Operation Excellence Lead - API

Role & responsibilities

Operations Excellence (OE)

Cost Productivity: Drive constraint / critical

API projects • Drive throughput improvement projects on constraint/critical line • Identify scope of improvement short / long term capacity debottlenecks area. • Capacity challenges across units to support new and current business & filling requirements. • Ensure and plan the execution of improvement projects in co-ordination with Business / CI and manufacturing team. • Identify and managing scope for opportunity / improvement by analysing the trends of batches for continuous improvement. • Ensure HSE and cGMP practices are strictly followed during continues improvement projects. • Compilation of all completed projects and financial impact achieved for tracking of savings along with CFT alignment.

Cost Productivity: Improvement & Tracking

of Equipment Efficiencies

• Initiate OEE tracking of bottleneck lines to identify losses and drive improvement projects. • Tracking improvement projects related to Opex driven by Operational Excellence team in each unit/Block. •

Cost Productivity: Improvement & Tracking of

Product (SKU wise) Overall Yield (IL4 & IL6) • Prioritization of Top SKUs basis Volume & Value. • Compilation of all completed projects along with financial impact achieved for tracking of savings along with its alignment with site & central finance.

Process Robustness • Improve process capability of products highlighted by units using DMAIC approach As per business need

Capability Building - LSS Academy • LSS trainings to shop floor aspirants. • Creations of White belt & Green belt (LSSGB & LSSWB) • Deployment of LSS projects through DMAIC approach & different analytical. • Excel & PowerPoint first hand trainings to unit team • Meetings Simplification, though internal Dashboard Development and Visual Management

Manufacturing 4.0 (Pegasus)

Digital Transformation Use Cases • Initiate data collection, daily governance for sprint use cases OEE, cycle time etc. • Ensure 'AA' model for initial deployment of analytics use-cases. • AA-based process capability improvement for enabling 'golden batch' outcomes. • AA based cycle time variability reduction driving production improvement. • Digital-and-analytics led dynamic real-time manpower allocation. • PPDS (Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling) Implementation

Pegasus Data & tech • Support and work with Data and tech lead to drive for Bottom-of-stack: unit-level interventions identification for high, medium high, medium low and low maturity units

VIII. Mfg 4.0 Pegasus – Mfg Tech & Auto • Support to execute the site specific project management for the aspiration for manufacturing technology upgradation (including automation),basis business need

Review database / dashboards and

performance review documents

• Tracking of Operations dashboard (Thoth) on monthly basis for Cipla and subsidiary units. o FTE/Kg o D2D o Cost/Kg Units o C Vs A o OEE o Mi-wave • Coordinate with HR and Finance to collate Manpower, Opex & Yield data.

Employee engagement

Conduction of Idea generation sessions all units. • Structured reward & recognition (digital / F2F platforms) for various cost productivity initiatives • Tracking of major Quality & Delivery deliverables through “Unit of the month” recognitions

Manpower productivity

Manpower optimization / repurposing by execution of various tools at shopfloor, such as OPE, DILO, OEE use case deployment. • Evaluate and recommend manpower asks request which is been raised by Unit. • Area/Equipment wise manpower plotting

Manning Proposal Evaluation

Recommendation on Capex proposals for asks raised by unit team – Basis Ask • Monitoring of Utilization & OEE monitoring area wise

Coordinate for the execution of special

projects across all units to ensure timely

completion of Operational excellence

initiatives.

• Drive and execute different projects related to automation, process, work simplification, establish processes, throughput improvement, yield improvement etc. that are identified based on business needs. • Supports cross functional teams on their continuous improvement journey by guiding them through an understanding of Lean Six-Sigma concepts, CI methodology, Kaizen events and other process improvements methods to drive key KPIs in cost, delivery, and quality.

Support to Unit Team -Basis Ask

• Analysis of data • PPT • Energy and Water Projects • Internal Dashboard’s • Other Projects Drive – Short term/Long term

Preferred candidate profile

Preferably a Graduate in Chemical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineer

• 5-10 years in manufacturing excellence with knowledge of Lean manufacturing (Chemical/API Industry experience shall be an added advantage)
• Six sigma & Lean certifications like Green belt, Black belt
• Excellent Problem solving and analytical skills
• Quick Learner with interest in new technologies & Problem Solving challenging.
• Sound Process Engineering knowledge
• Good interpersonal & intrapersonal skills with ability to work in cross functional environment.
• Ability to form and lead CFT.
• Knowledge of basic statistical tools, applications, and data analysis
• Sound knowledge in Ms Office Tools (Excel, PPT and word file)
• Entrepreneurial Mindse

Recruiter

Mohaneswara Reddy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohaneswarareddy