Dhaval Chunawala
Mumbai
Summary
- Over 8 years of experience in Procurement/ Sourcing in the Pharma
industry. - Commercial Procurement of API's/ Excipient for the Highly Regulated/ Non-Regulated and Domestic Markets
- Sourcing of API's for filing ANDA's to the US Markets.
- Procurement of Print/ Promotional goods to support the Sales and
Marketing function - Currently handling Sourcing of API's for the USA and India market.
- Sourcing for Nutraceutical Ingredients for India market
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
17
17
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Manager - Material Procurement
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
2021.11 - Current
- Initially started with Sourcing for API's for India market and supporting the New Product Launch team upto successful launch of the product
- Liaise with multiple stakeholders like Formulation Development/ Project Management/ Analytical / Regulatory/ IP/ Business/ Corporate Quality/ Legal/ Finance, etc. to ensure all the material and documentation are in place to adhere to project timelines
- Currently managing Sourcing of API's for USA and India market along with sourcing for Nutraceutical ingredients for India market
- Screening for Outsourced Vendors with competitive costs which can be replaced with In-House sources (Make V/s Buy decisions)
- Working on Alternate Vendor Development of API's for India market
- Addressing queries from multiple stakeholders on ongoing projects
- Commercial Procurement of API's for Domestic market
Assistant Manager (API Procurement)
Cipla Limited
2019.09 - 2021.10
- Responsible for Material Planning and Procurement of API's for the Regulated markets for manufacturing location (Invagen Pharmaceuticals) based in the US
- Maintain the stock as per the Inventory norms and ensure that the Purchase Orders are released as per the standard lead time based on the forecasts provided by the Business Teams
- Follow-up for deliveries with Vendors as per the dispatch plan
- Support the Procurement Leadership Team to schedule SNOP meeting with key Strategic Vendors to ensure there is timely resolution of queries and all the Open points are discussed and closed on priority
- Procurement of API's for Regulated/ Semi-Regulated and Domestic markets for own manufacturing locations based in India and Loan License Locations
- Negotiating with Vendor for prices based on market intelligence gathered by interacting with Vendors, referring the EXIM data, browsing the internet sources such as Pharma Compass/ Smart Chem, etc
- Collaborating with internal stakeholders such as Quality/ Planning/ Stores/ Finance/ Marketing and ensuring prompt support with respect to quality issues, delivery schedules, supply gaps, etc
- Closing the Confidentiality Draft Agreement (CDA) to obtain the information such as Open Part of DMF/ other quality documents and closure of Supply Agreements in consultation with Legal Team
- Working with Corporate Quality Assurance team for arranging the schedule of Vendor Audits as per the Audit Calender, Vendor Re-Qualification, CAPA closure, to ensure that there is no compliance issue with regards to Vendor/ Material Quality to ensure uninterrupted supply of materials
- Ensuring that the deliveries are received on time and key supply metrics such as PR to PO conversion, OTIF and material availability are met as per the target
- Raising the Change Controls based on Vendor Change Notifications and follow-up for closure
- Keeping track of budget numbers along with savings target on monthly basis
- Ensuring timely payments to Vendors
- Resolution of Quality issues by involving QA/ QC and Vendor for closing the complaints
- Sourcing of most reliable and cost effective Vendor for Alternate Vendor Development and support R&D Team for Alternate Vendor approvals by arranging regulatory documents, samples, etc.
Senior Officer - Commercial
Ajanta Pharma Limited
2017.11 - 2019.09
- Sourcing of API's for the US Markets as per the requirement of R&D Centre for development projects
- Vendor identification, selection and finalization
- Initializing and finalizing Confidentiality Draft Agreements with Vendors to share the ODMF (Open Part of Drug Master File)
- Addressing queries to the satisfaction of cross functional teams (Business Development, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Drug Regulatory Affairs (DRA), Analytical Development, Formulation Development etc.)
- Attending Vendor meetings with seniors for gathering market intelligence
- Supporting the Regulatory Affairs team for smoother ANDA filing and resolving queries during ANDA filing
- Was instrumental in arranging all the requested technical documents in timely manner which resulted in filing 19 ANDA's in the financial year 2018-19
- Involved in Strategic Negotiations with seniors to reduce the price of the API by formulating and implementing various strategies on the basis of market intelligence, annual consumption of API's which helped in procuring the API's in competitive prices
- Prepare Purchase Orders in SAP system and follow-up with the Vendor for timely deliveries as requested by Production Planning team
- To escalate issues to higher management in case of delay in deliveries of API's which may hamper the production schedule
- Handling queries related to Commercial activities from site QA/QC/Stores
- Finalizing Vendor Audits as per Corporate Quality Assurance (CQA) annual calendar plan.
Assistant - Purchase
Indchemie Health Specialities Pvt. Ltd
2014.06 - 2017.11
- Analyzing monthly requirements of Raw Material and processing of Purchase Orders across all the locations (Daman, Baddi, Sikkim)
- Sending enquiries for various API's/ Excipients, for requirements against indents received from plants, comparing the received quotations & procuring them accordingly
- Follow up with vendors, transporters for timely delivery of materials and avoid delay in deliveries
- Updating & maintaining records of Goods Receipt Note (GRN) & Purchase Order details
- Procuring print inputs such as LBL's, Chit blocks, Rx Pads, folders for Marketing Department across all the divisions
- Preparation of Management Information Systems (MIS) i.e
- Inventory Statement, ABC analysis, Comparative Statement, Outstanding Payment Statement on monthly basis
- Timely forwarding of invoices pertaining to Raw Material, Freight, Promotional inputs & Miscellaneous purchases to Accounts & following up for payment
- Preparing Purchase Orders for Promotional inputs & miscellaneous purchases.
Education
Diploma in Materials Management -
Welingkar Institute of Management - Mumbai
2001.04 -
Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) - undefined
Viva College - Virar, Mumbai
2010.06 - 2013.05
H.S.C (Science) - undefined
Viva College Of Arts, Commerce And Science - Virar, Mumbai
2008.06 - 2010.05
S.S.C - undefined
John XXIII High School - Virar, Mumbai
1996.06 - 2008.05
Skills
Negotiationundefined
Timeline
Manager - Material Procurement
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
2021.11 - Current
Assistant Manager (API Procurement)
Cipla Limited
2019.09 - 2021.10
Senior Officer - Commercial
Ajanta Pharma Limited
2017.11 - 2019.09
Assistant - Purchase
Indchemie Health Specialities Pvt. Ltd
2014.06 - 2017.11
Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) - undefined
Viva College - Virar, Mumbai
2010.06 - 2013.05
H.S.C (Science) - undefined
Viva College Of Arts, Commerce And Science - Virar, Mumbai
2008.06 - 2010.05
Diploma in Materials Management -
Welingkar Institute of Management - Mumbai
2001.04 -
S.S.C - undefined
John XXIII High School - Virar, Mumbai
1996.06 - 2008.05
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