Transformation Lead

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 1800000 - Rs 2800000 (ie INR 18-28 LPA)

Min Experience: 6 years

Location: Hosur, bangalore

JobType: full-time

The Transformation Lead will drive digital and process transformation across manufacturing operations, acting as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams. This role focuses on identifying operational inefficiencies, enabling system-led execution, and ensuring effective adoption of digital tools across assembly lines, quality, supply chain, and logistics functions.

The role requires strong manufacturing domain expertise, hands-on experience with enterprise systems, and the ability to translate operational challenges into scalable, technology-enabled solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnership

• Act as a strategic partner to manufacturing, quality, warehousing, logistics, and supply chain stakeholders.
• Understand operational pain points and convert them into well-structured problem statements and system requirements.
• Develop business cases for digitization initiatives, including ROI assessment and value realization.
• Prioritize transformation initiatives based on business impact, feasibility, and execution readiness.
• Represent business requirements to IT / Information Systems teams and ensure accurate and timely implementation.

Digital & Technology Enablement

• Champion the adoption of digital tools and platforms across manufacturing operations.
• Identify opportunities for automation, system integration, and data-driven decision-making to improve efficiency and visibility.
• Build working knowledge of enterprise tools used across functions and align them with operational requirements.
• Support prioritization of technology initiatives by evaluating cost, benefits, and delivery timelines.

Process & Change Enablement

• Analyze current-state processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Translate process improvements into functional requirements, PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Participate in early-stage UATs and validate solutions from a business and operational perspective.
• Drive user adoption through training, change communication, and post-implementation support.

Required Experience & Skills

• Hands-on experience setting up or enhancing systems in a 2W / 4W manufacturing environment.
• Strong end-to-end understanding of manufacturing value chains, including production, supply chain, logistics, and warehousing.
• Proven ability to assess change requirements and support end-to-end system and process implementations.
• Experience in business process design and improvement methodologies such as VSM, VSDiA, Lean, or similar frameworks.
• Working knowledge of enterprise manufacturing systems, including:
• ERP (SAP PP, QM, MM, WM)
• MES
• PLM
• Procurement and supplier platforms
• Strong analytical skills with experience in ROI evaluation and business value delivery.

Key Attributes

• Strong communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to influence without formal authority and operate effectively in cross-functional environments.
• Self-driven, collaborative, and execution-focused mindset.

Education & Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or a quantitative discipline with 6–8 years of relevant experience.
• MBA or equivalent from a reputed institution is preferred.
• Exposure to Industry 4.0, Digital Manufacturing, Lean, or Six Sigma initiatives is desirable.
• Practical shop-floor experience and demonstrated system adoption impact are preferred over certifications.

Skills

• Digital Transformation
• Manufacturing Operations
• Assembly Line Optimization
• Business Transformation
• Smart Manufacturing