GENERAL MANAGER –PHARMACEUTICALS MANUFACTURING
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Position Overview
- Location: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
- Department: Manufacturing / Production
- Industry: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Dosage Forms: Tablets, Capsules, Ointments, Creams & Gels
- Experience: 15–20+ Years
- Compensation: Up to ₹24 LPA, depending on experience & suitability
- Reporting To: Director / Senior Management
- Joining: Immediate / Short Notice Preferred
About the Company
Pharmaceutical manufacturing company producing tablets, capsules, ointments, creams and gels. The facility is WHO-GMP and Schedule M compliant and supplies pharmaceutical products to government and institutional customers across multiple states. The company is expanding into domestic generic and export markets and is looking for an experienced leader to drive plant operations and manufacturing excellence.
Role Purpose
Lead the overall manufacturing and plant operations at the Gwalior facility, ensuring safe, efficient, compliant and cost-effective production while improving productivity, quality, capacity utilisation and operational systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end plant manufacturing and production operations and ensure achievement of production plans.
- Manage manufacturing of tablets, capsules and semisolid dosage forms including ointments, creams and gels.
- Drive productivity, yield, efficiency, capacity utilisation, RFT, downtime and cost improvement.
- Ensure compliance with WHO-GMP, Schedule M, SOPs, BMRs, GDP and data-integrity requirements.
- Partner with QA/QC for deviations, CAPA, change controls, audits, validation and qualification.
- Provide technical guidance on granulation, compression, coating, capsule filling and semisolid manufacturing.
- Identify bottlenecks and implement process optimisation, waste reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate with Planning, Warehouse, Purchase, QA, QC, Engineering, Regulatory and Maintenance for smooth operations.
- Ensure availability and optimum utilisation of manpower, materials, machinery and other resources.
- Lead plant teams, manpower planning, training, performance management and employee development.
- Ensure EHS, hygiene, housekeeping, 5S and operational discipline across the facility.
- Prepare and review plant MIS/KPIs and present operational performance to senior management.
- Support capacity expansion, scale-up, technology transfer and business growth initiatives.
Candidate Profile
- Bachelor’s degree in B.Pharm / Pharmaceutical Technology / Chemical Engineering or related discipline; postgraduate qualification preferred.
- 15–20+ years of pharmaceutical manufacturing/production experience.
- Strong hands-on experience in tablets, capsules and semisolid manufacturing.
- Minimum 7–8 years with a reputed MNC / large pharmaceutical manufacturing company, preferably in Production/Manufacturing.
- Experience at Production Manager / Sr. Production Manager / AGM / DGM / Plant Head / GM – Manufacturing level or equivalent.
- Proven experience in plant operations, GMP compliance, audits, CAPA, deviations, change control, validation and documentation.
- Experience managing multi-dosage-form facilities and plant teams independently.
- Strong leadership, decision-making, troubleshooting, communication and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Candidates with experience in plant expansion, operational transformation and business scale-up will be preferred.
Key Success Metrics
- Achievement of production targets and schedules
- Improved productivity, yield, RFT and capacity utilisation
- Reduction in downtime, wastage and manufacturing losses
- Strong WHO-GMP / Schedule M compliance
- Timely closure of deviations, CAPAs and audit observations
- Effective manpower and resource utilisation
- Reduction in production-related complaints and deviations
- Manufacturing cost optimisation and operational excellence
- Successful implementation of process and system improvements