RAJESH PATEL

Contact: 714-***-****/ 714-***-**** / 714-***-****

E-Mail: acy8g6@r.postjobfree.com

In quest of senior level assignments in Production Planning / Manufacturing Operations with an organisation of repute

PROFILE SUMMARY

A seasoned professional with nearly 23 years of rich and prolific experience in Pharmaceutical sector:

~ Strategic Planning

~ Production Planning

~ Budgeting

~ Manufacturing Operations

~ New Product Development

~ Documentation

~ Liaison & Coordination

~ Material & Inventory Control

~ Team Management

Skilled in handling tablets, capsules, liquid & dry syrup manufacturing with FDA approval in tablet, capsule and liquid syrup

A keen planner, strategist & implementer with demonstrated abilities in setting up as well as ensuring smooth functioning of overall operations of large manufacturing units and enhancing operational efficiency by making use of leading edge manufacturing technologies including business reviews

Comprehensive experience in devising significant solutions, managing day-to-day production & manufacturing operations and projects for making effective utilization of man, machine, method & materials

Functional expertise in handling the product development with key focus on bottom line profitability by ensuring optimal utilization of resources

Possess a clear understanding to industry, technology trends with distinction of instituting quality control techniques to achieve product excellence at the lowest overall costs

Steered initiatives with honed leadership, analytical, problem solving, planning and presentation skills

CORE COMPETENCIES

Coordinating plant operations for the set up standards with accountability for strategic utilization & deployment of available resources to achieve organizational objectives

Managing all technical & managerial aspects, developing reports on performance analysis and handling planning for better productivity

Planning day-to-day strategies, budgets, production schedules, along with resource allocation for optimum output

Planning for day-to-day production related activities, production schedules and allocating work for achieving monthly production targets

Coordinating the entire development activities including requirement analysis, planning, finalising specifications and prototype development

Troubleshooting all technical problems; conducting various tests & inspections to ensure that products developed are in compliance with pre-set quality specifications

Responsible for handling functions like process planning for new products, process machinery selection, facility creations for testing and quality requirements according to customer requirements

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Aug’15- Jan’17 : Health Specialty, California, USA as a Plant Manager

Key Result Areas:

• Oversaw the activities of the Plant including Personnel, Purchase, Production, Warehouse,

Quality Control and Assurance, Maintenance & Project work

• Involve in to new recruitment

• Accountable for production planning of manufacturing department to get maximum quantitative & qualitative output

• Ensured compliance & implementation of current good manufacturing (CGMP) & practices rules and regulations

• Imparted training to the members of shop floor

• Documents preparation as per cGMP requirements and implement that system successfully

Highlight:

• Successfully increase the production output with quality

• Improve the system in all area with proper training to employee

Oct’14- Aug’15 : POPWHITE, California, USA as a R & D Manager

Key Result Areas:

• Actively involved in new Dental teeth whitening product development by using Patented spectrum light theory

Highlight:

• Successfully developed two products Toothpaste and Mouthwash and others are under process

Jun’12 – Apr’14: Valence Healthcare, Himachal Pradesh as Plant Head

Key Result Areas:

Oversaw the activities of production, QA, QC, RM/PM Store and Engineering

Deftly approved monthly schedule of the production planning machine wise prepared by Production Manager & compliance

Deftly approved yearly schedule of the preventive maintenance of all equipment & compliance

Extensively liaised with Govt. Agencies like FDA & Labour office along with the liaison person

Ensured compliance & implementation of current good manufacturing (CGMP) & practices rules and regulations

Imparted training to the members of shop floor

Actively involved in finding a machine supplier, negotiating & finalized as well as prepare the report [FAT Report]

Carried out the investigation on market complains about product along with QA/QC Head and prepared the corrective and preventive action report

Highlight:

Steered efforts in handling plant, achieving 50% more production output as compared to previous years & successfully completed the Liquid Department project as per Schedule-M

Dec’09 – May’12: Jay Formulations Ltd., Ahmedabad as Plant Head

Key Result Areas:

Oversaw the activities of production, QA, QC, RM/PM Store and Engineering

Accountable for production planning of manufacturing department to get maximum quantitative & qualitative output

Ensured compliance & implementation of current good manufacturing (CGMP) & practices rules and regulations

Instrumental role in handling various countries FDA inspection

Highlights:

Distinctively completed the B-Lactam & Cephalosporin Tablet-Capsule project as per WHO

Essayed a stellar role in upgrading the facility of the plant as per FDA requirements of country and provide the guidance to all regarding to required documents and systems as per facility and as per FDA requirements and bagged approval of the following countries:

oNigeria Certificates in 2010

oNamibia Certificate in 2010

oWHO GMP in 2011 [Renewal]

oINVIMA in May-2011

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Sep’06 – Nov’09: Troikaa Pharmaceutical Ltd., Ahmedabad

Growth Path:

AGM - Operations Dec’08 – Nov’09

Sr. Production Manager (Tablet) Sep’06 – Nov’08

Oct’02 – Aug’06: Stallion Laboratories Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad as Production Manager

Oct’94 – Sep’02: Intas Pharmaceutical Ltd., Ahmedabad

Growth Path:

Senior Production Executive Oct’95 – Sep’02

Research Chemist Oct’94 – Sep’95

Oct’91 – Sep’94: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Ahmedabad as Production Chemist

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Conversant with SAP – Production Planning Module, DOS Programme, MS-Office and Internet Applications

ACADEMIC DETAILS

Bachelor of Pharmacy from M S University, Baroda in 1991

S.Y. B.Sc. (Chemistry) from St. Xavier College, Ahmedabad in 1987

PERSONAL DETAILS

Address: 8011 JANEEN CIR, LA PALMA, California - 90623

Languages Known: English, Hindi and Gujarati

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