Job Description

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 Life Cycle Management Projects. The person will be expected to work on project introduction as well as portfolio management under the supervision of reporting manager.

He/ She will work for

• Project Introduction - Opportunity Identification
• Identify opportunities for re-launch of projects
• Pre-PIF Evaluation - Involves

• Identification of impacted plants, formulations & markets.
• Understanding the future demand & working out the business case (Co-ordination, Data Collection & Data Analysis)
• Assessment of business value & work involved

• For DF - primarily this involved analytical, regulatory, formulation & procurement
• For API cost reduction - analytical, regulatory & formulation plus evaluation of the suggested change for viability via discussion with procurement, plant, GP&T etc
• Project evaluation, Plan & Business Case Creation, Presentation to Sr. Management for Approval,
• Need to co-ordinate with R&D, SGO, API, SCM, Finance, Market and Procurement for Project Introduction
• Project Portfolio Management - Monitoring project progress, Resolution/Escalation of critical issues, MIS preparation, Monitoring of market dynamics
• Responsible for the success of the project portfolio - both from value & time perspective
• Expected to manage senior & junior stakeholders
• Need to understand & resolve issues and escalate when required
• Be responsible for MIS for monthly updates, shared goals discussion,

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

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries