Plant Head - Steel Manufacturing
Location: NCR (Delhi / Gurgaon / Noida), Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Bhilai, Durg, Jamshedpur, Durgapur, Pune, Nashik and Ahmedabad
Experience: 20-30 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Role Overview:
• We are seeking an accomplished Plant Head to lead end-to-end manufacturing operations for a large-scale Stainless Steel Manufacturing Plant.
• The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in stainless steel manufacturing, plant leadership, operational excellence, production planning, quality assurance, maintenance, supply chain coordination, and cost optimization.
• The Plant Head will be responsible for driving operational efficiency, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance, improving productivity, and leading cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives while maintaining world-class manufacturing standards.
Role & Responsibilities:
• Lead complete plant operations, ensuring production targets, quality standards, and delivery schedules are consistently achieved.
• Develop and execute manufacturing strategies aligned with organizational growth and operational excellence goals.
• Oversee stainless steel manufacturing processes including melting, casting, rolling, annealing, pickling, slitting, finishing, fabrication, and dispatch.
• Drive productivity improvements, cost optimization, yield enhancement, and waste reduction initiatives.
• Lead production planning, capacity utilization, inventory management, and resource allocation.
• Ensure implementation of robust quality management systems and adherence to customer specifications.
• Manage preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance to maximize equipment uptime and plant reliability.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, Kaizen, and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with EHS standards, statutory regulations, environmental norms, and safety policies.
• Monitor plant KPIs such as OEE, production efficiency, yield, rejection rates, energy consumption, and manufacturing costs.
• Collaborate with procurement, supply chain, finance, engineering, sales, and HR teams for seamless business operations.
• Manage plant budgets, CAPEX, OPEX, and operational cost control.
• Lead workforce planning, succession planning, employee engagement, and leadership development.
• Drive digital transformation, automation, and Industry 4.0 initiatives to improve operational efficiency.
Preferred Candidate Profile:
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Metallurgical, Production, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
• MBA in Operations or Manufacturing Management is preferred.
• 20-30 years of experience in Stainless Steel, Steel, Metal Processing, or Heavy Engineering industries.
• Proven experience leading large-scale manufacturing plants with complete operational responsibility.
• Strong understanding of stainless steel manufacturing processes, production technologies, and quality systems.
• Demonstrated success in driving operational excellence, productivity improvement, and cost optimization.
• Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, and automation initiatives.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and team development capabilities.
• Excellent strategic thinking, analytical, and decision-making skills.
Interested can send their updated resume our calling and WhatsApp number is 8.7.9.6.5.0.7.5.9.9