7,357 Team Leader jobs in India

It's not just about your career or job title. It's about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it's for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you're in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.
**Job Description**
We are seeking an experienced and self-driven **manufacturing leader to be second in command** of our large manufacturing facility in Hosur. The position will be responsible, for overseeing the full manufacturing scope of the site, including manufacturing, for working closely with supply chain team for material availability and cross-functional leadership for achieving key deliverables. This includes ensuring efficient day-to-day operations, financial performance, quality, and employee safety across the facility.
The ideal candidate will possess strong operational expertise, financial acumen, and a proven track record in leading large, diverse teams through both routine operations and crisis situations. The **position will** oversee a site with an annual revenue of $200M+ and manage multiple product lines and a workforce of 400+ people, both WABTEC employees and outsourced manpower. Responsible for meeting sales and operational deliverables.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ **Site Operations:** Provide strategic & tactical leadership to the site, ensuring that all operations, from manufacturing and support functions, are running smoothly. Will work closely with a cross-functional team like Quality, EHS (Environmental Health and Safety), Materials, Fulfilment, Process Engineering , Admin, and Maintenance.
+ **Financial & Operational Performance:** Drive efficiency improvements and cost reduction initiatives, ensuring that the site meets or exceeds its financial and operational targets.
+ **Manufacturing & Production:** Oversee the management of multi-product lines, ensuring that production schedules are met on time, quality standards are adhered to, and the site maintains operational efficiency. Ensure that manufacturing processes are optimized to improve throughput and reduce downtime.
+ **Crisis Management & Problem Solving:** Act as the lead problem-solver in times of crisis, whether it's a supply chain disruption, production delay, or team conflict. Provide direction and guidance to resolve complex issues quickly and effectively.
+ **People Leadership & Development:** Lead and motivate a large team of salaried and hourly employees. Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture and ensure that employees are trained and developed. Promote a safe working environment and ensure compliance with EHS standards.
+ **Quality & Compliance:** Oversee and ensure that all products and processes meet the highest standards of quality and compliance. Work closely with the Quality Manager to drive continuous improvement and ensure adherence to regulatory and industry standards.
+ **Stakeholder Management:** Work closely with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment on goals, priorities, and strategies. Work closely with senior management to support business needs and strengthen relationships.
+ **Process Improvement:** Lead Lean and Six Sigma initiatives to drive continuous improvement across the plant. Identify process bottlenecks and inefficiencies, and work to implement solutions that improve productivity and reduce waste.
+ **EHS Leadership:** Champion health & safety standards across the site. Ensure that the plant complies with all relevant environmental and safety regulations, and lead efforts to minimize the environmental footprint.
Additional Job Description
**Qualifications / Requirements:**
+ **Education:**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business Management, or a related field.
+ Master's degree or advanced business qualifications (e.g., MBA) are a plus.
+ **Experience:**
+ 15+ years of experience in a medium or heavy engineering environment, with at least 5+ years in a capacity of manufacturing head.
+ Demonstrated ability to manage multi-functional teams across operations, manufacturing engineering, quality, and materials.
+ Experience in managing large teams (400+ employees) and both salaried and outsourced manpower.
+ **Skills & Competencies:**
+ Strong operational and financial management skills with the ability to drive cost-effective and productive solutions.
+ Expertise in manufacturing processes, production systems, and operational performance metrics.
+ Ability to effectively lead, develop, and engage a diverse team.
+ Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple departments and functions.
+ Crisis management experience, including decision-making under pressure.
**Who are we?**
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! Commitment to Embrace Diversity:**
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles. People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

**Job Responsibilities:**
+ Align India operations with Weatherford's global strategy.
+ Prioritize and deliver high-ROI projects (manufacturing expansion, customer growth, R&D, innovation).
+ Coordinate across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, R&D, Supplier Quality, and TCS for smooth execution.
+ Implement PMO-lite framework, set KPIs, and track project progress.
+ Lead cost reduction, quality improvement, and innovation initiatives.
+ Manage stakeholder engagement with leadership, suppliers, and customers.
+ Drive governance through monthly reviews and 90-day sprints.
KPIs & Targets:
+ Revenue growth targeted to increase 2X times by 2027.
+ Achieve a lead time reduction of 15-20%.
+ Increase India supplier spend globally by a significant amount.
+ Reduce supply chain cost by 20-30%.
+ Supplier quality audits at P95.
+ Increase patent filings by 50%.
+ 90% projects on time & within budget.
+ 90% stakeholder satisfaction.
**Experience & Education:**
+ 15+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry or equivalent, with expertise in project management, supply chain, and digital transformation.
+ Proven track record in scaling operations or driving large-scale change.
+ Strong stakeholder management skills to navigate partnerships with Global Weatherford, Suppliers, and Customers.
+ Familiarity with Weatherford's technology-driven approach (e.g., Supply Chain practices, Manufacturing, Operations, Supplier Quality, IoT, AI, RD&E, digital twins).
+ Excellent leadership and communication abilities.
+ Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
+ Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., PMP certified or equivalent).
Preferred :
+ Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent is preferred.
**Travel Requirement:**
+ This role may require 5% domestic and international travel.
#LI-AG1
Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.
When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger - a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other's successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.
Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

