ESL Steel Limited
Website:
eslsteel.com
Job details:
Role: Chief Operating Officer, ESL
Location: Bokaro
Education: B.Tech / BE (Metallurgy, Mechanical, Electrical, or related discipline); MBA or Postgraduate qualification preferred.
Experience: Minimum 20–22 years in the steel industry, with deep hands-on exposure to integrated steel plant operations is mandatory for the role
Proven experience in large-scale manufacturing operations, turnaround and/or growth environments.
Role Purpose
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is responsible for end-to-end operational leadership of the Integrated Steel Plant producing long products, ensuring safe, sustainable, and cost-competitive operations. The role drives business growth, operational excellence, quality, and compliance, while aligning plant performance with Vedanta Group’s strategic priorities and governance frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
1.Strategic Leadership & Business Performance
- Partner with Mancom & EXCO to translate corporate strategy into clear operational goals, annual plans, and execution roadmaps.
- Drive profitable growth, capacity utilization, and margin improvement through operational excellence and productivity enhancement.
- Ensure business continuity, operational stability, and resilience across the value chain—from raw materials to finished long products.
2. Plant Operations & Operational Excellence
- Provide overall leadership of plant operations, including ironmaking, steelmaking, rolling mills, utilities, maintenance, logistics, and supporting functions.
- Establish and sustain world-class manufacturing practices, including TPM, lean operations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Monitor and optimize KPIs related to safety, productivity, yield, quality, energy, cost, and asset reliability.
3.Quality, Safety & Compliance
- Champion a zero-harm safety culture, ensuring strict adherence to statutory safety norms, ISO standards, VSAP, and Vedanta AO/BE frameworks.
- Ensure consistent product quality, customer satisfaction, and adherence to quality management systems.
- Maintain full compliance with statutory, environmental, and regulatory requirements, proactively mitigating operational and compliance risks.
4.Governance, Controls & Risk Management
- Implement robust policies, SOPs, and internal controls aligned with Vedanta’s governance standards and organizational values.
- Review operational risks and ensure effective risk mitigation, audits, and corrective actions.
- Drive transparency and discipline in performance reporting and management reviews.
5.Financial & Data-Driven Management
- Interpret and leverage operational and financial data to drive informed decision-making and performance improvement.
- Collaborate with finance to deliver cost optimization, working capital efficiency, and budget adherence.
- Lead initiatives for energy efficiency, yield improvement, and waste reduction.
6.People Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Build and mentor a high-performing leadership team, fostering accountability, engagement, and succession readiness.
- Drive alignment across cross-functional teams, internal and external stakeholders.
- Act as a key interface with internal stakeholders, cross functions, regulators, and business partners.
7. Key Skills
- Strategic Planning & Business Execution
- Integrated Steel Plant Operations
- Financial & Operational Performance Management
- Safety, Quality & Compliance Leadership
- Risk Management & Governance
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Policy Development & Operational Controls
9.Core Competencies
- Strong Business Acumen
- Decisive, Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Inspirational Leadership & People Development
- Analytical & Systems Thinking
- High Compliance & Ethics Orientation
- Collaboration Across Functions
- Adaptability in Dynamic Business Environments
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