President - Plant Operations - Agro Chemicals

ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

Role: Plant President

Location: Kothputli, Rajasthan

Candidate Profile - Must Haves

- Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering qualification, with a strong agrochemical industry background.

- Proven experience leading a large manufacturing plant within agrochemicals.

- Experience commissioning or scaling manufacturing facilities is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

1. Plant Leadership and Operations Management

- Own end-to-end operational responsibility for the manufacturing facility.

- Lead and manage the site leadership team, including VP - Operations, Site HR and Site Finance.

- Drive production planning, capacity utilisation and manufacturing efficiency across technical, formulation and combination product lines.

2. Safety, Quality and Regulatory Compliance

- Ensure compliance with environmental, health and safety (EHS) standards, including ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications.

- Uphold product quality standards across the plant, supporting compliance with international regulatory requirements given the company's exports to over 80 countries.

- Drive a strong safety culture across the permanent and contract workforce.

3. New Plant Commissioning

- Play a key leadership role in supporting the commissioning and ramp-up of the company's upcoming manufacturing facility

- Bring best practices, systems and processes to ensure a smooth start-up of the new site.

- Support capacity planning and manpower deployment across both sites.

4. Cost, Productivity and Continuous Improvement

- Drive cost optimisation, productivity improvement and manufacturing excellence initiatives.

- Implement lean manufacturing, TPM and other continuous improvement practices.

- Manage plant budgets, capital expenditure proposals and cost control.

5. People Leadership

- Lead and develop the site leadership team, including HR and Finance business partners.

- Build a strong, engaged and disciplined workforce across permanent and contract employees.

- Partner with corporate HR on talent, culture and organisational development at the site.

6. Stakeholder and Cross-Functional Coordination

- Partner with corporate leadership, R&D, supply chain and sales teams to align plant output with business and export requirements.

- Engage with local government, regulatory bodies and community stakeholders.