- To lead and optimize end-to-end foil mill operations, ensuring high productivity, quality consistency, cost control, safety, and on-time delivery, while driving continuous improvement across rolling, slitting, finishing, and dispatch processes.

Scope of Operations:

- Foil Mill.

- Annealing furnaces.

- Slitters, separators, rewinders.

- Quality inspection and packing.

- Scrap generation and recovery control.

- Coordination with casting, QC, maintenance, and dispatch.

Key Responsibilities

- Production & Throughput Management.

- Plan and execute daily, weekly, and monthly production targets.

Optimize mill schedules for:.

- Gauge changes.

- Alloy mix.

- Slitting and packing efficiency.

- Maximize output while minimizing downtime and rejects.

- Ensure adherence to customer delivery timelines.

- Quality & Process Control.

Ensure consistent foil quality across:.

- Gauge tolerance.

- Surface finish.

- Pinholes.

- Oil residue.

- Tensile and elongation properties.

- Reduce rejections, downgrades, and customer complaints.

- Work closely with QC to improve first-pass yield.

- Implement root cause analysis for defects and breakdowns.

- Cost, Yield & Scrap Control.

Monitor and improve:.

- Yield %.

- Edge trim and process scrap.

- Downgrade material.

- Control rolling oil consumption, consumables, and spares.

- Drive cost per kg reduction initiatives.

- Coordinate scrap segregation, recovery, and recycling.

- Equipment & Maintenance Coordination.

Ensure optimal availability and performance of:.

- Rolling mills.

- Slitters.

- Annealing furnaces.

- Coordinate preventive and predictive maintenance.

- Reduce unplanned breakdowns and bottlenecks.

- Support upgrades, retrofits, and new equipment commissioning.

- Manpower & Shift Management.

- Manage supervisors, operators, technicians, and helpers.

- Define shift structures, skill matrices, and operator deployment.

- Drive productivity per man-shift.

- Identify training needs and develop shop-floor capability.

- Enforce discipline, SOP adherence, and safety culture.

- Safety, Compliance & Housekeeping.

- Ensure compliance with safety standards and statutory norms.

- Drive zero-accident culture.

- Implement SOPs, LOTO, and safe operating practices.

- Maintain high housekeeping and 5S standards across the mill.

- Continuous Improvement & Digitalization.

- Lead Lean / TPM / Six Sigma initiatives.

- Reduce changeover time, downtime, and wastage.

Support digital tools for:.

- Production reporting.

- OEE tracking.

- Quality traceability.

- Collaborate with IT / systems teams on MES or ERP adoption.

- Cross-Functional Coordination.

Coordinate with:.

- Casting / Rolling upstream teams.

- Quality and R&D.

- Maintenance and utilities.

- Stores and logistics.

- Sales and planning.

- Act as the single operational owner for foil mill performance.

Required Skills & Experience:

Must-Have:

- Strong hands-on experience in aluminium foil or cold rolling operations.

- Deep understanding of foil defects, rolling parameters, and annealing.

- Proven leadership in managing large shop-floor teams.

- Strong production planning and execution capability.

- Cost, yield, and efficiency mindset.