**Introduction**
About IBM
IBM is a global technology and innovation company. It is the most extensive technology and consulting employer globally, with a presence in 170 countries. The diversity and breadth of the entire IBM portfolio of research, consulting, solutions, services, systems and software, distinguishes IBM from other companies in the Industry.
Over the past 100 years, a lot has changed at IBM; in this new era of Cognitive Business, IBM is helping to reshape industries as diverse as healthcare, retail, banking, travel, manufacturing, and many more, by bringing together our expertise in Cloud, Analytics, Security, Mobile, and the Internet of Things. We like to say, "be essential." We are changing how we craft, how we collaborate, how we analyze, how we engage.
Join the next generation of innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs who are crafting the very way the world works. We want the brightest minds doing work that encourages an environment where growth is supported. IBMers get to discover their potential, so they're inspired to build breakthroughs that help our clients succeed. We're building teams with dynamic strengths with people who want their ideas to matter. Join us - you'll be proud to call yourself an IBMer.
Our Culture:
IBM is committed to crafting a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to your race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
**Your role and responsibilities**
We have a team of security compliance leaders overseeing solutions for this complex environment, collaborating with security architects and Cloud DevOps teams internally and around IBM. The security compliance leader's role is to determine the secure operation of the all computer systems, servers, and network connections in accordance with our policies, procedures, and compliance requirements. A security compliance leader in our team will participate in some or all of the following:
· Providing subject matter expertise in the creation, implementation, and maintenance of appropriate enterprise programs, policies, and procedures to be compliant with all applicable regulations including ISO, SOC, HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP/FISMA
· Having the ability to utilize working knowledge of information security best practices such as: NIST 800 series, ISO 27000 series, GDPR, etc
· Interpreting standards, requirements, and their application to the enterprise Cloud environment in the most reasonable and cost-effective manner
· Developing, implementing, maintaining, and overseeing enforcement of security policies
· Collaborating with security architects and technical security teams to define and implement security processes and procedures based on industry-standard best practices and compliance requirements. Defining the requirements and validating the procedures and audit testing methodology
· Conducting regularly scheduled audits on systems and hosting third-party audits as required in order to maintain certifications and compliance certificates.
· Working with the DevOps teams to prepare ongoing client reporting, information for prospective clients, and marketing materials
· Providing training to teams as needed
· Assisting team members and internal clients in addressing highly complex security issues applicable to enterprise environment
**Required technical and professional expertise**
Required Skills
· Minimum of 12 years of relevant compliance experience and cybersecurity knowledge
· Compliance leaders do not require dev experience, but it is an advantage. 10+ years of security compliance audit experience is a must
· Ability to utilize working knowledge of information security best practices such as: NIST 800 series, ISO 27000 series, GDPR, etc
· Experience with compliance programs such as SOC2, FFIEC or FedRAMP/ FISMA, HIPAA, GDPR, or PCI
· Experience in risk assessment processes, policy development, proposals, work statements, product evaluations, and delivery of technology
· Ability to understand enterprise business computing operations/requirements, and in particular, Cloud
· Ability to stand firm on issues yet be flexible and creative when working with customers to find effective solutions
· Ability to understand and interpret laws and regulatory requirements related to information protection, and develop and implement appropriate processes to achieve and maintain compliance and reduce risk
**Preferred technical and professional experience**
Preferred Skills
* Working in a change-controlled production environment.
* Diagnosing the root cause of problems and propose solutions: Examples would be failed patches, tooling issues, false positives on system tests, authentication problems.
* Expertise in system configuration, especially privilege control (for example sudoer configuration), and system level firewall (iptables)
* An understanding of basic networking concepts: ipsec tunnels, firewalls, routers, public and private addressing.
· Project Management knowledge and experience a strong plus
· container based architectures and implementations such as kubernetes, docker, etc.
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Key Responsibilities
Operations Management
Provide operational support services and sometimes act as first-line contact of a transactional operations area. Involves using existing systems and protocols.
Operating Machine or Equipment
Operate complex machines and systems, adjusting processes to optimize quality and productivity. Also responsible for generating solutions to complex inefficiencies.
Production Planning
Contribute data and information to production plans. Run reports, check accuracy, and distribute information.
Leadership and Direction
Coordinate a team while performing routine work.
Equipment Changeover
Help to changeover and conduct inspections of equipment with guidance.
Equipment Total Productive Maintenance
Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment for emergency repairs and carry out preventive maintenance routines.
Work Scheduling and Allocation
Organize own work schedule in order to get the job done, coordinating with support services and assigning short-term tasks to others if necessary.
Health, Safety, and Environment
Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate risks and to safeguard the environment and the well-being of self and others.
Quality Assurance
Prioritize own workflow and ensure work is completed to the required standards of quality and timeliness; use performance management systems to improve personal performance.
Organizational Capability Building
Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
Operational Compliance
Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
Internal Communications
Use the internal communications system to access specific information.
Improvement/Innovation
Implement improvements and provide feedback on them. Use change management systems and protocols to provide routine support services.
Skills
Planning and Organizing
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Verbal Communication
Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
Health and Safety
Applies comprehensive knowledge and skills to independently manage and apply safe systems of work while providing guidance and training to others.
Policy and procedures
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.
Action Planning
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
Review and Reporting
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to review and create relevant, lucid and effective reports.
Equipment Utilization
Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on optimizing the utilization of production plant, equipment and materials.
Masters Service Conversations
Works at an intermediate level to navigate customer conversations by leveraging the four parts of a service conversation: open, learn, reply, and close. Typically works with guidance.
Education: Diploma Holder
Experience - 4 to 5 Years
GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.

