Job Description

Assistant Manager, Production - Pharmaceuticals
Graduate / Post Graduate in Pharmacy with 8 to 10 years of experience in Pharmaceutical Production.
Implement daily/shift-wise production schedules.
Adhering to regulatory, GMP, and HSE guidelines in assigned production areas.
Ensure consistent quality of the product by supervising a team of Sr. executives/executives/operators with effective utilization of resources to fulfill the production objectives in respective unit operations.
Living Zentiva's Values and Code of Ethics.Strong leadership Production Techniques/Troubleshooting Communication & Time management & team management skills. Reporting Inter-personal skills and manpower management Coordination within the team and cross-functional departments Knowledge of SAP and serialization

Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIESProduction Monitor departmental priorities, including productivity, yield, and downtime, and implement corrective actions as needed. Ensuring and maintaining the production activity, quality, safety, and regulatory compliance in production. Managing the daily operations of the area, ensuring efficient and timely production of the products. Ensure all manufacturing processes comply with cGMP and other global regulatory standards. Ensuring and achieving daily/shift-wise output of respective production areas by adhering to regulatory, GMP, and HSE guidelines, with proper utilization of resources and optimum cycle time. Ensuring and performing the production activities to achieve the production plan. Ensuring and performing all the SAP-related activities as and when needed based on respective unit operations. Ensuring and performing all the serialization activities as and when needed based on respective unit operations. Monitoring and ensuring execution of department validation as well as qualification activities in assigned timelines in assigned production areas. Ensure efficient utilization of plant resources, including labor, materials, and equipment. Compliance Ensuring audit readiness in the production areas. Implementing and ensuring compliance to GMP, HSE and ISO guidelines/standards in assigned production areas. Ensuring and maintaining GMP documentation for the process as well area documents in assigned production areas. Ensuring and maintaining documentation for the process validation and qualification in assigned production areas as and when needed. Ensuring GMP as well as HSE training to the staff of the assigned areas. Performing internal quality audit as a "Qualified Internal Auditor" during internal Quality Audit abiding the internal quality audit schedule.
Coordination

Coordinating with...Shop floor for day-to-day activities on the shop floor in production areas. Engineering department for preventive and breakdown maintenance, modifications, etc. Quality department for all quality-related activities related to assigned production areas. Warehouse department for any materials supply. Procurement department for procuring and controlling auxiliaries. Controlling department for costing. P & O department. Supply chain for production schedule
Monitoring and Improvement : Monitoring and improving the yield of assigned products. Monitoring and improving the overall equipment efficiency of respective areas. Ensuring and maintaining the standard labour hours of the respective product. Monitoring and improving the on-time in full delivery. Identify opportunities for process improvements and cost reduction in the manufacturing of products.
Training Ensuring and imparting training to the operative staff on GMP, HSE, ISO requirements, operation of machines, and process improvement as and when required. Ensuring ZENTIVA group mandatory training as per the defined timeline.Others The Manager will work closely with cross-functional teams to optimize processes, manage resources, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Lead, mentor, and develop the production team, including production supervisors, operators, and support staff. Conduct performance evaluations, identify training needs, and provide coaching and development opportunities for team members. Investigate and resolve any safety incidents, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Develop and manage the plant's budget, including monitoring costs and implementing cost-saving measures. Preparation of departmental OPEX and CAPEX budget. Participation in site LRP discussion and implementation. Oversee inventory management to ensure the availability of raw materials and the timely delivery of finished products. Manage plant resources, including labor, materials, and equipment, to meet production goals. Provide regular reports to senior management on plant performance, including production output, quality metrics, and compliance status. Implement continual process improvement methodologies to drive operational excellence. Develop and manage the plant's budget, including monitoring costs and implementing cost-saving measures. Carrying out any other assignments or projects like qualifications and validations as per the instruction of the dept. Head to meet the organizational priorities. Identifying and correcting unsafe conditions or behaviors and promptly reporting other potentially hazardous situations. * Maintaining plant assets in good condition and making optimum use of all resources.