Operations leader across float glass, vacuum coating, carbon black and zinc manufacturing. Now Production Head at Gujarat Guardian Limited, and concurrently Integration Manager for a co-located Float Line expansion. Leadership grounded in respect, humility, empowerment and accountability.
Graduate Engineer Trainee → Process Engineer → Associate Manager Process; SBU Process InchargeJune 2004 – June 2010
Worked across Rajpura Dariba Mines and the Chanderiya Lead Zinc Smelter, including zinc electrolysis, melting and casting operations.
Commissioned three greenfield zinc projects, including slab and jumbo ingot casting machines, automatic cathode stripping machines and electrode handling cranes.
Contributed to lead/zinc ore beneficiation expansion and commissioning of a new froth flotation circuit (mineral separation using air bubbles) and a pressure filter, with equipment suppliers.
INT. GUJARAT GUARDIAN LIMITED
Ankleshwar · Float glass · June 2010 – March 2021
Manager ProductionJune 2015 – March 2021
Led Float Hot End business planning and operating performance: EH&S, quality, reliability, yield, production and manpower planning. (Hot End: the furnace and forming section of a float line.)
Led asset throughput optimization, increasing Float Line output.
Substantially reduced packing wood consumption by moving from full-box to picture-frame packaging.
Delivered initiatives in furnace efficiency, yield, specific power consumption, cutting system upgrades and bad-batch reduction, with regional and global teams.
Executive ProductionJune 2010 – May 2015
Built experience across Hot End, Cold End, Capping Line, scheduling and warehousing.
INT. PCBL LIMITED
Mundra · Carbon black · March 2021 – September 2023
Chief Manager Production · Unit Production HeadMarch 2021 – September 2023
Led carbon black operations across three manufacturing lines. Accountable for HSE, quality, compliance, production, reliability, continuous improvement, talent development and on-time, in-full delivery with sales and supply chain.
Completed hard black line asset optimization, increasing line capacity.
Improved carbon black yield.
Prepared business plans and operating priorities; led root cause analysis, raw material and manufacturing cost optimization, and water and power consumption reduction.
Ankleshwar · Float glass and vacuum coating · September 2023 – Present
Production Head · Senior ManagerMay 2025 – Present
Asset owner for the Float Line, Sputter Coater Line, Warehouse and Shipping, leading a large multi-shift team. Concurrent Integration Manager for a co-located Float Line expansion.
Float substrate surface quality improvement enabled more high-value-added production.
Recurring annual value created through box tons, furnace efficiency, cost-to-melt and warehouse packaging initiatives.
Operations Transformation and Plant ProjectsNovember 2024 – April 2025
Led furnace efficiency improvement projects, including advanced AI technology for furnace insights and control.
Commissioned the latest online quality check gauges and the latest online camera quality inspection system on the Mirror and Sputter Coater Lines.
Coater Technical ManagerSeptember 2023 – October 2024
Substantially improved yield of robust and high performance coating products, and coater uptime.
Milestones
Top Moments
Greenfield
Three zinc projects
Commissioned at Hindustan Zinc, 2004–2010
Unit head
Ran a whole unit
Unit Production Head, PCBL, Mundra, 2021–2023
Production Head
Float, coater, warehouse
Asset owner at Gujarat Guardian, since May 2025
Expansion
Integration Manager
Co-located Float Line expansion, ongoing
Appreciation
Commitment and leadership
Received appreciation for commitment, dedication and leadership
Trained at · 9 Guardian plants, 8 countries
PLANT EXPOSURE
Ras Al Khaimah
UAE
PLANT EXPOSURE
Al-Jubail
Saudi Arabia
PLANT EXPOSURE
Cairo
Egypt
PLANT EXPOSURE
Bascharage
Luxembourg
PLANT EXPOSURE
Częstochowa
Poland
PLANT EXPOSURE
Llodio
Spain
PLANT EXPOSURE
Tatuí
Brazil
PLANT EXPOSURE
Porto Real
Brazil
PLANT EXPOSURE
Rayong
Thailand
Milestones are career events from the resume, not named awards. Plant exposure means training and technical exposure, not employment at or management of these plants.
Expertise
My Skill Universe
Operations · Running the plant
Plant Operations
Operations Transformation
Resource Optimization
Inventory and Shipping
Originals
Building Real Operations 6 episodes
Top 5 · From the record
How Nitin Leads
1
Respect and humility
Respect for people at every level of the operation.
2
Empowerment and delegation
Managers and supervisors trusted with real ownership.
3
Accountability
Owning the consequences of decisions and actions.
4
Team development
Team building, knowledge sharing and succession, done deliberately.
5
Safety and quality culture
Principle-driven cultures that hold on every shift.
About me
The Lead
STARRINGNITIN KHATRI
Combines process expertise, asset care and economic thinking to improve business results.
