Girish Kumar

Total Experience: 29 years in Cement and Building Materials Industry with expertise in Operations of Multi Location Large & Complex Manufacturing setups across India, Africa, and Middle East. Seeking a senior leadership opportunity— Cluster Head, Business Head, CMO, COO for Major Manufacturing Industry — Focused on driving enterprise-level transformation, strategic growth, and P&L accountability. Over the past two decades, have held senior leadership roles, including over 17 years heading multilocation Integrated cement plants for grey and white clinker, grinding units, Lime manufacturing & Modern Building Materials manufacturing businesses.

Experience spans multi-location plant operations, Managing large multicultural teams, and P&L responsibility.

Group Manufacturing Director - Riyadh Cement Company - Saudi Arabia

(2023-12)

Reporting to CEO & Board Member | 5 MTPA Integrated Cement Plants.

• Heading two Gray clinker lines (2 MTPA each) and One White clinker line (0.4 MTPA).
• Achieved 25% clinker output growth and 15% cement production boost.
• Delivered energy savings through optimization of specific power and heat consumption.
• Implemented low-cost operational improvement projects with measurable ROI.
• Leading Riyadh Cement's transformation into a Lighthouse factory (McKinsey-selected, Global Lighthouse Network – WEF). Driving full Industry 4.0 and sustainability compliance within a 2-year roadmap, setting benchmarks for digital cement manufacturing in Saudi Arabia.
• Promoting Saudization by hiring and providing higher responsibility to the Young Saudi nationals.
• Heading the Sustainable Projects related with Industry 4.0 Lighthouse, ESG, Carbon Reduction, Waste Recycling, Solar Power, Alternative fuel, Energy saving, Waste Heat Recovery (ORC based WHR), Graffin & Modern building material Manufacturing Projects.

Strategic Partner (Entrepreneurship Experiment) - Le Segnare LLP & Sadhu Infrasteels Pvt Ltd - India

(2021-03 - 2023-11)

• Planning and early-stage execution of a 1.5 MTPA greenfield cement grinding unit.
• Installed and Oversaw O&M of 500 TPD Pond Ash Dryers supplying ash to Ultratech and Ambuja.
• Managed steel hardware and FMCG manufacturing operations, expanding customer base.

Chief Manufacturing Officer (CMO) - Kanodia Group - India

(2019-02 - 2021-03)

• Directed all plant operations (3.5 MTPA capacity) across 3 locations.
• Successfully executed the 3rd Party Cement Manufacturing Contract with ACC Cement.
• Improved production efficiency finalized group-wide SOPs and expanded capacity.
• Implemented preventive maintenance practice & reduced MTBF by 20%.
• Initiated Greenfield Cement Plant in Amethi having 1.5 MTPA Capacity.

Plant Manager (Unit Head – Multiple Plants) - FLSmidth O&M - Kuwait & India

(2018-04 - 2019-01)

• Commissioned Kuwait grinding unit and set up full operational systems.
• Supported business development and future feasibility audits.
• Secured the O&M contract for Kanodia Group's cement plant while with FLSmidth.

General Manager (Plant Head) - ARM Cement Ltd - Tanzania

(2012-08 - 2017-08)

• Headed integrated cement, grinding, and lime plants in Dar es Salaam and Tanga.
• Achieved 110% Clinkerization and 100% capacity utilization of grinding unit.
• Recruited and trained 80% local workforce from Tanzanian Nationals.
• Resolved long-standing technical bottlenecks.
• Initiated cement sale in local area markets, 100km within the plant, & managed to achieve 20% of the total sale from the plant in local market.

Sr. Manager (P&QC) - Ambuja Cements Ltd - Sankrail Grinding Unit, Kolkata

(2010-11 - 2012-08)

• Increased plant production by 25% within 3 months; reduced power by 6 KWH/MT.

Manager (Process) - Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd - Jojobera, Jharkhand

(2008-09 - 2010-10)

• Enhanced production by 15%, reduced power consumption by 3 KWH/MT.

Sr. Officer (Process) - Ultratech Cement Ltd - Karnataka

(2008-06 - 2008-09)

Dy Manager (P&QC) - Andhra Cements Ltd - Visakhapatnam

(2006-12 - 2008-06)

Plant Engineer (Process) - Pioneer Cement Industries LLC - Ras-Al-Khaimah, UAE

(2005-10 - 2006-12)

Process Engineer - Andhra Cements Ltd - Visakhapatnam

(2005-02 - 2005-09)

Engineer-II, Production - JP Rewa Cement Plant - Rewa

(1996-07 - 2005-02)

Leadership Program - CSR, ESG, & Corporate Sustainability - DTU Delhi

Executive Program - Strategic CEO - IIM Raipur (2026)

Advanced Diploma - Leadership Management - IIM Lucknow (2019)

Executive MBA - Business Administration - CMJ University (2012)

PGD - Cement Manufacturing Technology - NCBM, India (1995)

PGD - Production & Material Management - Unknown Institution (2009)

B.Sc - Physics Hons - C M Science College, L N M University (1994)