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Sreekanth Muttineni

Hyderabad

Summary

Dynamic professional with 29 years of experience in Operations, specializing in designing and implementing strategic goals across multiple organizational levels. With a Postgraduate degree in Pharmacy, expertise includes developing effective processes that drive results and enhance operational efficiency. Proven ability to lead initiatives that align with business objectives while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. A strong track record of delivering measurable outcomes underscores a commitment to excellence in every endeavor.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of entire formulations - Injectables and oral solid dosage formulations

MSN Laboratories
01.2022 - 01.2025
  • Company Overview: Close to a billion dollar organization with strong national and international presence in over 60 countries
  • Responsible for working on strategies and implementation.
  • Responsible for planning and capital projects, quality compliance, CMO projects execution and operational excellence
  • Organizations:

PRESIDENT- Global manufacturing (Facilities India and USA based, Capital Projects and Third party manufacturing(LL), Safety Health and Environment)

ALKEM Laboratories Ltd.
02.2022 - 12.2022
  • Company Overview: - One of the top 6 Indian pharmaceutical companies with a strong National and International presence.
  • Managing multiple sites across India and USA
  • Overall number of facilities: 15 (Serving regulatory and National markets)
  • Dosage forms : Tablets, Capsules, Liquids, Powder for Oral suspensions, Injectables (General category, Cephalosporins, Beta Lactam antibiotics both dry powder and liquid injectables)
  • Small and Large volume Parenteral formulations
  • Manage and control Capital Projects for the entire organization with an annual spend of $ 70 to 80 million
  • Safety Health and Environment - Entire organization
  • Overall manpower: 4000+
  • Location : Mumbai, Corporate Office

Chief Operating Officer

Granules India Limited
01.2016 - 01.2019
  • Heading a large formulations facilities (Single site with multiple blocks/Units) with production capacity of over 1.5 billion units per month
  • Formulation plants with PFI (Pre Formulation Ingredient), Tablets and Capsules
  • 100% Regulatory plants and served to major markets like USA, Europe, Canada and LATAM
  • API Sites : Large volume Paracetamol and Metformin producing facilities ( Over 2.5 MT per month)
  • Looked after entire Supply Chain Management
  • Position held: Chief Operating Officer

Sr.VP- Manufacturing Operations

Lupin
01.2007 - 01.2016
  • Headed Plants Located in GOA, NAGPUR and VIZAG
  • Heading the site with Manufacturing, packing, Warehouse, Process development, Packaging Development, HR, Administration, Projects, Accounts, Purchase, EHS, Validation, Training, Plant RA etc., functions reporting.
  • Quality function has administrative reporting but actively involved in every quality related decisions
  • Taken the plant output from mere 180 million to over 1000 million units per month through lean practices and re designing facilities, which is benchmark in the industry.
  • Adding Long term formulations plant capacity working to arrive at strategic decisions.
  • Providing inputs to Facility design in line with Lean Six Sigma and TPM concepts.
  • Led the team successfully in transferring products to Goa from Japan Plant. The first Indian plant supplying over 50 million units a month to the Japanese market and aiming to achieve over 1000 million supplies.
  • Led successfully several regulatory inspections ; US-FDA, UK-MHRA, TGA, PDMA, ANISA etc.
  • Led the team successfully 5 times for US-FDA audit and on 4 occasions closed the audit with Zero observations.
  • Led the team for winning platinum award for “Best manufacturing facility” (large pharma & Biotech category) organized by “Economic times and Frost & Sullivan”
  • Led the team for delivering over 1000 million units (over 85% of the volumes to US) a month and around 11 billion units a year while ensuring excellent quality compliance.
  • Enjoy the work despite the plant being filled with “complex generics” and over 680 SKUs catering to over 30 countries.
  • Working with Accenture group in implementing “Lean Concepts” across the plant and achieving best OEEs possible in manufacturing, packing and Quality control.
  • Position held: Sr.VP- Manufacturing Operations

General Manager - Operations

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.
01.2005 - 01.2007
  • Headed 4 plants with Production, packing, engineering and Warehouse reporting
  • Spearheaded the commencement of manufacturing operations in the new blocks entailing manpower selection, deployment based on skills, training on manufacturing and Quality systems.
  • As a head of Operations (General Manager- Operations) commissioned 2 new manufacturing blocks and took the product output from mere 30 million units to over 400 million units a month.
  • Led the USFDA audit and closed it with Zero observations.
  • Led MHRA,MCC and ANVISA successfully.
  • Ensured execution of demonstration batches over 60 in less than 2 years and streamlined the entire process.
  • Led the team from the design to project work initiation stage of SEZ plants.
  • Position Held : General Manager - Operations

Plant head

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
01.1996 - 01.2005
  • Factory manager since 2001
  • Involved from the design and execution of SMT (Self-Managed Team) concept, a successful and unique manpower experimentation first in the pharma industry.
  • Spearheaded the commencement of manufacturing operations at the new plant entailing manpower selection, deployment based on skills, training on manufacturing and Quality systems.
  • Led MHRA and MCC successfully on at least 3 occasions.
  • Successfully implemented SMT concept at new facility, Goa a 100% export oriented unit.
  • Led the plant closure project and ensured without any untoward incidents
  • Led the teams on several cost improvement projects successfully and won the “dream team” award for achieving highest savings whilst working closely with world class consultants from Accenture and Mckinsey.
  • Last position held : Plant head

Biological E Ltd.
01.1992 - 01.1996
  • Vaccines and Injectable operations
  • Liquid oral preparations

Education

B.Pharm -

Mysore University
01.1990

Master of Science - Pharmacy Operations

BITS –Pilani
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Building the strategies and implementation
  • Adaptability and building strong relationships
  • Creative thinker and enjoy finding solutions to complex problems
  • Data analysis to make a logical decision

Major Pharma Organizations worked

  • Formulations: Injectables (Dry powder, small and large volume liquid injectables),Solids (Tablets and Capsules), Semi solids(Ointments and creams), Respiratory (Pulmules)
  • API : Large and small volume APIs
  • Project Management (Large and small formulations facilities (Parenteral and solid oral dosage forms including expansions) Procurement, planning and Quality, etc.
  • Alkem Laboratories Ltd (Formulations)- Since February 20th 2019.
  • Dr. Reddy’ Laboratories (Formulations)
  • Aurobindo Pharma ltd (Formulations)
  • LUPIN Pharmaceuticals ltd (Formulations; India and Japan based facilities and API
  • Granules India Ltd (API and Formulations manufacturing along with Supply Chain Management)
  • Biological E Ltd (Injectables and Vaccines)
  • Currently working for MSN Labs President- Formulations Manufacturing and strategy (Regulatory plants India, Capital Projects, Planning and Safety Health and Environment)
  • Managed plant operations successfully with “lean manufacturing concepts” and automations.

Timeline

PRESIDENT- Global manufacturing (Facilities India and USA based, Capital Projects and Third party manufacturing(LL), Safety Health and Environment)

ALKEM Laboratories Ltd.
02.2022 - 12.2022

Head of entire formulations - Injectables and oral solid dosage formulations

MSN Laboratories
01.2022 - 01.2025

Chief Operating Officer

Granules India Limited
01.2016 - 01.2019

Sr.VP- Manufacturing Operations

Lupin
01.2007 - 01.2016

General Manager - Operations

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.
01.2005 - 01.2007

Master of Science - Pharmacy Operations

BITS –Pilani
04.2001 -

Plant head

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
01.1996 - 01.2005

Biological E Ltd.
01.1992 - 01.1996

B.Pharm -

Mysore University

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