Key Responsibilities
Operations Management
Provide operational support services and sometimes act as first-line contact of a transactional operations area. Involves using existing systems and protocols.
Operating Machine or Equipment
Operate complex machines and systems, adjusting processes to optimize quality and productivity. Also responsible for generating solutions to complex inefficiencies.
Production Planning
Contribute data and information to production plans. Run reports, check accuracy, and distribute information.
Leadership and Direction
Coordinate a team while performing routine work.
Equipment Changeover
Help to changeover and conduct inspections of equipment with guidance.
Equipment Total Productive Maintenance
Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment for emergency repairs and carry out preventive maintenance routines.
Work Scheduling and Allocation
Organize own work schedule in order to get the job done, coordinating with support services and assigning short-term tasks to others if necessary.
Health, Safety, and Environment
Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate risks and to safeguard the environment and the well-being of self and others.
Quality Assurance
Prioritize own workflow and ensure work is completed to the required standards of quality and timeliness; use performance management systems to improve personal performance.
Organizational Capability Building
Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
Operational Compliance
Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
Internal Communications
Use the internal communications system to access specific information.
Improvement/Innovation
Implement improvements and provide feedback on them. Use change management systems and protocols to provide routine support services.
Skills
Planning and Organizing
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Verbal Communication
Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
Health and Safety
Applies comprehensive knowledge and skills to independently manage and apply safe systems of work while providing guidance and training to others.
Policy and procedures
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.
Action Planning
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
Review and Reporting
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to review and create relevant, lucid and effective reports.
Equipment Utilization
Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on optimizing the utilization of production plant, equipment and materials.
Masters Service Conversations
Works at an intermediate level to navigate customer conversations by leveraging the four parts of a service conversation: open, learn, reply, and close. Typically works with guidance.
Education: Diploma Holder
Experience - 4 to 5 Years
GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.

+ Key Responsibilities:
+ Know How of MPS , SIOP , Demand Management - SCM Processes
+ Hands on Experience on Managing Inventory , by using various tools
+ May Have worked in PPC , Supplier Scheduling
+ Should Have Good Problem Solving , Analytical Skills
+ MS Excel , PPT - MIS
+ Know How of Budget Activities
+ ERP - QAD will be added advantage
+ Experience 10 + Years , B-tech
GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.

Role Purpose - Leads employees using machinery or equipment to assist with all manufacturing activities of
a plant or production process, including production, materials, health & safety, quality
control, and other steps along a production line.
Key Responsibilities
Operations Management
Provide operational support services and sometimes act as first-line contact of a transactional operations area. Involves using existing systems and protocols.
Operating Machine or Equipment
Operate complex machines and systems, adjusting processes to optimize quality and productivity. Also responsible for generating solutions to complex inefficiencies.
Production Planning
Contribute data and information to production plans. Run reports, check accuracy, and distribute information.
Leadership and Direction
Coordinate a team while performing routine work.
Equipment Changeover
Help to changeover and conduct inspections of equipment with guidance.
Equipment Total Productive Maintenance
Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment for emergency repairs and carry out preventive maintenance routines.
Work Scheduling and Allocation
Organize own work schedule in order to get the job done, coordinating with support services and assigning short-term tasks to others if necessary.
Health, Safety, and Environment
Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate risks and to safeguard the environment and the well-being of self and others.
Quality Assurance
Prioritize own workflow and ensure work is completed to the required standards of quality and timeliness; use performance management systems to improve personal performance.
Organizational Capability Building
Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
Operational Compliance
Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
Internal Communications
Use the internal communications system to access specific information.
Improvement/Innovation
Implement improvements and provide feedback on them. Use change management systems and protocols to provide routine support services.
Skills
Planning and Organizing
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Verbal Communication
Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
Health and Safety
Applies comprehensive knowledge and skills to independently manage and apply safe systems of work while providing guidance and training to others.
Policy and procedures
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.
Action Planning
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
Review and Reporting
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to review and create relevant, lucid and effective reports.
Equipment Utilization
Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on optimizing the utilization of production plant, equipment and materials.
Masters Service Conversations
Works at an intermediate level to navigate customer conversations by leveraging the four parts of a service conversation: open, learn, reply, and close. Typically works with guidance.
Education: Diploma Holder
Experience - 4 to 5 Years
GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.