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At Sun Pharma, we commit to helping you “Create your own sunshine”— by fostering an environment where you grow at every step, take charge of your journey and thrive in a supportive community.
Are You Ready to Create Your Own Sunshine? As you enter the Sun Pharma world, you’ll find yourself becoming ‘Better every day’ through continuous progress. Exhibit self-drive as you ‘Take charge’ and lead with confidence. Additionally, demonstrate a collaborative spirit, knowing that we ‘Thrive together’ and support each other’s journeys.”
Job Description:
The R&D Process Excellence/Ops Team is responsible for:
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- Improving R&D efficiency (Baroda, Gurgaon, OHM, and Haifa) and implementing strategic projects.
- Managing Life Cycle Management projects for Sun Pharma across the US, EM, India, and EU markets in Formulation and API.
- Managing project introduction activities, including opportunity identification, evaluation, planning, business case creation, and presentation to management for approval. Also responsible for project portfolio management, including monitoring project progress, resolution/escalation of critical issues, MIS preparation, and monitoring market dynamics.
- Evaluation of project accruals and realizations.
- Harmonization of practices across R&D and manufacturing plants/R&D locations
- Managing R&D budgets in collaboration with Finance.
- Architecting and leading strategic roadmaps, functional transformation, continuous improvement initiatives, strategic projects, and performance management to drive R&D productivity and operational excellence globally.
Job Profile:
- The position is for Process Excellence/Ops. The selected candidate will be expected to work in a Process Excellence role under the supervision of the reporting manager. He/She will work on:
- Evaluation of Digital and AI/ML technologies for the product development phase.
- Analysing end-to-end processes and driving process diagnostics using Lean methodologies to identify improvement opportunities. Working closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely project completion.
- Collaborating with the Product Development team to assess risk, stability, and capability using digital tools for product development.
- Identifying process automation opportunities in R&D and manufacturing sites and designing automation roadmaps to improve efficiency.
- Identifying cost improvement opportunities in existing products, presenting them in monthly management meetings, initiating CIP projects, and driving them through the validation phase.
- Identifying opportunities to apply cutting-edge technologies in product development to enable smooth scale-up aligned with the vision of achieving RFT above 95%.
- Conducting manpower and productivity assessments through KPI development and measurement.
- Designing and establishing a reward and recognition framework.
- Reviewing and controlling project investments for the R&D center.
Why a Candidate Should Join
- End-to-end exposure to pharmaceutical projects.
- Exposure to all markets served by Sun Pharma, with over 100 projects in the portfolio. Opportunity to be self-driven, make decisions, and deliver value to the organization.
- High-visibility role, and gaining significant traction within the company.
Expectations
The candidate should:
- Have a balance of technical knowledge and managerial skills.
- Be able to prioritize and multitask.
- Be able to work independently with limited supervision.
- Manage senior and junior stakeholders effectively and drive execution.
- Be able to create project plans that are efficient from a time, cost, and effort perspective, while understanding the long-term impact of decisions.
- Possess analytical and report creation skills, with proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrate strong analytical thinking, with the ability to identify root causes and provide effective solutions.
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