Sr Executive/Manager - R&D Process Excellence

Terapia - a SUN PHARMA Company; Sun City; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking a Senior Executive/Manager for R&D Process Excellence. The role focuses on enhancing project efficiency, collaboration on product development, and implementing process improvements utilizing digital tools. Ideal candidates should possess strong managerial and analytical skills, and be self-driven with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders effectively.

Benefits

End to end exposure to pharma projects

High visibility role

Qualifications

• Technical knowledge & managerial skills required.
• Experience in project investment review and control.
• Strong analytical and report creation skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive process diagnostics using Lean methodologies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for timely project completion.
• Identify process automation opportunities in R&D.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Project management

Process improvement

Technical knowledge

Stakeholder management

Lean methodologies

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

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Title: Sr Executive/Manager - R&D Process Excellence

Date: Jul 10, 2025

Location: Sun House - Corporate Office

Company: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd

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 Strategic projects and Process Excellence. The person will be expected to work on Process Excellence role under supervision of reporting manager.

He/ She will work for

• Evaluation of Digital and AI&ML technologies for the product development phase.
• Analyse processes end to end and drive process diagnostics using Lean methodologies to identify process improvement opportunities. Work closely with internal & and external stakeholders to drive projects to completion on time.
• Collaborate with the Product Development team to assess the risk, stability, and capability using digital tools to develop a product.
• Identify process automation opportunities in R&D and manufacturing sites. Designing automation roadmap by Process Automation to increase efficiency
• Identify cost improvement opportunities in existing products and present them in monthly meetings with Management, initiate CIP, and drive them till the validation phase.
• Identify the opportunities to apply cutting-edge technologies in product development to enable smooth scale-up aligned with the vision of RFT above 95%.
• Manpower assessment and productivity assessment through setting up KPI and measuring them.
• Design and establish a matrix for Reward and recognition
• Project investment review and control for the R&D center
  
  

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
  

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