Manager- Manufacturing Excellence

• The Manufacturing Excellence Manager will work closely with the Manufacturing Lead to support Strategic priorities of the Manufacturing function and provide the right focus and governance

• This role will support various Manufacturing enterprise-wide initiatives including end to end design, detailing, execution, and management of key portfolio projects
• The role will require leadership mindset in influencing and partnering with senior stakeholders to execute strategic and impactful projects

Role Responsibilities :

• Lead the development of strategies and plans for new growth and improvement opportunities and ensure their effective execution.
• Lead independently initiatives on Process optimization if required.
• Design and own robust governance mechanisms to track progress, serve as a trusted advisor to de-bottleneck potential roadblocks and organizational challenges in pursuit of meeting the broader project timelines and outcomes.
• Lead and manage assigned projects on simplification / augmentation / consolidation in consultation with local and regional directives, ensuring seamless collaboration and flow between matrixed stakeholders to meet targeted timelines.
• Lead/Participate in site reviews and governance process engaging key stakeholders, sponsors and facilitate decision making to deliver performance to the expectation.
• Ensure adherence to policies and guidelines of Vizag site and global organization.
• Act with integrity influence all the tasks performed focusing on patient safety always.
• Lead the communication to all stakeholders, ensure support from stakeholders to ensure that expectations and program deliverables are aligned.
• Measure program/project performance using appropriate tools and techniques and ensure that clear and concise status reports are available to the steering committee and stakeholders and that issues are escalated properly in timely manner.
• Lead efforts to identify and mitigate risks, resolve key project conflicts, and establish appropriate resolution paths.

• 10+ years of experience in Business Strategy/Project Management/Business Development or allied experience in a top tier firm with experience of managing complex projects.
• Preferable MBA from a top tier institute with experience in the Pharmaceutical/Consumer/ or allied Manufacturing sector
• Have an Engineering back-ground
• Ability to navigate through complex situations, influence outside own line of reporting and work in a fast-paced environment.

• Masters degree
• Pharma, Support Services Industry Knowledge (Preferable)
• Risk Management lifecycle understanding
• Change Management
• Process/Engineering Orientation (Preferable)