Plant Head - API Manufacturing

JHC Recruitment Agency; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JHC Recruitment Agency is seeking a Plant Head for API Manufacturing in India. The role oversees overall plant operations, production, and process improvements, with accountability for yield, quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate has strong API/pharma manufacturing experience, proven leadership, and hands-on, results-driven approach to drive efficiency, cost reduction, and technology adoption across production, engineering, QC/QA and utilities.

Qualifications

• Strong API/pharma manufacturing experience.
• Experience managing a complete manufacturing plant.
• Strong process and technical understanding.
• Proven yield improvement and cost reduction.
• Good leadership and team-management skills.
• Ability to take decisions and challenge existing processes.
• Hands-on and result-oriented approach.
• Strong commercial understanding.
• Experience with solvent-based manufacturing and recovery is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Overall plant operations and production.
• Improve manufacturing yield and product quality.
• Reduce manufacturing cost and solvent consumption.
• Improve productivity and batch cycle time.
• Lead production, technical, engineering, QC/QA and utilities teams.
• Troubleshoot complex manufacturing and process problems.
• Improve plant capacity and equipment utilization.
• Implement systems for production, costing and performance reporting.
• Lead process improvement and new technology implementation.
• Develop and strengthen the plant team.
• Ensure GMP, safety and regulatory compliance.
• Take responsibility for agreed production and financial targets.

Skills

Pharma manufacturing

Leadership

Process improvement

Cost reduction

Team management

Decision making

Quality systems

Job description

Plant Head - API Manufacturing

Role & responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Overall plant operations and production.

Improve manufacturing yield and product quality.

Reduce manufacturing cost and solvent consumption.

Improve productivity and batch cycle time.

Lead production, technical, engineering, QC/QA and utilities teams.

Troubleshoot complex manufacturing and process problems.

Improve plant capacity and equipment utilization.

Implement systems for production, costing and performance reporting.

Lead process improvement and new technology implementation.

Develop and strengthen the plant team.

Ensure GMP, safety and regulatory compliance.

Take responsibility for agreed production and financial targets.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Strong API / pharmaceutical manufacturing experience.

Experience managing a complete manufacturing plant.

Strong process and technical understanding.

Proven experience in yield improvement and cost reduction.

Good leadership and team-management skills.

Ability to take decisions and challenge existing processes.

Hands-on and result-oriented approach.

Strong commercial understanding.

Experience with solvent-based manufacturing and recovery is preferred.