Title: Operational Excellence Lead

Job Description

Title: Operational Excellence Lead - Asia & Africa
Date: Oct 13, 2025
Location: Sun House - Corporate Office
Company: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Business Unit: Operational Excellence
Job Grade: Senior Manager / G9
Location: Mumbai

Key Responsibilities

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Position Summary

Job Summary: The Operational Excellence (OpEx) role drives improvement projects with a significant impact on the success of all business units. This role will be based in Mumbai and will drive OE agenda in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria (West Africa), Morocco (North Africa) & Egypt (Africa). This position interacts with all levels of staff in the development and implementation of all OpEx initiatives.

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement Key Responsibilities

• Identify system improvement opportunities using scientific resource modeling and resolve integration issues with parallel projects.
• Drive operational efficiency through Lean Six Sigma, TPM, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure optimal resource allocation, remove execution barriers, and monitor project progress and outcomes.
• Justify OE projects financially, prepare annual budgets, and monitor monthly departmental spend.
• Standardize labor benchmarks across functions/sites; track actuals vs. standards to identify improvement areas.
• Support site teams in closing labor hour gaps and improving bottleneck operations and lead times.
• Conduct Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and implement cycle time reduction strategies.
• Establish and improve OEE metrics across operations.
• Ensure compliance with Sun Pharmas EHS policies and procedures.
• Drive IFQM as part of OE initiative.

Strategic Engagements & Leadership Support

1. Partner with site leadership to identify and address gaps in Quality, Cost, Productivity, and Delivery.
2. Publish monthly OE MIS reports including OEE and Regional performance.
3. Facilitate RCA sessions, process mapping, VSM, and statistical analysis.
4. Conduct LSS/TPM training for production teams.
5. Share best practices across sites to foster learning and replication.
6. Evaluate manpower standards and coordinate reduction plans with HODs; monitor and reduce overtime.
7. Lead Capex/Opex reviews with block and plant heads.
8. Review QMS and drive continual improvement initiatives.
9. Coordinate timely execution of new product launches with all stakeholders.
10. Support additional improvement initiatives as assigned by leadership.

Work Conditions

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in an office or manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle and feel and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and bend.
• Ability to navigate office, lab, and/or plant floor working environments, stands, ambulates, and reaches.
• Must have the ability to wear applicable personal protective equipment utilized at the site, including but not limited to respirators, safety glasses/goggles, and safety shoes.
• He will be traveling 15-20 days a month, and should be okay to travel to all sites globally.

Travel Estimate

50-70 PERCENT

Job Requirements

Educational Qualification
Preferably Engineering background

Experience

• Minimum of 10-15 years related experience in process or continuous improvement at a professional level with management experience.
• Process improvements and application of Lean Six Sigma and Shop Floor management techniques in Automobile, FMCG, or Pharma.

Your Success Matters to Us

At Sun Pharma, your success and well-being are our top priorities We provide robust benefits and opportunities to foster personal and professional growth. Join us at Sun Pharma, where every day is an opportunity to grow, collaborate, and make a lasting impact. Lets create a brighter future together

Disclaimer: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees as assigned to this job. Nothing herein shall preclude the employer from changing these duties from time to time and assigning comparable duties or other duties commensurate with the experience and background of incumbent(s).

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