepared for unidentified issues cropping up for first time
- Manage the team by allotting work to down the line staff
- Ensure B grade procedure is followed
- Ensure under consumed materials are returned
- Conduct Daily Floor Walks and follow up on Safety, quality and delivery targets.
- Ensure compliance to POS (Production Operating System)
People
- Conduct Performance Appraisals twice per year for all direct reports
- Manage absenteeism and attrition through attendance; comply with “return to work” policies
- Develop core competencies based on skills matrix for Supervisors and Operators
- Train, coach and mentor staff to be effective leaders
- Interface with other supporting departments including Mechanics, Pre-production, RMWH, Launch, QA, Maintenance and HR. Ensure all sewing minute losses are addressed real time
- Ensure and Plan to train operators through Production Training school (PTS) is ready
- Make leave plan and backup plan of operators / staff
- Make OJT request, replacement, commercial conversions and change of status
- Attend Kanban meeting daily for input planning
- Derive Action plan and follow up on Operators whose minutes are < 300
- Ensure OJT operators are trained properly with quality
- Request Jumpers based on absenteeism
Cost
- Reduce rework and deploy first time through (“FTT”) principles.
- Manage over consumption
- Reduce “B”-Grades
- Control OT hours; Regulate OT hours worked per day/week/month/quarter in compliance with local laws and Regulations.
- Ensure disciplined work environment for all. Develop an environment of Teamwork and focus on waste elimination
Effectiveness
- Ensure on-time shift start-up. Understand start-up losses and work to eliminate all losses
- Monitor hourly count and bottlenecks, updating of hourly board each hour. Take appropriate action/s to eliminate the bottlenecks, balance the line
- Prepare Work Distribution Plan (WDP) to be loaded styles for 60% OEE in coordination with Mechanics
- Manage daily Production and Pilot runs according to the loading plans and launch schedules with minimal delays
Your ideal profile:
- Previous experience in production (minimum 7 years in Garment Manufacturing preferably in intimate apparel)
- Technical sewing knowledge (optional)
- Ability to increase production through work study techniques
- Good Understanding of Quality Control
- Ability to detect faults quickly and efficiently
- 1-2 years leadership experience
- Bachelor’s degree preferably B. Tech
We offer:
You will never walk alone
As a family owned business with more than 135 years of experience, Triumph embraces diversity throughout our global organization. Currently, our offices are present in over 40 countries across Europe and Asia having many international teams collaborate together every day. Guiding our corporate behaviors are respect and value for our employees, but also Collaboration as one of our key Corporate Competencies, being a core part of our every day working environment.
Make a Difference, together
The future belongs to our children. At Triumph, we want to be proud of our commitment to building a sustainable society and protecting the environment, and we work everyday to ensure our products are manufactured in an sustainable way. This is our vision: We want to be a company that is characterized by responsible leadership and consideration for future generations and that cares for the legacy that we leave behind to our children.
Putting People at the center
At Triumph we are committed to our employees, they represent the foundation for our success. This means that as a company, we are driven to offer great career opportunities in a dynamic fast-paced organization. Our HR function across the globe strives to support our employees in their development, through our Triumph Learning Academy
We continuously strive to recruit new talent, offering them one of the textile industry’s most international working environments, excellent conditions and great development opportunities in a company still owned and managed by the founding families. Our headquarters employs people from more than 30 nationalities and as a European company, we are present in many key markets in Europe, like Germany, Italy, France and growing in Eastern Europe. We are proud to have become one of the leading players in Asia very early on, in countries like Japan, China and Singapore, as well as being an employer that people aspire to work for. As a company serving women, we fundamentally believe in gender equality and diversity. Women make up more than 50% of our company’s workforce. In the last years, we have had a specific and successful drive to increase the number of women in management.
Triumph is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.
If you are seeking a great opportunity to develop your career, please send us your CV in English by clicking on Apply.