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POSITION PURPOSE\nThe Technical Director - India is responsible for leading the technical, manufacturing and engineering agenda across the India organization. The role ensures that current operations at DAH and CHR, as well as the development of Jaipur and future expansion sites, are managed in line with business ambitions and executed in a safe, sustainable and compliant manner.\nThe position plays a key leadership role in building the technical organization in India, strengthening operational excellence, developing capabilities and ensuring that technical strategies, resources and priorities support the growth plans of the business.\nThe role works in close partnership with the Managing Director, India and in strong collaboration with the Technical Director, Asia to ensure alignment of strategy, standards, resource prioritization, local regulatory compliance and conformance with Group requirements.\n2. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES\n2.1 Operational and Technical Leadership\nLead and continuously improve technical and manufacturing performance across DAH, CHR and future sites in India.\nEnsure stable, efficient and cost-effective operations across production, maintenance, quality, projects, safety and environmental functions.\nDrive high standards in operational discipline, process reliability, product quality and asset performance.\nEstablish and monitor technical priorities to support current operations and future growth requirements.\nEnsure technical decisions support business continuity, competitiveness and long-term scalability.\n2.2 Expansion and Growth Enablement\nSupport the strategic expansion agenda in India, including Jaipur and potential future sites.\nProvide technical leadership for site development, commissioning, ramp-up and stabilization activities.\nBuild the organization, structure, systems and technical capabilities needed to support expansion plans.\nEnsure expansion projects are delivered in line with Group standards, local regulations, timing, budget and operational readiness requirements.\nAnticipate future capability and resource needs to support growth in a structured and sustainable manner.\n2.3 Safety, Health, Environment and Sustainability\nChampion a strong safety culture across all sites and functions, with clear accountability and visible leadership.\nEnsure full compliance with local laws, permits, internal standards and Group SHE requirements.\nLead the integration of safety, health, environmental and sustainability priorities into daily operations and expansion plans.\nPromote safe and sustainable technical solutions that reduce risk, improve environmental performance and support responsible growth.\n2.4 Quality, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement\nEnsure product and process quality standards are maintained and continuously improved across all operations.\nLead preventive and predictive maintenance practices to improve asset reliability and operational uptime.\nDrive continuous improvement in collaboration with ROPEX and other functional support teams.\nPromote root cause problem solving, standardization and best-practice sharing across sites and functions.\n2.5 Organization Building and Leadership\nLead, coach and develop the direct reports and wider technical organization to build a capable, engaged and high-performing team.\nStrengthen succession planning, talent development and organizational readiness to support current and future business needs.\nDefine clear roles, accountabilities, interfaces and performance expectations within the technical organization.\nBuild a collaborative culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement and delivery excellence.\n2.6 Strategic Alignment and Collaboration\nCollaborate closely with the Technical Director, Asia to align technical strategy, priorities, resource planning and execution support.\nEnsure India technical plans are aligned with regional and Group objectives, standards and requirements.\nWork effectively with Group functions and Asia functional support departments, including the Asia Engineering Team, ROPEX and SHE functions.\nProvide technical input to the Managing Director, India and leadership team to support business planning and decision-making.\n2.7 Stakeholder Management\nMaintain effective relationships with external stakeholders including authorities, customers and suppliers.\nRepresent the technical organization in relevant external technical, regulatory and project-related interactions.\nBuild strong internal interfaces across operations, projects, engineering, SHE, quality and business leadership teams.\nKEY STAKEHOLDERS\nExternal Stakeholders:\nAuthorities and regulators\nCustomers\nSuppliers and contractors\nInternal Stakeholders:\nManaging Director, India\nTechnical Director, Asia\nGroup Functions\nAsia Engineering Team\nROPEX / Continuous Improvement function\nSHE functions\nIndia leadership team and site management teams\nSUCCESS MEASURES\nSafe and compliant operations across all current and future sites.\nReliable manufacturing performance and continuous improvement in efficiency, quality and asset uptime.\nSuccessful technical support of expansion projects, including readiness of Jaipur and future sites.\nStrong organizational capability and leadership bench within the India technical function.\nEffective alignment with Asia and Group technical standards, priorities and support functions.\nPositive regulatory and stakeholder relationships supporting sustainable growth.\nEXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS\nDegree in Engineering or other relevant technical discipline; 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