Chief Executive Officer

About the Role

We are seeking a dynamic and transformational Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead a cutting-edge engineering and specialised manufacturing business through an exciting phase of consolidation, synergy creation, growth, and large-scale transformation.

The CEO will drive strategic direction, operational excellence, multi-plant consolidation, and business transformation across culture, systems, and processes. This role will also lead greenfield projects, global customer engagement, capability building, and next-level business growth ensuring sustainable performance and a high-impact, high-performance culture.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership: -

• Define and execute the organisation’s long-term strategic roadmap in alignment with group-level engineering strategy.

• Lead consolidation of multiple plants, including footprint optimisation, infrastructure integration, and harmonisation of operating systems.

• Drive business transformation across operations, digitalisation, capability building, and new business development.

• Build a product-oriented organisation with strong design ownership and engineering capabilities.

• Champion synergy creation across group companies through shared best practices, vendor consolidation, and technology transfer.

• Oversee planning and execution of greenfield projects, ensuring budget, timelines, and regulatory compliance.

• Expand into new product lines and markets: automotive, industrial, aerospace, and exports.

• Strengthen brand positioning, customer engagement, and international market presence.

Operational Responsibilities: -

• Provide strategic oversight of all plants and business units, ensuring alignment with long-term financial and operational goals.

• Approve Annual Operating Plans and ensure functional objectives support strategic priorities.

• Set up governance forums for performance reviews, risk management, and strategic monitoring.

• Make strategic decisions on capital investments, automation, technology upgrades, and capacity expansion.

• Ensure robust governance, statutory compliance, safety, risk management, and sustainability.

• Represent the organisation with key customers, vendors, government agencies, lenders, and industry bodies.

People & Culture Leadership: -

• Build and mentor a high-performing leadership team with strong succession depth.

• Drive cultural integration and alignment across consolidated plants.

• Lead capability building and leadership development programs.

• Ensure transparent communication, collaboration, and engagement across the organisation.

• Champion change management during transformation and integration phases.

Candidate Profile

Experience: -

• 25+ years in engineering/manufacturing, with minimum 8-10 years in CEO & Business Leadership roles.

• Led large-scale transformation, multi-plant consolidation, and synergy-led cost optimisation.

• Managed full P&L with strong financial discipline.

• Experience working with global customers and international quality standards (preferred).

Required Expertise: -

• Deep experience in manufacturing operations across multi-plant environments.

• Proven track record in plant consolidation, integration management, and synergy creation.

• Strong exposure to greenfield/brownfield project execution and commissioning.

• Solid financial acumen: P&L management, cash flow, investments, ROI modelling.

• Strong knowledge of Lean, TPM, Six Sigma, TOC, and operational excellence frameworks.

• Expertise in supply chain optimisation, strategic sourcing, and vendor development.

• Experience in digital transformation, Industry 4.0, and automation technologies.

• Strong business development capability, including customer acquisition, key account management, and market expansion.

• Product development and engineering orientation, with experience building product-roadmaps and driving design-led differentiation.

Preferred Capabilities: -

• Strategic mindset with the ability to build differentiated product capabilities and niche segment penetration.

• Global exposure with the ability to manage and grow international customer accounts and export-driven business.

• Experience in shutting down, relocating, or consolidating plants is a strong advantage.

• Demonstrated success in leading business transformation journeys across career roles.