Head of Coal

Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited; Jharsuguda; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Outstanding remuneration

Best-in-class rewards

Globally benchmarked people-policies

Top-tier facilities

Job summary

Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited is seeking an experienced Head of Coal for VAML Jharsuguda to drive end-to-end coal management, procurement alignment, and infrastructure development. You will liaise with MCL, Coal Ministry, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless logistics and strategic participation in auctions.

The role requires 15+ years in SCM/Marketing/Ops, strong leadership, and exceptional negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in SCM/Marketing/Ops.
• 60% aggregate in education; limited gap policy allowed.
• Exceptional liaisoning and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Knowledge about domestic and international coal markets.
• Team player with ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong leadership skills with change management outlook.

Responsibilities

• To ensure end-to-end coal management with buying and holding the entire coal portfolio for Jharsuguda.
• Align the coal procurement strategy with business objectives.
• Develop internal and external coal transportation infrastructure.
• Liaison with MCL, Coal Ministry and other stakeholders; ensure linkage rakes materialization.
• Identify operational risks and undertake mitigation initiatives.
• Drive de-bottlenecking across the coal value chain for efficiency and cost control.
• Ensure clearance of backlog rakes and strategic participation in auctions.
• Coal end-to-end supply chain automation and digitization.
• Target zero logistics leakages through improved loadability and weighbridge calibration.
• Improve rake turnaround and maintain stock days to ensure volume security.

Skills

Liaisoning & negotiation

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Decision making

Team player

Education

B.E./B.Tech

M.E./M.Tech/MBA

60% aggregate in education

Job description

At Vedanta, we believe our people are the driving force behind our success. As we continue our growth journey, we are looking for passionate, high-performing professionals who can bring fresh perspectives, strong leadership, and a commitment to excellence. Join us to be part of a dynamic organization that offers unparalleled opportunities to learn, grow, and create lasting impact while shaping the future of the industry.

As we continue to strengthen our integrated natural resources business, we are looking for an experienced and dynamic leader to drive our coal operations strategy, ensure resource security, and optimize business performance. To partner with us in this exciting journey and unlock new values for the business, we are looking for passionate professionals for the position of Head of Coal, VAML Jharsuguda.

• To ensure end-to-end coal management with buying and holding the entire coal portfolio for Jharsuguda
• Aligning the coal procurement strategy with business objectives
• Develop the required internal and external coal transportation infrastructure
• Liasoning with MCL, Coal Ministry and other related stakeholders and 100% materialization of linkage rakes
• Identify areas of operational risk and undertake risk mitigation initiatives
• Drive de-bottlenecking across the coal value chain to ensure higher efficiency and cost control
• Ensure clearance of backlog rakes and strategic participation in auctions
• Coal End to End supply chain automation and digitization
• Target zero logistics leakages through improvement in load ability of wagons & timely calibration of weighbridges
• Improvement in Turnaround of rakesEnsure volume security for the complex as per rolling planner and maintaining appropriate stock days

Education Qualification | Work-Ex | Desired Attributes

• B.E./ B. Tech in any Stream and M.E./M. Tech/MBA
• 15+ years of experience in SCM/Marketing/Ops
• More than 60% in education background with only 1 yr of education gap either btw 12th & grad or PG can be considered
• Exceptional liasoning and negotiation skills
• Strong analytical, problem- solving and decision-making capabilities
• Knowledge about domestic and international coal markets
• Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong leadership skills coupled with a change management outlook

What we’ll offer you:

• Outstanding remuneration and best-in-class rewards
• Globally benchmarked people-policies with the best in class-facilities

Everything we do is shaped by the Vedanta Values of Trust, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity, Care, and Respect. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.