Britannia’s plant in Assam will have 65 percent of women in its total workforce

On International Women’s Day, FMCG major Britannia Industries has planned to increase the women workforce at its largest northeastern plant near Guwahati by 65 per cent this year.

According to Britannia Industries Regional Manufacturing Head (East) Kishor Vinayak Kulkarni, the company currently employs 1,367 people through permanent and contract modes, of which 60 per cent are women, at the plant, located at Rampur in the Kamrup district of Assam.

Women are an important constituent of our society as well as our company. We have been steadily increasing the number of female employees at our manufacturing facility over the years. We are looking forward to closing the 2022 calendar year with 65 per cent women in our workforce, “he said.

At this moment, it is difficult to say exactly how many employees Britannia is going to hire during the year. As the production demand grows, the overall workforce capacity is set to increase. We are clear that the female employees will be 65 per cent of the total workforce, “Kulkarni added.

The plant has an installed daily production capacity of 260 tonnes and the present capacity utilisation stands at 210-240 tonnes. The facility manufactures six different products, including the company’s flagship brands, Good Day, Marie Gold, and Nutrichoice.

Britannia reviews the progress of its diversity programme every month and measures progress against targets across metrics such as recruitment, engagement, promotion and attrition.

“Women in leadership roles have played an important role in facilitating a more inclusive environment, especially in manufacturing operations,” Kulkarni said. The Wadia Group inaugurated the plant at Rampur, near Guwahati, in July 2018. It had invested Rs 170 crore to set up Britannia’s largest greenfield manufacturing facility at that time.