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 explicit 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

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