Role Overview:

We are looking for a dynamic and technically strong Business Head (Metal) to lead the Precious metal business.

Must be strong

The role involves full business ownership into operations, and sales, with accountability for profitability and growth. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of chemical processing, Metal Sales along with proven experience in managing large-scale process plants.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Head Metals & Chemical Processing

The role involves end-to-end business ownership, with accountability for plant operations, feed sourcing, sales, profitability, and business growth. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of chemical processing, metal extraction and sales, along with proven experience in managing large-scale process plants and commercial operations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business & P&L; Ownership

- Lead the overall business for metals including Copper, Zinc, Lithium, Cobalt, and Nickel, with end-to-end accountability for business performance and profitability.
- Formulate and execute business strategies aligned with organizational growth objectives.
- Drive profitability through cost optimization, process efficiency, capacity utilization, yield improvement, and product realization.
- Own annual operating budgets, financial performance, working capital, and overall commercial outcomes.
- Identify opportunities for capacity expansion, current products, process improvements, and value-added downstream businesses.

2. Plant Operations & Manufacturing

- Provide overall leadership to plant operations, ensuring safe, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective functioning of the manufacturing facility.
- Drive plant performance across production, yield, recovery, quality, throughput, energy consumption, and operating costs.
- Ensure optimal utilization of installed capacity and continuously improve operational efficiency.




- Work closely with plant, process, maintenance, quality, EHS, and technical teams to achieve production and business targets.
- Establish and monitor operational KPIs and drive a culture of continuous improvement, productivity, and operational excellence.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable EHS, statutory, environmental, quality, and operational standards.

3. Feed Sourcing & Raw Material Strategy

- Own the end-to-end sourcing strategy for feed/raw materials required for the plant, ensuring adequate availability, quality, and competitive landed cost.
- Develop and maintain a strong network of feed suppliers, recyclers, aggregators, traders, and strategic sourcing partners.
- Identify new feed sources and geographies to ensure security and diversification of raw material supply.
- Lead commercial negotiations, supplier development, contract structuring, and long-term sourcing arrangements.
- Optimize the feed mix based on plant capabilities, metal recovery, processing economics, quality parameters, and market conditions.
- Work closely with technical and plant teams to evaluate the metallurgical/chemical suitability and economics of different feed materials.
- Ensure uninterrupted feed availability while optimizing inventory, working capital, logistics, and overall sourcing costs.

4. Sales & Business Development

- Develop and execute the sales strategy for extracted metals and value-added chemical intermediates.
- Build and manage relationships with key customers, strategic accounts,



traders, and downstream consumers.
- Formulate commercial strategies covering pricing, customer engagement, contract negotiation, product positioning, and market development.
- Identify new markets and business opportunities to maximize product realization and margins.
- Develop long-term customer relationships and strategic partnerships to strengthen market positioning.
- Monitor metal and chemical market trends, competitor activity, pricing, and demand-supply dynamics to inform business decisions.

5. Integrated Commercial & Operational Management

- Balance feed economics, plant performance, metal recovery, product realization, and market pricing to maximize overall business profitability.
- Develop an integrated view of the business from feed sourcing plant processing metal recovery product sales cash realization.
- Ensure close coordination between sourcing, operations, sales, finance, and supply chain teams.
- Take data-driven decisions on feed procurement, production planning, inventory, product mix, and sales allocation.

6. Leadership & Team Management

- Build, lead, and develop high-performing teams across operations, sourcing, sales, commercial, and support functions.
- Establish clear performance metrics and accountability across the organization.
- Work closely with senior management/promoters on strategic decisions, investments, expansion plans, and overall business growth.
- Drive a strong culture of ownership, operational discipline, commercial excellence, and profitability.

Key Requirements:

- B.E. / B.Tech. in Engineering; M.Tech. or MBA preferred.

- 15+ Years of exp in Metal Sourcing ( Global Sourcing)

- Proven track record of managing end-to-end operations, P&L;, and business performance.

- Excellent leadership, analytical, and team management skills.

📌 Business Head | Pricious Metals & Base Metal (Greater Noida)
🏢 Wikilabs India
📍 Greater Noida