Chief Executive Officer

Praveza Consultancy; Chennai District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Praveza Consultancy in India seeks a senior executive to lead metals processing, recycling, and business expansion. You will shape a 35-year plan with the Chairman and Board, driving growth across domestic and international markets.

You will own the P&L, optimize operations, build a high-caliber leadership team, and ensure governance, ESG, and regulatory compliance in a fast-evolving industrial landscape. A background in metals manufacturing, finance, and strategic leadership with 20+ years of

Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM preferred, with strong leadership experience.
• Engineering, metallurgy, finance, or operations background adds advantage.
• Experience in metals, recycling, or manufacturing leadership is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the 35-year strategic growth plan with the Chairman and Board.
• Identify new business opportunities across lead, lead alloys, recycling, refining, and adjacent sectors.
• Drive domestic and international market expansion.
• Evaluate opportunities for capacity expansion, new plants, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and diversification.
• Build a scalable business model capable of supporting significant future growth.
• Establish clear annual and long-term business objectives and ensure organization-wide execution.
• Own overall P&L responsibility for the organization.
• Drive revenue growth, EBITDA improvement, profitability, cash generation, and return on capital.
• Lead budgeting, business planning, forecasting, and capital allocation.
• Optimize working capital, inventory, receivables, procurement costs, and operating expenses.
• Work closely with CFOs, lenders, investors, auditors, and financial institutions.
• Develop appropriate funding and capital strategies for expansion.
• Establish financial discipline, performance dashboards, and management reporting systems.
• Provide strategic leadership across manufacturing, smelting, refining, recycling, engineering, maintenance, quality, and plant operations.
• Improve plant productivity, capacity utilization, yield, recovery rates, energy efficiency, and OEE.
• Drive continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Establish world-class operational KPIs and accountability mechanisms.
• Ensure high standards of product quality, reliability, productivity, and delivery.
• Lead modernization and automation initiatives wherever commercially viable.
• Develop a robust raw-material procurement strategy and strengthen supplier relationships.
• Improve sourcing efficiency, pricing discipline, logistics, inventory management, and supply continuity.
• Build a resilient supply chain capable of supporting future capacity expansion.
• Develop and execute an aggressive domestic and international sales strategy.
• Expand the customer base across industrial, automotive, battery, manufacturing, and other markets.
• Build long-term strategic relationships with key customers.
• Develop export markets and strengthen international distribution channels.
• Lead pricing strategy, customer segmentation, product positioning, and commercial negotiations.
• Strengthen the company's brand and reputation within the metals and recycling industry.
• Champion environmentally responsible manufacturing and recycling practices.
• Ensure strict adherence to environmental, health, safety, statutory, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive sustainability, resource efficiency, energy optimization, emissions reduction, and responsible waste-management initiatives.
• Strengthen ESG framework and reputation as a responsible industrial organization.
• Maintain constructive relationships with regulators, government authorities, industry bodies, and local stakeholders.
• Build and lead a high-caliber senior management team.
• Establish clear organizational structures, roles, KPIs, performance systems, and accountability.
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain top leadership talent.
• Build succession plans for critical leadership positions.
• Create a culture of ownership, performance, innovation, integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Professionalize systems and processes as the organization scales.
• Establish strong corporate governance and internal-control frameworks.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate strategic, financial, operational, commercial, regulatory, and reputational risks.
• Ensure timely and transparent reporting to the Chairman and Board.
• Maintain the highest standards of ethics, integrity, compliance, and corporate responsibility.
• Drive digital transformation across manufacturing and corporate functions.
• Introduce ERP, MIS, BI, automation, and data-driven decision-making systems.
• Establish real-time dashboards for production, sales, finance, procurement, inventory, and profitability.
• Leverage technology to improve productivity, transparency, and scalability.
• Serve as the principal executive interface between management and Board of Directors.
• Present strategic plans, budgets, performance, risks, and investment proposals to the Board.
• Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, banks, investors, regulators, and industry associations.
• Represent the organization at industry and government forums.

Education

MBA / PGDM / equivalent

Engineering, metallurgy, finance, operations

Job description

IMPORTANT ELIGIBILITY NOTE:
Candidates will be considered only from the Steel, Alloys, Lead, Non-Ferrous Metals, Metal Processing, Metal Recycling, Smelting, Refining, or closely related metal industries. Candidates from unrelated industries will not be considered.

