DIGVIJAY SINGH
Dar Es Salaam
Summary
As a result-driven and accomplished leader, I am highly proficient with over 16 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry Seeking a challenging opportunity to leverage my technical and managerial skills in production management, installations, validations, commercial production, audits, and reporting. I am a dedicated professional, with a flexible approach and can address complex problems in high-pressure environments while achieving goals. Looking forward to taking up mutually beneficial opportunities that offer continual improvement of both and also put leverage on my technical and managerial skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Manager
Zenufa Laboratories Limited
Dar Es Salaam
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Company Overview: Currently associated with M/s Zenufa laboratories limited Tanzania as a Production Manager
- Handled an average monthly production volume of 80 million Units, Tablet: 48 million units, Capsules: 30 million units, Liquid: 1.0 million units and Dry syrup:0.4million General block and penicillin block
- Controlling overall activities of tablets, capsule, Oral liquid, dry syrup and Beta lactam manufacturing
- Coordinated with plant QA/CQA to ensure 100% compliance to regulatory norms and industry best practices
- Lead a team and tactically executed plans to produce benchmark results in agility while enhancing the quality of deliverables
- Harmonized procedures & practices across all sites in compliance to regulatory function while ensuring execution of the expansion project within the set timelines
- Handle implementation of developmental modules Will / Skill development of operators
- Developing new process concepts for production optimization, yield improvement and developing guidelines for the sequencing of manufacturing activities
- Minimizing performance bottlenecks for high productivity with maximization of men, material, cost and machine, etc
- Ensuring timely batch completion and documentation
- Leading a team and attaining the monthly production targets (Tracking progress against targets by analyzing daily reports)
- Appraising the prevalent production systems/ processes, identifying loopholes if any and undertaking result-oriented measures for alleviating them and documenting the same
- Preparation of daily production report, monthly production report, wip report, yield report & operational & Utilization reports to top management
- Maintain the production document as per GMP guideline
- Preparation of maintenance schedule for equipment
- Increased Maximum Batch size as per the management requirements to increase the production volumes based on market demand
- Creating GMP environment through all time audit readyness
- Optimized man power in coordination with Mckinsey and zero OT operation
- Carried forward the primary packaging material to next batch and handled stage wise yield monitoring to identify the losses
Production Manager
DNV Oversease Impex Limited
Haridwar
07.2013 - 12.2018
- Served as Production Manager to handle the entire hormonal block for day to day production activities & production compliance
Production Manager
Krishat Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
07.2012 - 07.2013
- Controlling overall activities of tablets and capsule, Oral liquid, Betalactum manufacturing
- Developing new process concepts for production optimization, yield improvement and developing guidelines for the sequencing of manufacturing activities as part of improvements
- Minimizing performance bottlenecks for high productivity with maximization of men, material, cost and machine, etc
- Coordinated with plant QA/CQA for 100 % compliance and document preparations
- Initiated and implemented resource, man & machine planning optimization while reducing costs and enhancing productivity
- Established short term / long term capex & corporate strategies for achievement of Production targets
- Coordinated with Supply Chain & Purchase Departments to ensure the materials in time
- Leading a team and attaining the monthly production targets (tracking progress against targets by analyzing daily reports)
- Maintain the production document as per GMP guideline
Production Executive
Akums Drugs and Pharmaceutical Ltd
Haridwar
01.2010 - 07.2012
- Served as Production executive to handle production activities of Tablets, Capsule modules with a team of 20 members
- Ensuring the area, equipment & documentation compliance for the tablet & capsule modules
Production Officer
Synokem Pharmaceutical Limited
Haridwar
07.2007 - 01.2010
- Served as Production officer to handle tablet section of various compression lines (Cad Press, Manesty, Killian, Fette) etc
- Supported to quality team for involving various product validation activities
- Maintaining the documents up to date & updating the SOPs on time as per the changes
Education
M.Sc - Pharmaceutical chemistry
HNBGU
01.2010
B.Sc -
HNBGU
01.2007
Skills
- Production Planning
- Process & Resource Optimization
- Manpower Management
- Team Leadership
- Technology Leadership
- Building Capabilities
- KPI Monitoring
- Formulation Development
- Resource Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Production data analysis
- Staffing management
- Production optimization
- Strategic planning
- Process Validation
- Change Control Management
- Deviation Management
- Quality assurance
- KPI tracking
Accomplishments
- Winner of Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) award for the year 2020 in the pharmaceutical field in Tanzania.
- Runner of Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) Award for 2021 in the overall Manufacturing sector in Tanzania.
- Increased Productivity by 60% by implementing creative and innovative ideas.
- Imparting training to the technician concerning multi-skill operation.
- Reduced Downtime by 50%.
- Participated in TMDA and WHO (Geneva) audit.
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Garhwali
- Swahili
Timeline
Production Manager
Zenufa Laboratories Limited
01.2019 - 12.2019
Production Manager
DNV Oversease Impex Limited
07.2013 - 12.2018
Production Manager
Krishat Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
07.2012 - 07.2013
Production Executive
Akums Drugs and Pharmaceutical Ltd
01.2010 - 07.2012
Production Officer
Synokem Pharmaceutical Limited
07.2007 - 01.2010
M.Sc - Pharmaceutical chemistry
HNBGU
B.Sc -
HNBGU
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