Vice President Works

Location: Corporate Office, Chennai

Role Scope and Purpose

Vice President – Works will be the senior-most manufacturing leader of Ramco Industries, with overall responsibility for 10 manufacturing plants in India and 2 plants in Sri Lanka producing Fiber Cement Roofing Sheets and Building Boards. The plants operate on a 24x7 continuous-manufacturing basis, with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Accounts, Materials and Industrial Relations functions reporting through the respective Unit Heads.

The position is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to the entire manufacturing network and achieving Company objectives relating to production, productivity, quality, cost, reliability, safety, people development, sustainability and capital efficiency. The role will guide Unit Heads, standardize manufacturing practices, drive operational excellence and develop a strong, accountable plant-leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing Operations and Operational Excellence: Lead all plants to achieve annual and monthly production targets in line with business requirements. Continuously review capacity utilization, productivity, yield, wastage, downtime and manufacturing cost. Ensure reliable 24x7 operation, identify bottlenecks, optimize capacity and establish common operating standards across all locations.

Drive improvement in OEE, plant availability, cycle time, manpower productivity and energy efficiency using appropriate Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Kaizen, 5S and Six Sigma practices. Promote automation, digitization, process control, root-cause analysis and permanent corrective actions.

Maintenance and Asset Reliability: Ensure high reliability and availability of critical manufacturing equipment, including mixers, reactors, Hatschek machines, material-handling equipment and utilities. Strengthen preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance, eliminate recurring breakdowns, oversee annual shutdown planning, optimize critical-spares inventory and establish long-term asset-replacement plans.

Quality and Cost Management: Ensure consistent product quality across all plants and reduce customer complaints, rejection, rework and process variability. Standardize critical process parameters and ensure compliance with applicable specifications and quality systems.



Drive manufacturing-cost competitiveness by controlling raw materials, energy, maintenance, manpower, consumables, stores and spares, wastage and conversion costs.

Identify sustainable structural cost reductions without compromising safety, quality or equipment reliability and work with Finance and Unit Heads on plant budgets.

Capital Projects, Technology and Sustainability: Evaluate and recommend capital expenditure for expansion, modernization, automation, cost reduction, energy efficiency and statutory compliance. Ensure approved projects are completed on time, within budget and to specified performance levels. Assess emerging manufacturing technologies and progressively modernize existing plants.

Provide visible leadership for a zero-harm safety culture, ensure statutory and environmental compliance, and drive improvements in energy, water consumption, emissions and waste generation.

People Leadership and Industrial Relations: Lead, coach and develop Unit Heads and create a high-performing manufacturing leadership team. Establish clear KPIs, strengthen technical and managerial capabilities, develop succession plans and encourage movement of talent and sharing of best practices across locations. Foster a culture of discipline, accountability, teamwork and continuous improvement.

Guide plants in maintaining harmonious industrial relations, particularly in unionized environments, and provide leadership in wage settlements, union negotiations, productivity agreements and major employee-relations issues.

Materials, Governance and Performance Management: Work with plant Materials teams and Corporate Procurement to ensure uninterrupted supply of critical raw materials, consumables and engineering spares while optimizing inventory. Establish structured daily, weekly and monthly performance reviews supported by a common manufacturing dashboard. Regularly review production, OEE, downtime, yield, quality, customer complaints, manufacturing cost, energy consumption, inventory, safety,



manpower productivity and capital-project progress.

Undertake regular plant visits and present consolidated manufacturing performance, risks and improvement plans to Top Management.

Candidate Profile The preferred candidate should have a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from a reputed institution, extensive exposure to computer-based systems and preferably conversational ability in Hindi. A postgraduate qualification in Operations Management, Manufacturing Management or Business Administration would be advantageous.

The candidate should preferably have 25+ years of manufacturing experience, including substantial exposure to continuous-process industries and at least 8–10 years in a senior manufacturing leadership role with responsibility for multiple plants or a large complex operation. Relevant industries include building materials, cement, fiber cement, paper, chemicals and other continuous-process sectors.

Experience should cover production, maintenance, engineering, quality, cost control, industrial relations, capital projects, large workforces and geographically dispersed manufacturing operations. The preferred age is below 50 years, subject to Company policy.

Competencies and Leadership Attributes The incumbent should possess strong capabilities in continuous-process manufacturing, production planning, maintenance and reliability, mechanical engineering, productivity improvement, cost optimization, quality systems, capital-project management, energy management, safety, industrial relations, Lean/TPM/Kaizen practices, digitization, automation and plant financial management.

The ideal individual will be hands-on, technically strong and commercially aware; data-driven and systematic; firm on standards while approachable; proactive in identifying operational risks; capable of creating accountability without excessive centralization; and willing to travel extensively across India and Sri Lanka.

Overall Expectation The Vice President – Works is expected to transform Ramco Industries' multi-location manufacturing operations into a highly reliable, cost-competitive, secure, standardized and continuously improving manufacturing network, while developing capable Unit Heads who can independently and effectively manage their respective plants.

📌 Vice President Works (Chennai)
🏢 Ramco Industries
📍 Chennai