General Manager – Engineering Jobs at Brandix in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

About Brandix

At Brandix, a pioneer in Sri Lanka’s Apparel industry, we develop, manufacture and market end to end apparel solutions for world renowned brands. With a purpose to deliver Inspired Solutions through Inspired People, we have a team of over 60,000 people across nine countries including India, Bangladesh, Haiti and the United Kingdom. On a journey to be the most sustainable apparel manufacturer in the region, Brandix embeds real change across every point of our operations as we care for our planet and the communities in which we serve. In Sri Lanka, we are honored to have been adjudged ‘Exporter of the Year’ for the 7th consecutive time at the Presidential Export Awards 2020/21. We are also proud to share that our plant in Batticaloa was recognized as the world’s first Net Zero Carbon Apparel Manufacturing facility in 2019. To learn more about us and our 50-year long journey please visit www.brandix.com.

Key purpose of the Job

The General Manager – Engineering, leads the Engineering team for the SBU and is responsible for managing the implementation of all Engineering pillars across the plants in the SBU, and guides the SBU Engineering team for achievement of functional objectives.  This includes preparation of engineering forecasts for the SBU, overseeing implementation of maintenance activities, monitoring of spares inventory / maintenance cost, achievement of efficiency objectives (for example, SMV reduction, machine utilization) and implementation of facility & plant expansion projects.

Key Responsibilities

1. Responsible for planning and deployment of SBU Engineering requirements, including functional budgets, CAPEX requirements, objectives, projects, etc.
2. Oversee achievement of all engineering pillar machine maintenance objectives for the SBU, (for example, machine utilization, machine availability, SMV reduction).
3. Oversee effective implementation of facility engineering initiatives and projects across the SBU, meeting the compliance, EHS, efficiency, cost and lead time objectives.
4. Manage relationships with key internal and external stake holders for achievement of SBU functional objectives, including implementation of group level initiatives / projects.

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