Chief Executive Officer

Role Purpose:

The Chief Executive Officer will be responsible for conceptualizing, building and scaling the Company's Aerospace and Automobile Components business, leveraging its existing foundry and precision manufacturing capabilities as the foundation for a higher-value engineered components platform. The CEO will own the business strategy, market positioning, technology roadmap, customer acquisition, project development, manufacturing capability, organization building and overall P&L of the business.

The mandate is not limited to running a foundry operation. The CEO will identify and develop the right component portfolio, determine target markets and customers, build strategic partnerships, define the required technology and manufacturing ecosystem, and convert the opportunity into a scalable and profitable Aerospace and Automobile components business.

Key Accountabilities:

- Business Conceptualization & Strategy: Develop the overall vision, business model, and multi-year strategy for establishing a differentiated Aerospace and Automobile Components business.

- Aerospace & Automobile Business Development: Build relationships with OEMs, Tier-1 and Tier-2 customers, global customers, technology partners, and other strategic stakeholders.

- Product & Technology Development: Conceptualize the component portfolio and define the required manufacturing technologies, processes, tooling, machining, precision finishing, inspection and quality systems.

- Greenfield / Brownfield Project Leadership: Lead the conceptualization and execution of new manufacturing facilities, capacity expansion and capability-building projects.

- P&L, Commercial & Operational Leadership: Take complete responsibility for revenue, profitability, cash generation, working capital, capital expenditure and overall business performance.

- Organization & Leadership Building: Build a strong leadership team across Business Development, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance and other critical functions.

Desired Candidate Profile:

The ideal candidate will be an accomplished CEO / Business Leader with a proven track record of conceptualizing, building and scaling Aerospace and/or Automobile Components businesses.

Essential Experience:

- 25+ years of progressive experience in Aerospace Components, Automobile Components, Precision Engineering, Foundry-based Components, Machined Components or closely related engineering manufacturing businesses.

- Minimum 10 years in a CEO, Business Head, Executive Director, President or equivalent enterprise/business leadership role with full or substantial P&L responsibility.

Educational Qualification:

- B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical, Metallurgy, Production, Aerospace, Automobile, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline from a reputed institution.

- MBA/PGDM in General Management, Strategy, Operations, Finance or a related field will be preferred.