Plant Head - Steel Coil Processing/Auto & Consumer Appliance

We are seeking a dynamic and techno-commercially sound Plant Head to lead operations and drive strategic growth for the steel coil processing unit. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing end-to-end plant operations, ensuring efficiency, productivity, and quality standards.
The candidate should have strong hands-on experience in steel processing (GP/CRCA) or have held senior leadership roles in Auto or Appliance manufacturing environments, with proven expertise in operational excellence, team management, and plant performance improvement.
Key Responsibilities
1) Plant Operations & Production
- Manage and optimise all aspects of slitting, decoiling, levelling, profiling, shearing, nesting, and packaging.
- Monitor and improve daily production, OEE, uptime, capacity utilisation, and quality yields.
- Ensure output matches business targets in both sales and job work.
- Drive Lean practices, TPM, 5S, and other continuous improvement methodologies.
- Implement stringent quality control across every process, from raw material to dispatch.
2) Planning, Strategy & Throughput Scaling
- Develop a scaling roadmap to achieve 20,000 MT/month throughput in 12-18 months.
- Create & implement short, medium, and long-term production plans aligned with the sales pipeline.
- Identify bottlenecks, redundancies, and idle capacities-and fix them with speed.
- Plan and prioritise production dynamically based on customer urgency, capacity, and cost.

3) People, Process & Team Management
- Build, train, and manage a high-performance plant team including supervisors, technicians, QA/QC, and operators.
- Instill discipline, safety, quality, and ownership culture on the shop floor.
- Resolve conflicts, increase coordination across shifts, and maintain team morale and performance.
- Be a mentor and enforcer-not just a manager.
4) Technical Expertise & Vendor Coordination
- Collaborate with machinery suppliers, service vendors, and logistics partners to ensure seamless operations.
- Ensure machine maintenance schedules are followed with zero compromise on uptime.
- Manage relationships with JSW and other steel suppliers regarding raw material specs and supply planning.
- Select and commission new machines/equipment as required during the scaling phase.
5) Quality, Dispatch & Customer Orientation
- Product quality end-to-end-GP slit coils and Sheets, TIN, CRCA, HRPO, etc., etc.
- Ensure real-time updates and responsiveness to job work and contract clients.
- Coordinate closely with the Business Development Head and SCM TEAM to synchronise demand & timely delivery.
- Manage inventory levels, stock accuracy, rejection handling, and end-customer delivery timelines.
6) Cost Control & Compliance
- Continuously monitor and optimise energy consumption, scrap rate, and material wastage, reduction in scrap generation, reduction in Rejections, Regular monthly settlement with the Main Supplier of the RM and get the reimbursement, and maintain the record.
- Drive down cost per tonne across each operation line while preserving quality.
- Ensure regulatory STATUTORY AND NON STATUTORY compliances, factory licensing, EHS protocols, and ISO procedures, Pollution department, labour dept, IALA, Safety Audits, Vehicle Management documentations, etc.
Who We're Looking For :
- Must-Have 10+ years in Operations Leadership roles in steel COATED COIL, like Galvanised, Colour coated processing UNIT for OEMS, metals, or capital-intensive manufacturing units.
- Hands-on experience in coil processing-especially GP, CRCA, Colour Coated Steel, who has extensive experience in handling OE customers' expectations in the field of Plant hygiene, Safety, Quality products, Packaging, ISO Docs, etc
- Track record of scaling operations, setting up or managing production from 5,000 to 20,000+ MT/month.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing KPIs, preventive maintenance, automation, and shift scheduling.
- Team leadership experience with 30-100+ staff, across 3-shift or high-output environments. Able to make sure that a backup plan or team is always available for smooth output without any hindrances.
- Exposure to both sales-driven production and contract job work handling.
Soft Skills & Traits
- Execution-focused, ruthless prioritizer, and extremely organised.
- Clear communicator with both shop floor staff and top management.
- Problem solver who doesn't escalate unnecessarily-resolves internally, owns issues.
- Has both strategic foresight and tactical intensity.
- Entrepreneurial, street-smart, and thrives under pressure.
Preferred Industry: Steel Coil Processing / Auto & Consumer Appliance.
Location: Sri City