Title:  DGM-Operational Excellence

Role : Sr. Manager / DGM Operational Excellence

Location : Mumbai / Baroda (should be flexible for any of these locations)

Responsibilities :

• Identify opportunities to use engineering knowledge and computational tools to help solve pharmaceutical project challenges at manufacturing site during the product life cycle
• Implement Process Analytical Tools across unit operations/ sites
• Work with formulation and MSTG scientists to apply and implement modelling tools into project workflows
• Work with internal stakeholders and external partners to take manufacturing plants to Smart Factory 4.0
• Review and enhance processing techniques and methods applied in manufacturing to improve efficiency and reduce wastage and minimize manual intervention. Experience in automation and digitalization.
• Develop and sustain new processes, pilot it in 1-2 sites, and then build best practices for implementation at all sites
• Compile and analyze test data around pharmaceutical unit operations to establish next steps of improvement and determination of applicable limits/ models
• Design, implement and validate ML models for selected products/ unit operations in collaboration with development scientists and QA/ Regulatory
• Conduct process engineering research
• Work with external partners and vendors to execute and deliver well defined modelling projects
• Must demonstrate good problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills: must be able to communicate ideas and results with colleagues with diverse background experience and knowledge base

Educational Background & Skills :

•B Tech in Mechanical/ Chemical/ Process Control Engineering or related discipline with 15 to 18 Years work experience.

•Proficient in programming using some standard platforms like Python, R, matlab, etc

•Knowledge & some experience of Process Analytical Tools in the pharmaceutical industry, application and implementation workflows

•Knowledge of data analysis and visualization packages (Like Tableau/ Spotfire)

•Strong data science, statistical & mathematical skills

•Proficient in fundamental engineering and physical concepts of mass, heat, momentum and energy transport phenomenon with ability to set up and solve linear/ non-linear/ differential equations

•Additional exposure/ training/ certifications on opex related topics and Six sigma lean management

•Should be well versed with current GMP practices and quality systems in pharma industry

•Familiarity with tools for optimization (like DoE/ Minitab/JMP)