Lokesh Sharma

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Turnaround Planning Head - SEZ Refinery at Reliance Industries Limited

Kota, Rajasthan, India

Overview

Lokesh Sharma is a Turnaround Planning Head at Reliance Industries Limited with over 18 years of experience leading complex refinery and petrochemical shutdowns. A graduate of the College of Technology & Engineering, Udaipur, he specializes in maintenance strategy, capital project engineering, and large-scale turnaround planning and execution for world-class facilities.

He has a deep intellectual curiosity in management philosophy, cost engineering, and practical metallurgy, often sharing his perspectives on these subjects. Lokesh follows leading companies like Shell and McKinsey & Company, indicating a strong interest in operational excellence and high-level business strategy beyond his direct role.

He has handled the complete turnaround planning and execution for the worlds largest Ethylene Cracker Unit and the worlds largest FCCU.

Personality Overview

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Objective Thinker

Information Seeker

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.  It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often.

Topics They Care About

Turnaround Strategy
Has over 18 years of experience managing the entire lifecycle of some of the world's largest and most complex refinery and petrochemical turnarounds.
Management Philosophy
Analyzes and discusses leadership concepts, such as the business impact of "Management Debt" versus "Technical Debt" on people and systems.
Cost Engineering
He believes cost is an engineering issue, not just a finance issue, emphasizing proactive cost decisions long before financial reports are prepared.

Media Appearances

Lokesh has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2025
Turnaround Planning Head - SEZ Refinery at Reliance Industries Limited
11-2022 - 2-2025
Petchem Turnaround Planning Head at World Largest Ethylene [C2 Complex]-Refinery Off Gas Cracker(ROGC)
4-2022 - 10-2022
SEZ Turnaround planning Head at World Largest Crude Oil Refinery
6-2020 - 3-2022
Turnaround and Rotary Section Head at Refinery and Petrochemical
11-2015 - 3-2020
Turnaround planning Engineer at Turnaround planning in crude oil refinery

Education

2003 - 2007
BE from College of Technology & Engineering, Udaipur

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Insights For Selling To Lokesh

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information
  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later
  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories

DONT's

  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions
  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Lokesh is

  • Strong evidence of ROI, effective pricing, and proven data points matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Lokesh

  • It is not very hard for them to say no if they are not convinced about the decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Lokesh move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Lokesh take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Lokesh

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