Ashok Kumar
Assistant Manger- Contract Manufacturing Services
Hyderabad
Summary
Proactive manager with demonstrated leadership abilities, strategic planning expertise and problem-solving acumen. Assists senior managers with accomplishing demanding targets by encouraging staff and coordinating resources. Methodical and well-organized in optimizing coverage to meet operational demands.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages
Work History
Assistant Manager- Contract Manufacturing Services
Wockhardt Ltd.
Hyderabad
11.2017 - Current
- Managing 43 CMOs spread across pan India (TP and LL) and delivering products with not less 93% OTIF.
- Improved OTIF from 68% to 90% with in three months.
- Regularly meeting with CMO's to discuss supply chain excellence and business targets to provide performance feedback, communication to all external supply organizations.
- Managing Contract Manufacturing Organizations for production planning, execution, and compliance.
- Managing and reconciliation of purchase orders, verification and reconciliation of supplier invoices and logistic or transport documents. Tracking of material analysis status – RM, PM/FG/WIP.
- Responsible to collaborate and follow up the external suppliers for timely release and delivery of SKUs to meet the OTIF (On Time In Full).
- Monitoring wastages/write off, and destruction process as per company norms. SPOC between Supply chain planning and external supply organizations.
- Responsible for coordination of engineering changes, product line extensions, new product launch and process validations at external suppliers.
- Managing internal and external stakeholders for material and product procurement, new product launch, batch release, logistics.
- Monitoring of manufacturing activities at external manufacturing organization to ensure the quality and compliance.
- Plan and track budget adherence together with finance, accounting and procurement. Accountable for the budget for the CMO
- Responsible to build strategies to meet market conditions (Market dynamics).
- Coordinate and contribute to contract establishment and vendor selection procedures in collaboration with procurement
- Periodic verification of inventories at external supplier and adjusting the differences.
Senior Executive
Jodas Expoim Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
08.2015 - 10.2017
- Performed load development studies of autoclave, and Tunnel.
- Prepared and executed of Operational Qualification protocol of vial washing, tunnel, dry powder filling and sealing machine, external vial washing machine, and stem sterilizer.
- Prepared of operating and cleaning SOPs of the equipments and proving or imparted training to operators and executors.
- Prepared and executed of Performance qualification of the line equipments.
- Prepared and executed the aseptic process stimulation protocols, performed hold time studies of the equipment and primary packing material (Vials and Rubber stoppers).
Junior Executive
Hospira Health Care India Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
02.2015 - 08.2015
- Monitored the regular commercial batches to ensure the process compliance.
- Executed the engineering batches, collection of the data for planning pilot batches.
- Performed PV of equipments as per the master validation.
- Gathering of the data related to total process time, down time.
Junior Executive
TherDose Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
09.2012 - 02.2015
- Performed load development studies of autoclave, and Tunnel.
- Prepared and executed of Operational Qualification protocol of vial washing, tunnel, liquid filling and sealing machine, external vial washing machine, and stem sterilizer.
- Prepared of operating and cleaning SOPs of the equipments and proving or imparted training to operators and executors.
- Prepared and executed of Performance qualification of the line equipments.
- Prepared and executed the aseptic process stimulation protocols, performed hold time studies of the equipment and primary packing material (Vials and Rubber stoppers).
Education
Master of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutics
Nova College of Pharmaceutical Education& Research
Vijayawada 09.2008 - 05.2012
Skills
Supply Operations
Stakeholder Management
Aseptic Operation
Cross cultural Communication
Flexibility and Adaptability
Certification
Project Management Professional
Timeline
Project Management Professional
12-2020
Assistant Manager- Contract Manufacturing Services
Wockhardt Ltd.
11.2017 - Current
Senior Executive
Jodas Expoim Pvt. Ltd.
08.2015 - 10.2017
Junior Executive
Hospira Health Care India Pvt. Ltd.
02.2015 - 08.2015
Junior Executive
TherDose Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
09.2012 - 02.2015
Master of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutics
Nova College of Pharmaceutical Education& Research
09.2008 - 05.2012