Title:  Sr Executive/Manager - R&D Process Excellence

The R&D Process Excellence Team is responsible for

• Improvement of R&D (Baroda, Gurgaon, and Ohm) efficiency and strategic projects implementation
• Life Cycle Management Projects for Sun Pharma across US, EM, IN, & EU markets in Formulation & API. The team works for
  • Project Introduction - Opportunity Identification, Evaluation, Plan & Business Case Creation, Presentation to Management for Approval,
  • Project Portfolio Management - Monitoring project progress, Resolution/Escalation of critical issues, MIS preparation, Monitoring of market dynamics
  • Evaluations of Accruals of the projects
• Special Projects in R&D - Rewards & Recognition Systems (Stars of R&D)
• Harmonization of practices across R&D and plants
• R&D Budgets management with finance  

Job Profile:

The position is for Strategic projects and Process Excellence. The person will be expected to work on Process Excellence role under supervision of reporting manager.

He/ She will work for

• Evaluation of Digital and AI&ML technologies for the product development phase.
• Analyse processes end to end and drive process diagnostics using Lean methodologies to identify process improvement opportunities. Work closely with internal & and external stakeholders to drive projects to completion on time.
• Collaborate with the Product Development team to assess the risk, stability, and capability using digital tools to develop a product.
• Identify process automation opportunities in R&D and manufacturing sites. Designing automation roadmap by Process Automation to increase efficiency
• Identify cost improvement opportunities in existing products and present them in monthly meetings with Management, initiate CIP, and drive them till the validation phase.
• Identify the opportunities to apply cutting-edge technologies in product development to enable smooth scale-up aligned with the vision of RFT above 95%.
• Manpower assessment and productivity assessment through setting up KPI and measuring them.
• Design and establish a matrix for Reward and recognition
• Project investment review and control for the R&D center

Why a candidate should join

• End to End exposure to pharma projects
• Exposure to all markets served by Sun Pharma with 100+ projects in the portfolio
• Opportunity to be self-driven, take decisions & deliver value to the company
• High visibility role as the team is new and is getting traction within the company

Expectation

• Candidate should
  • Have a balance of technical knowledge & managerial skills
  • Be able to prioritize & multi -task
  • Be able to work independently with limited supervision
  • Manage Senior & Junior stakeholders & get work done
  • Be able to create project plans which is efficient from a time, cost & effort perspective, while understanding at the long-term impact of decisions
• Analytical & Report Creation Skills - Proficiency in Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Analytical thinking, ability to identify root cause and provide solutions