Plant Head- Gummies Plant

Department: Gummies Manufacturing

Experience: 10–15+ Years

Salary: As per market standards and candidate experience

Note:Preferred Candidates with experience in Nutraceutical Gummies, Functional Gummies, Vitamin/Herbal Gummies, pectin- or gelatin-based gummies, and contract manufacturing.

Company Description

Fermentis Lifesciences (FLS) is a leading contract manufacturing partner for the Nutraceutical, Pharmaceutical, and health and wellness industries. We manufacture gummies, nutrition bars, powders, capsules, tablets, liquids, and softgels for private-label and custom-formulation needs.

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced Plant Head – Gummies to lead end-to-end Gummies manufacturing operations, ensuring production efficiency, quality, productivity, cost control, and timely delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Gummies plant operations and production planning.
• Manage production targets, manpower, productivity, yield, and capacity utilization.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, SOPs, quality and safety standards.
• Troubleshoot production/process-related issues and drive continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with R&D, QA/QC, PPIC, Engineering, Purchase and Warehouse.
• Support Gummies R&D trials, process development, scale-up, and commercialization.
• Monitor production losses, rejection, wastage, and manufacturing costs.
• Lead, train, and develop the Gummies production team.
• Ensure plant readiness for customer, quality, and regulatory audits.

Candidate Profile

• 10–15+ years of experience in Production / Plant Operations.
• Strong hands-on experience in Gummies manufacturing.
• Experience in Nutraceutical / Pharmaceutical / Food / Supplement manufacturing.
• Good knowledge of Gummies formulation, R&D, process development, and scale-up.
• Strong understanding of GMP, documentation, and quality systems.
• Proven leadership and team-management skills.
• Strong problem-solving and operational management capabilities.

Qualification: B.Tech / B.Pharm / M.Pharm / M.Sc. / Food Technology or relevant qualification.

Interested candidates may share their updated CV at: [Confidential Information]