Senior Manager Production

CCL Pharmaceuticals is a global life sciences company with over six decades of experience and operations in more than 20 countries. We are dedicated to expanding access to trusted healthcare by delivering high-quality, science-backed solutions across diverse therapeutic areas including diabetes, cardiovascular, neurology, psychiatry, urology, oncology, immunology, biosimilars, antibiotics, and nutritional supplements. With a workforce of over 3,000 professionals, we combine scientific expertise and local insights to improve how people live, heal, and care for themselves. Joining CCL means becoming part of a collaborative, mission-driven environment where your growth is valued alongside your contributions, fostering learning, leadership, and innovation throughout your career.

Key Responsibilities
As the Senior Manager Production at our Sundar Plant, you will lead the production operations ensuring timely execution of production plans aligned with cGMP, approved SOPs, and quality standards. Your role involves overseeing production planning, monitoring, and execution while driving continuous improvements in productivity, product quality, and operational efficiency. You will collaborate closely with Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams to facilitate smooth cross-functional coordination. Key duties include minimizing production losses and wastage, enhancing equipment effectiveness, ensuring proper documentation, and maintaining compliance across all production activities. You will also promote a safe working environment and develop production team capabilities through effective training programs.

Required Qualifications
Candidates should hold a Pharm-D or an equivalent degree from a recognized institution. A minimum of 8 to 10 years of managerial experience in production operations within a reputable pharmaceutical company is essential. A strong understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, cGMP requirements, SOPs, and quality compliance is required. Experience in production planning, scheduling, process validation, equipment qualification, and operational performance improvement is critical. Proven leadership skills in managing production teams, resource allocation, and meeting operational targets within budget are necessary. Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and team-building abilities are expected. Effective communication, presentation, interpersonal, and conflict management skills are also important. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and general computer literacy is required.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
This position reports to the Associate Director Plant and is based at the Sundar Plant. You will work alongside production teams, plant leadership, and cross-functional departments including Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Supply Chain, and Engineering to ensure smooth production operations, maintain quality and compliance standards, and drive continuous operational improvements. The role involves collaborating with key stakeholders to optimize manufacturing performance, support product transfers, strengthen operational processes, and align production activities with business priorities and regulatory requirements.

Our organizational culture is grounded in transparency, inclusion, and a performance-driven mindset that links individual contributions to shared success. We uphold values such as integrity, collaboration, passion for growth, and innovation to excel.

We offer continuous learning and development opportunities, the chance to lead production operations and implement improvements, and exposure to cross-functional collaboration in pharmaceutical manufacturing and quality functions. Our environment prioritizes operational excellence, safety, quality, and innovation, providing a meaningful opportunity to contribute to a global pharmaceutical company committed to enabling Healthy, Happy Lives.

CCL Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants based on merit, qualifications, and organizational needs, fostering an inclusive workplace that respects diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.