PPIC Executive

Job Role

Driving production planning, capacity optimization, and cost efficiency across a multi-product pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, directly supporting director and COO-level decision-making. Own end-to-end batch-wise cost analysis, product-wise utility costing, and raw material costing to strengthen financial planning and identify cost-reduction opportunities. Manage daily production, yield, and finished goods reporting while overseeing raw material inventory and dispatch coordination to ensure zero stock-outs and uninterrupted operations.

Key Responsibilities

Production Planning & Scheduling

• Develop and optimize monthly production schedules, aligning batch cycle times with reactor utilization and downstream equipment availability across multiple API product lines.
• Update production schedules on a daily basis with input, output, and yield data along with delay tracking, ensuring real-time visibility into plant performance.
• Coordinate with production, quality, and warehouse teams to ensure schedule adherence and minimize downtime.

Capacity Planning & Process Engineering

• Conduct capacity mapping across reactors, centrifuges, VTDs, and distillation columns to identify utilization bottlenecks and improve throughput.
• Support plant expansion projects by engineering the addition of new process equipment, applying scale-up principles and detailed capacity/mass balance analysis.

Cost & Utility Management

• Drive product-wise utility costing to enable precise cost allocation and strengthen budgeting accuracy at the leadership level.
• Conduct raw material costing for each product and report findings directly to senior management, delivering critical inputs that shape financial planning and pricing strategy.
• Lead in-depth batch-wise cost analysis to track manufacturing costs, uncover cost-reduction opportunities.

Material & Inventory Management

• Proactively track raw material inventory to prevent stock-outs across critical materials, closely coordinating with the supply chain team to safeguard uninterrupted production.
• Implement systematic inventory tracking to minimize wastage and improve material utilization.
• Prepare daily finished goods stock reports and coordinate with the sales team to enable smoother, on-time dispatch planning.
• Monitor batch-wise material consumption against standard norms and flag discrepancies to senior management, ensuring tight cost and quality control.

Reporting & Stakeholder Communication

• Prepare daily production reports along with monthly and yearly yield reports, delivering critical performance insights directly to senior management to support strategic decision-making.
• Prepare and present operational and cost reports to senior leadership (COO/Director level).

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Chemical Engineering
• 13 years of experience in pharmaceutical or process manufacturing, preferably in an API/bulk drug environment.
• Working knowledge of unit operations, mass and energy balance, and plant design economics.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems (ERPNext or equivalent) is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and data analysis for cost tracking and reporting.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Effective communication skills for cross-functional and senior-management reporting.
• Sound understanding of production planning, capacity mapping, and cost analysis.