Business and Unit Brief

Aditya Birla Group is building a pipeline of accomplished manufacturing leaders for Site Head opportunities across its process manufacturing businesses in India. The role will lead a large and complex manufacturing site with multiple manufacturing units within with end-to-end accountability for protected, reliable, sustainable and profitable performance. The specific Group company, business and plant location will be shared with shortlisted candidates at a later stage of the selection process.

The operating environment may involve complex process technologies, multiple raw-material and product streams, demanding quality and service expectations, significant supply-chain and logistics interfaces, stringent statutory and environmental requirements, and a diverse workforce and stakeholder ecosystem. The successful leader will combine strategic orientation with strong execution, operating discipline, commercial judgement, stakeholder maturity and the ability to build a high-performing organisation.

Role Details

Role Purpose: Lead the end-to-end performance of a large process manufacturing unit, with accountability for strategy execution, production, profitability, safety, reliability, supply chain, governance, stakeholder management and people leadership. The Unit Head will integrate priorities across functions, strengthen operating discipline and build a high-performance, future-ready organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

· Business Plan and Operations: Lead development of business goals during planning and budgeting with Operations, Marketing and Procurement, shape the operations and engineering strategy covering cost optimisation, throughput increase, debottlenecking and technological improvement, and hold quality control norms across incoming raw materials, packing material, processes and finished products

· Investment and Capex: Evaluate short and long-term capex projects for expansion or modification, select the most optimum technology, justify and secure capital sanction,



and lead execution against quality, cost, delivery and safety objectives

· Growth Options and Product Approvals: Work with marketing to trace demand patterns and develop new products, assess technologies on capex intensity, opex intensity and intellectual property, and ensure quality system audits by IMS, BIS, NSF and safety agencies along with timely certification and renewal of product licences

· Supply Chain Support: Guide the supply chain team on forecasting, procurement planning and scheduling to hold maximum plant utilisation against minimum inventory, and support new vendor development with technical inputs from the technical teams

· Management Systems and Financial Integrity: Institutionalise management systems, control and check mechanisms and information systems, resolve compliance and modification decisions, act against value and code of conduct violations, verify financial, capex and opex data, and ensure audit non-compliances are closed out

· Statutory Compliance and Corporate Citizenship: Liaise with government agencies, regulatory bodies, industrial associations and the local population to build a positive corporate image, ensure all statutory and legal requirements are met by the unit, and drive corporate social responsibility initiatives

· Safety, Health, Environment and Food Safety: Implement and review the highest SHE standards, track technology and regulatory developments to keep practices best in class, drive food safety and quality systems to food standards, and ensure present and future risks across community, labour, legal, environmental, natural resource,



supply chain and market dimensions are handled in an integrated way

· Work Culture and People Development: Encourage openness, trust and mutual respect, set goals and accountabilities with resources to deliver, monitor training needs, development and career growth of key employees, train people on functional and managerial competencies, and ensure appropriate delegation at every level

Reporting Structure

Reports to: Chief Manufacturing Officer

Reported by: Unit Heads and other functional leadership teams in the site

Global Manufacturing Leadership Program

This role is part of the Global Manufacturing Leadership Program (GMLP).

The Global Manufacturing Leadership Program (GMLP) is Aditya Birla Group's flagship leadership hiring initiative focused on building the next generation of manufacturing leaders. Designed for high-potential professionals with a proven track record in manufacturing and operations, GMLP offers accelerated career growth through challenging leadership roles across the Group's diverse businesses, including Cement, Metals, Chemicals, Carbon Black, Pulp & Fibre, Mining, and other global manufacturing operations.

Through GMLP, selected candidates gain exposure to large-scale manufacturing environments, world-class technologies, cross-functional assignments, and mentorship from senior business leaders. The program is aimed at professionals who aspire to move beyond functional excellence and take on broader business and operational leadership responsibilities, while contributing to the long-term growth and transformation of one of the world's leading diversified multinational groups.

Important Note

This is a pipeline position intended to identify leadership talent for current and future Unit Head opportunities within Aditya Birla Group. Application to this posting does not relate to a single disclosed vacancy. Business, company and location details will be discussed with relevant shortlisted candidates as the process progresses.

📌 Site Head - Manufacturing Site (India)
🏢 Aditya Birla Group
📍 India