Key Responsibilities

1. Vision, Strategy & Business Growth

• Develop and execute the company's 35 year strategic growth plan in consultation with the Chairman and Board.
• Identify new business opportunities across lead, lead alloys, recycling, refining, and adjacent industrial sectors.
• Drive domestic and international market expansion.
• Evaluate opportunities for capacity expansion, new plants, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and diversification.
• Build a scalable business model capable of supporting significant future growth.
• Establish clear annual and long-term business objectives and ensure organization-wide execution.

2. Full P&L & Financial Leadership

• Assume overall P&L responsibility for the organization.
• Drive revenue growth, EBITDA improvement, profitability, cash generation, and return on capital.
• Lead annual budgeting, business planning, forecasting, and capital allocation.
• Optimize working capital, inventory, receivables, procurement costs, and operating expenses.
• Work closely with the CFO, lenders, investors, auditors, and financial institutions.
• Develop appropriate funding and capital strategies for expansion.
• Establish financial discipline, performance dashboards, and management reporting systems.

3. Manufacturing & Operational Excellence

• Provide strategic leadership across manufacturing, smelting, refining, recycling, engineering, maintenance, quality, and plant operations.
• Improve plant productivity, capacity utilization, yield, recovery rates, energy efficiency, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Drive continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Establish world-class operational KPIs and accountability mechanisms.
• Ensure high standards of product quality, reliability, productivity, and delivery.
• Lead modernization and automation initiatives wherever commercially viable.

4. Procurement, Supply Chain & Raw Material Security

• Develop a robust and scalable raw-material procurement strategy.
• Strengthen relationships with suppliers, recyclers, industrial customers, and other strategic partners.
• Improve sourcing efficiency, pricing discipline, logistics, inventory management, and supply continuity.
• Build a resilient supply chain capable of supporting future capacity expansion.

5. Sales, Marketing & International Expansion

• Develop and execute an aggressive domestic and international sales strategy.
• Expand the company's customer base across industrial, automotive, battery, manufacturing, and other relevant markets.
• Build long-term strategic relationships with key customers.
• Develop export markets and strengthen international distribution channels.
• Lead pricing strategy, customer segmentation, product positioning, and commercial negotiations.
• Strengthen the company's brand and reputation within the metals and recycling industry.

6. Sustainability, ESG & Regulatory Excellence

• Champion environmentally responsible manufacturing and recycling practices.
• Ensure strict adherence to applicable environmental, health, safety, statutory, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive sustainability, resource efficiency, energy optimization, emissions reduction, and responsible waste-management initiatives.
• Strengthen the company's ESG framework and reputation as a responsible industrial organization.
• Maintain constructive relationships with regulators, government authorities, industry bodies, and local stakeholders.

7. Organization Building & Leadership

• Build and lead a high-caliber senior management team.
• Establish clear organizational structures, roles, KPIs, performance systems, and accountability.
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain top leadership talent.
• Build succession plans for critical leadership positions.
• Create a culture of ownership, performance, innovation, integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Professionalize systems and processes as the organization scales.

8. Governance & Risk Management

• Establish strong corporate governance and internal-control frameworks.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate strategic, financial, operational, commercial, regulatory, and reputational risks.
• Ensure timely and transparent reporting to the Chairman and Board.
• Maintain the highest standards of ethics, integrity, compliance, and corporate responsibility.

9. Technology & Digital Transformation

• Drive digital transformation across manufacturing and corporate functions.
• Introduce appropriate ERP, MIS, business intelligence, automation, and data-driven decision-making systems.
• Establish real-time management dashboards for production, sales, finance, procurement, inventory, and profitability.
• Leverage technology to improve productivity, transparency, and scalability.

10. Board & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the principal executive interface between management and Chairman / Board of Directors.
• Present strategic plans, budgets, business performance, risks, and investment proposals to the Board.
• Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, banks, investors, government authorities, regulators, consultants, and industry associations.
• Represent the organization at important industry, commercial, and government forums.

Candidate Profile

Education

• MBA / PGDM / equivalent qualification from a reputed institution preferred.
• Engineering, metallurgy, finance, operations, or other relevant technical/business education will be an advantage.
• Candidates with strong industry experience and exceptional leadership track records may also be considered irrespective of academic specialization.

Experience

• 20+ years of overall professional experience, with significant experience in senior executive leadership.
• Proven track record as CEO, Business Head, President, COO, Managing Director, Executive Director, or equivalent senior leadership position.
• Experience in metals, metallurgy, lead, battery recycling, non-ferrous metals, recycling, manufacturing, industrial products, or related sectors strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing a substantial P&L and large-scale operations.
• Experience in scaling businesses, transforming organizations, or leading companies through significant growth phases.
• Strong exposure to manufacturing operations, commercial management, international business, and strategic expansion.