Lead - Lifecycle Management

Position Description
Business Division: CSM Manufacturing Strategy
Department: Technical Services
Location: Jambusar
Position Title: Lead - LifeCycle Management
Level: Middle Management
Reporting To: Head Technical Services
Position Purpose
Lead - Life Cycle Management is responsible for managing and improving targeted Yield & Quality and upgrading processes to reduce wastes, solvents and utilities consumption. Enabling Chemical Engineers to trouble shoot process problems efficiently to ensure targeted productivity and timely delivery of products
Strategic Responsibilities
Help achieve entire STRIVE initiatives (2.5 % of COGS)
Successful implementation/introduction of the new technologies
Operational Responsibilities
Leadership of Life Cycle Management Department.
Provide vision and plan for continual improvements of existing processes - for higher Yields, better quality, higher productivity, Recycling of solvents, reducing effluents and improved EHS performance to achieve the STRIVE revenue targets.
Ensure that resources levels, competencies, skills and knowledge are in place to support achievements of Life Cycle Management targets across manufacturing sites.
Delivery of improvement projects to time.
Participate in Route cause analysis for solving the process related problems.
Help Chemical Engineers to trouble shoot process problems.
Ensure that department is using Industry Best Practice in delivery of targets
Develop TOP / SOP for improved processes.
Review of quality plan
Approval of manufacturing SOP and process up gradations.
Performance tests of raw materials and report submission.
The incumbent is expected to be a self-starter and is expected to work with minimum supervision to drive projects to closure.
Financial Responsibilities
People Responsibilities
Managing multi-site teams
Recognize & reward excellent performers & affirm key contributions of employees toward the achievement of goals & objectives of the team
Actively drive, in conjunction with the Senior Management Team, the performance management process of the team
Facilitate initiatives for training need identification and building requisite skills & competencies through systematic training & skill-upgradation initiatives for the team
Inspire & motivate employees through demonstrated commitment to PI’s values, vision & mission and active participation in various team engagement activities
Education Qualification
PhD in Organic Chemistry
Work Experience
15 + Years Experience in R&D and process development of Agrochemicals, Fine chemicals and their intermediates
Industry to be Hired from
Agro-Fine-Chemicals
Functional Competencies
Experience in managing R&D or process development
Strong technical knowledge to provide guidance to team of Site leads and Scientists
Big picture thinker
Understands the broader business drivers with ability to work collaborately with key functions areas such as R&D, Production, QC/QA and EHS
Interaction Complexity and Team Work
Interaction
Frequency
Purpose of Interaction
Internal
Head – TS
Sr. GM / GM / DGM-TS
As required for the business
Strive objectives, Process trouble shooting, Improvement projects, new technology
External
Site head, EHS head, R&D head, QA/QC head
As required for the business
Discuss business requirements, resolve queries and escalations

Work arrangement
No