About the role
What you´ll do
- Drive process optimization projects to improve safety, quality, productivity, yield, and manufacturing efficiency.
- Optimize mixing, blending, batch processing, filling, and packaging operations.
- Lead cost reduction, cycle time improvement, and capacity enhancement initiatives.
- Manage new product introductions, plant trials, scale-up activities, and commercialization.
- Support technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing and establish process parameters.
- Develop, validate, and standardize manufacturing processes, batch cards, and process control documentation.
- Collaborate with global and regional engineering, R&D, and operations teams to implement new technologies and processes.
- Lead qualification and implementation of new and alternate raw materials, including MOC activities.
- Investigate process deviations, quality issues, and production losses using RCA and CAPA methodologies.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process reliability and product performance.
- Ensure products consistently meet quality standards and support quality improvement programs.
- Monitor process and quality trends, implementing preventive and corrective actions as needed.
- Ensure compliance with SHE, Process Safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Participate in HAZOP studies, risk assessments, safety audits, and process safety improvement initiatives.
- Support sustainable manufacturing through waste, emissions, and energy reduction projects.
- Analyze plant capacity, identify bottlenecks, and drive debottlenecking and OEE improvement projects.
- Define batch cycle times and provide technical support for production planning and operations.
- Lead implementation and closure of process-related Management of Change (MOC) projects.
- Provide processing cost estimates and evaluate manufacturing cost optimization opportunities.
- Lead cross-functional projects involving R&D, Quality, Production, Maintenance, Procurement, Engineering, and Supply Chain.
- Provide technical training and operational support to manufacturing teams.
- Support customer audits, regulatory inspections, and compliance requirements.