Director - Operations - Steel Manufacturing
Vesat Management Consultants · Not specified · onsite · Posted 45d ago
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About this role
Job Description:
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.
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Vesat Management Consultants
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India
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Changes in cutting edge technology, management and organizational dynamics have lead the market and industrial scenario stretch their resources much and beyond the limits. It becomes more and more difficult to find useful man power required for every corporate setting. At VESAT we use our cross functional skills and 20 years of experience and knowledge of the industry to provide optimal manning solutions for our patrons and esteemed clients. We carefully gauge the specific requirements of and deliver the profiles ideally suited for your organization.
We recruit if and only if the candidate can deliver meritorious achievement towards the growth of the organization. Our recruitment team’s core values – integrity, quality, team work and timely delivery makes us a worthy partner in your search for manning solutions. We make sure there is highest degree of correlation between the employer and the prospective candidates at all times.
Our vision and mission has always been end to end delivery of a given job profile after proper assessment, evaluation and careful value addition. Customer satisfaction is the core value that we never compromise on. Our dedication and commitment to quality is undeterred under any circumstance. Innovation and continuous improvement is the VESAT’s personal motto that we always abide by.
We have high integrity and deep respect for each and every individual client of ours. Our devotion to excellence, open and effective communication has made us the best in the recruitment industry.
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