CAREER SUMMARY:

• Results - driven professional offering over 6 years of experience in leveraging project management, functional and business analysis insight, on-time deliverables and impeccable customer Support and 7 years of synthetic chemist in Research and Development in Pharmaceutical industry.
• A well-presented and pro-active project manager who has a relentless drive to have a broad impact rather than just deliver results.
• Possessing vast experience of coordinating and managing all project activity, providing clear guidance and leadership to a team and ensuring that all legislative requirements are fully met
• Conceptualising and implementing feasible plans/strategies while facilitating smooth execution of large enterprise multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
• Meticulously planning and monitoring projects with respect to requirement, cost, resource deployment, budgeting, time verruns, quality compliance, and manpower while ensuring commitment to delivery.
• Skilled at handling multiple tasks and projects simultaneously in challenging environments with excellent relationship management skills and the ability to relate to people at all level of business and management.
• Executing research projects for development of new products, up gradation of existing products & processes and conducting application trials Cross-Functional Supervision, Team Building & Mentoring, Client Relations & Presentation,
• Business & Planning Vendor Management
• Leading delivery of projects and services for top - notch Confidential clients
• Track record of developing and commercialising different phases of NCE s with high quality to maintain cohesive business relationships and work with clients requiring complex and demanding service agreements.
• Expert in preparing winning proposals (RFP) for custom manufacturing of API s and intermediates.
• Unique blend of business analysis, project leadership/management, domain, and user training expertise.
• Absolute functional knowledge on NCE s (Literature search, Process development, process improvement, cost reduction, Tech transfer, Scale up and Analytical knowledge), leading projects right from functional analysis of business requirements to developing solution strategy to support the FA, technology research and evaluation, monitoring and review of development, integration and testing, and client coordination.
• Outstanding in leading and working with multi-ethnic and cross functional project teams while translating client requirements into realistic systems and solutions.
• A natural leader with high degree of flexibility and adaptability in work, developing and mentoring the team members to furthering business objectives to new heights.
• Excellent communicator, leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.

WORK (IT) SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows XP / Vista / Win 7/ Win 10

Tools: SAP (PS, MM, PP, SD, QM), LIMS, MS office outlook, projects, Concerto and ISMS, IBM Lotus notes

Application Servers: SharePoint, EMC2 e-room, Ariba, Salesforce

Languages: SQL & PL/SQL

CAREER PROGRESSION:

Confidential, Edison, NJ

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Recruited by two of the nation’s leading Pharmaceutical firms to provide project management over large-scale, top-priority and complex technology initiatives.
• Managed budgets of up to $5M and cross-functional teams of up to 15 synthetic chemist, analytical chemist and Chemical engineers
• Successfully overcome the production issue i.e solvent contamination and found product is solvent absorbent. Resolved the issue with the customer support and delivered product on time.
• Led teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.
• Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data. Anticipated and managed change effectively in rapidly evolving global business environments.
• Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Moved between different approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures.
• Honoured with Piramal Best contributor in 2011 in recognition of outstanding project results.
• Appreciated from Confidential customers for delivering the project on time and in full.

Confidential, NJ

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Exploring for the new suppliers across the globe to caters the requirements of the existing and new buyers.
• Responsible for the NDA’s sign off with both Suppliers & Buyers.
• Interacting with both the Suppliers and Buyers for smooth transaction of the products.
• Custodian of RFP/RFQ’s, pricing proposal and submitted the final proposal to customer or BD Manager
• Conducting telecons with stake holders, preparing the minutes and closely tracking the activities for the smooth transaction of the Business.

Confidential

Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

• Custodian of RFP/RFQ’s, pricing proposal and submitted the final proposal to customer or BD Manager
• Managing API projects, validation as well as commercial campaigns.
• Works closely with development & operational groups to ensure clients timelines are met while ensuring a
• Seamless, consistent and effective process throughout the project life cycle and beyond.
• Responsible for smooth progression of a project from initiation to closure, while maintaining time-lines and core forecasts.
• Conducts initial project kick-off meetings with the internal departments as well as with the client, to set a proper communication & understanding with the client.
• Prepares gantt charts, project trackers and project charters for the projects and will ensure that the teams are following the same.
• Coordinates with all the internal teams responsible, for completion of the activities.Responsible for overall management (time, cost & scope) of multiple projects assigned from different clientele.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for managing overall cost, time & scope management of projects from inception to closure.
• Spearheading activities involving in planning, scheduling, tracking & monitoring projects through its entire life cycle in coordination with various teams like PR&D, AR&D, SCM, PE, QA, QC, regulatory, logistics, vendors, third parties (make or buy decisions for out sourcing activities) and production.
• Drawing contingency plans, risk identification & mitigation plans and executing projects through its entire life cycle.
• Arranging cross functional team and supervising a team of 25-30 people.
• Interfacing with customers to understand their needs and deliver, single point contact for clients.
• Offering end-to-end service to customers in the domain of development, manufacturing and supplying APIs, intermediates to big and emerging pharma companies across the Globe.
• Visiting on-site visit customer place and conducting customer visits and audits to manufacturing sites.
• Documenting all Project documents such as Project charter, SOW, weekly updates, Responsibility Matrix, Risk Mitigation documents, client technical documents, Audit/Visit reports, Minutes of teleconference calls, Project planning, Closure report, Customer satisfaction Index in the e room and archiving it as per ISMS.
• Counselling new joiners into project management & providing them training in PM software-MSP.
• Guiding business development team in preparation of RFP’s & RFQ’s.
• Examining progress of the projects using appropriate tools and interacting the same to sponsor and all other stakeholders.
• Fixing the monthly invoicing targets to team and guaranteeing that the targets are met.
• Carrying out a review of completed projects with key stakeholders, attaining project sign off, reconciling schedule and cost variance and archiving the lessons learned

Confidential

Chennai as Manager - Program Management

Responsibilities:

• Managed pre - sales, project delivery and execution of strategic initiatives
• Received the enquiries from BD/Customer for evaluation
• Studied for do ability by circulating it with the functional heads
• Carried out necessary inputs from the functional heads and discussed with the business head
• Custodian of pricing proposal and submitted the final proposal to customer or BD Manager
• Practiced all kind of RFI's from customer and coordinated with the functional dept.
• Tracked projects based on metrics like QUOTIF & EVM
• Included business MIS projecting site outlooks to top management
• Arranged presentations about the site developments and sweet spots
• Handled more than 35 projects and worked on 4-5 multi-projects simultaneously
• Managed customer management owing to effective listening & communication skills
• Conducted internal weekly reviews for the project and ensured project team complied to the project plan
• Administered the customer's due diligence visits
• Executed the organisation s strategic initiatives as a part of execution team
• Served as a key member in churning out the Order to Delivery process for early phase molecules