Director - Operations - Steel Manufacturing

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We are looking for an experienced Director Operations to lead strategic and day-to-day operations across Pellet, Sponge Iron/DRI, SMS, Rolling Mills, Power Plant/CPP, Pipe Mill, FAD, Utilities and Logistics. The role will be responsible for driving safe, reliable, cost-efficient, quality-focused and compliant operations, while improving productivity, operational excellence and business performance.

Role & Responsibilities:

To provide strategic and daily operational leadership covering Pellet, Sponge Iron, SMS, Rolling Mills, Power Plant, Pipe Mill, FAD and Logistics. The role is accountable for safe, reliable, cost-efficient, quality-focused and compliant operations while driving productivity, process improvement, digital enablement, customer orientation and leadership capability across the plant.

• Integrated steel operations
• Production planning and scheduling
• OEE, yield and productivity improvement
• Cost, energy and consumption control
• Maintenance and shutdown governance
• Quality, SOP, 5S and audit discipline
• Safety and environmental compliance
• Digital operations, MIS and budgeting, Business strategy

Preferred Candidate Profile:

B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical, Metallurgical, Electrical or Production Engineering. MBA/PGDM in Operations.

Relevant Experience:

20 - 25 years in integrated steel or large process manufacturing, including senior leadership of multi-unit plant operations.

Industry Preference:

Integrated steel manufacturing experience preferred, covering Pellet/DRI, SMS, Rolling Mills, Power/CPP, Pipe Mill, FAD, Utilities and Logistics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end operations across multiple units of an integrated steel plant, ensuring production and business targets are achieved.
• Drive production planning, capacity utilization, OEE, yield, productivity and process efficiency.
• Optimize manufacturing cost, energy consumption, raw material usage and operational losses.
• Govern maintenance, plant reliability, shutdowns and equipment availability.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, SOPs, 5S, audits and process discipline.
• Maintain strong focus on safety, environmental and statutory compliance.
• Drive digital operations, automation, MIS, analytics and Industry 4.0 initiatives.
• Lead budgeting, operational planning, performance reviews and continuous improvement programs.
• Identify and execute debottlenecking, modernization and productivity improvement initiatives.
• Build strong operational leadership teams and develop succession pipelines and organizational capabilities.
• Partner with senior leadership on business strategy, cost competitiveness, capacity optimization and growth initiatives.