Plant Head - Stainless Steel Manufacturing

Location: NCR (Delhi / Gurgaon / Noida)

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.