Heading BOF steel making Ladle Furnace ladle handling Materials management for 3.4 Mt steel making & Billet casting quality Finishing and shipping. Project handling improvement projects, cost control. managing around 1000 employees.Lead group of people from Engineering & Project to Erection commissioning of Ladle furnace, Desulphurisation plant, Billet caster, environment projects, BOF vessel replacement, sub lance, 270 ton crane replacement etc.

Leading a group of around 150 permanent employees and 100 contract manpower consisting three Sr, Managers, 27 diploma/Graduates manpower.Managing 3.4 MT of billet production including quality of products.Leading teams for development activities in all three casters.Part of product development team.Developing and managing Annual operating plan.Manpower planning and development.Interaction with marketing, technology group, R &D team, planning team.Maintain and improve systems, proceduresUse of Common Processes across the castersDevelopment of vendors and managing contractorsInventory planning and controlMaintenance and shutdown planning for reliability improvements.

Managing Hot metal Desulphurization, BOF steel Making, ladle Furnace and Ladle preparation area, material handlingDeveloping short term and long-term planImprovement initiativesManaging & Development of raw materialBOF maintenanceProcess route for different products

BOF steel making and billet castingMonitor and Process/quality control of casting Shop operations of Long Products.Stabilization of New billet caster operation Process Improvement of Steel Making/ casting.Development of new products (Recently developed Low Calcium    CO2 welding WR for export to ESAB)Customer Complaint investigation and resolution (retail as well as Industrial customer)Projects: Reduction in instances of slow down of casting speed in high carbon grade of steel at Billet Caster, Reducing rhomoidity at billet caster 2, Developing super ductile rebar, Elimination of surface grinding of high end special quality High Carbon billets at Wire Rod Mill (by improving the quality of billets), Reducing HM + Scrap consumption, Increasing the casting speed from 2.6 to 3 Mtr/Min, Increasing sequence length of close casting grades, Reduction in Ferro alloys consumption, Improving the strand availability at caster, reduction in caster preparation time,  Reduce turn down phosphorous, Various project to reduce cost, Project to improve processContributed for Best Knowledge Management Department award for LPTG in the Financial Year 2004.Technical training on steel making to Officers, supervisors, Customer of Long Product Division of Tata SteelTraining to retailers

To Drive all periodic reviews. Preparation of agenda, MOM and follow up for Business Excellence Council meeting, Long Product Review, Zonal Safety Committee, Environment Management System Review and other meetings chaired by VPLP. Conducted effectiveness survey of LP Review and BE Council meeting.Preparation of MIS/EIS on critical parametersPrepared revenue Budget, analyzed monthly to highlight area of concern, Ensure effective administration of Equipment & Furniture (Capital) budget (Allocation & monitoring)Cause wise analysis of total inventory in the system and suggesting reductionCause wise analysis of delivery & dispatch compliance.Prepared monthly Zone wise Post Manufacturing Expenses for various expenses in comparison to last FY to clearly identify area of concern. Facilitated as Divisional Ergonomics Coordinator and Enabled the Division to adjudged as the Best in the Financial Year 2004Coordination among six departments of Long Products