Afsar S. Email & Phone Number

I am a competent professional with around two decades of proven track record in managing entire gamut of Project Management, program Management, In-Out Licensing, regulatory affairs, New Product Development, strategic decision making, building portfolio and Team Management across Pharmaceutical industry.Experience in concepts of end-to-end project management from scope management, to activity sequencing, cost estimation, risk analysis to quality management in line with organizational guidelines and norms.#Team Leadership, CDMO/CMO, Strategic Influencing, Business Partnering, Working with Vendors. Controlling Quality, Benefits Realization

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  Team Leader (Cipla Leadership Group) Project Management

  Cipla

  Sep 2024 - Present - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  Facilitating Integration Management, Mentoring Teams; interfacing with the R&D Teams (IH, CDMO, IL Partner), SCM and Marketing Teams to achieve organizational objectivesSupporting portfolio, business and marketing for Formulating effective strategies to enhance organizational value across product selection in fine-tuning strategies in Key markets USA, EUEM, China, Brazil and India for sterile, topical dosage forms & biosimilar productsEnsuring timely completion of complex generics products NDA, ANDA, 505 (b2), MA, Drug Device Combination Dossier for the development within the scheduled time and are launched as planned through and Stage Gates and Risk AssessmentsOrganizing CFT Meeting with the internal / external CFT, addressing timely escalationsAcquired in-depth understanding of regulation with a track record of timely delivering the projectSpearheading the entire gamut of projects including budgeting, planning, client engagement, vendor selection & execution, contract negotiations & administration and reportingFacilitating end-to-end delivery of the projects, meeting internal and external objectives (Cost, risk, scope, time, resource, quality) Liaising with the senior stakeholders to create a strategic roadmap for timely execution of projectsAssessing & identifying product, technology, site for company straight fit as per organization need and defining strategy with the Business and SCMSpearheading external manufacturing / outsourced supply functions to ensure that all Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO) produce, and supply are all available Managing lifecycle management of all Programs ensuring compliance & robustness with a focus on on-time delivery, customer service and supply reliabilitySupporting Business, Quality & SCM, Conducting Customer Audits and Quality investigations, managing Quality Technical Agreement (QTA) and Annual Product Quality Reviews (APQR).