Head - Manufacturing

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple integrated manufacturing units

• Drive improvements in throughput, recovery, cost structure, and asset utilization

• Ensure best-in-class standards in safety, statutory compliance, environmental stewardship, and quality

• Lead and develop plant leadership teams, building a high-performance manufacturing culture

• Oversee annual operating plans, manufacturing budgets, and capital investment programs

• Institutionalize KPI-driven performance management systems

• Champion modernization initiatives including automation, digitization, and process optimization

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional leadership including finance, supply chain, HR, and commercial functions

• Demonstrated success in leading multi-plant manufacturing operations within the sugar and biofuel industry

• Strong techno-commercial orientation with hands-on operational depth

• Deep understanding of sugar processing, co-generation, and distillery operations

• Proven ability to manage scale, complexity, and diverse teams

• Track record of driving transformation, performance improvement, and cost leadership

• Engineering graduate (Mechanical or Chemical preferred); advanced management qualification desirable

• Approximately 18 22 years of experience, including 3 5 years in a multi-plant leadership role

• Experience managing sizable operations with significant turnover and operational complexity

• Leadership maturity typically aligned with professionals in their mid-career executive phase

Saaki Argus & Averil Consulting