Head – Manufacturing & Localization (Kitchen Appliances)

SOLARA is a fast-growing Indian kitchen brand. We're expanding our manufacturing capability for small kitchen appliances in India, and we're hiring the person who leads it.What you'll doLead product teardowns and build a full parts list and target cost for each product.Decide, part by part, whether to make it, buy it locally or source it globally: housings, heating elements, motors and fans, PCBs and controls, thermal protection, coated parts, wiring, packaging.Build the roadmap to full manufacturing in India, with the phasing, capex, tooling, timeline and landed cost at each stage.Specify and buy the equipment: injection moulding machines and moulds, pressing, coating, the assembly line, and safety and end-of-line testing.Develop Indian suppliers and run tool trials and first-article approvals.Get BIS certification under IS 302 and build the quality system.Recommend whether we build our own line or use a contract manufacturer, then deliver it across our appliance range.You've done this before10+ years in small kitchen appliance manufacturing (air fryers, OTGs, mixer grinders, induction cooktops, kettles) at a brand, an appliance manufacturer or a contract manufacturer.You have personally moved a product to Indian manufacturing or set up a line, from the parts list to the first production lot.You've worked hands-on with injection moulding, tooling, and products built around heaters and motors.You know India's appliance supplier hubs and have worked with Chinese contract manufacturers.You've taken products through BIS certification.You can build a cost model and a capex case that finance will sign off on.