Scientist - Iii
CurrentIn my current role:- I manage a team of 8 members in planning and executing experiments, allocating resources, and overseeing, ensuring timely completion and maintaining consistent turnaround time, which demonstrates my skills in people and time management, task prioritization and delegation.- I possess strong team building and mentorship skills and train new team members in GLP, instrument usage, and SOPs, conduct competency assessments and provide feedback to ensure skill development and high team performance.- I have successfully reduced the sample processing time by 30% and boosted throughput and accuracy by 20% by automating and optimizing extraction protocols on liquid handling system.- I have significantly contributed to reduce the FFPE sample processing cost by 50% by developing cost-effective and time-efficient protocol that enabled the product launch in a strict timeline demonstrating to leverage my scientific knowledge in process improvement.- I am responsible for writing SOPs, validation documents and reviewing checklists, instrument calibration reports as per CAP and NABL standards, ensuring regulatory compliance. - I successfully transitioned documentation from hard copy hard copy to electronic format, maintaining audit ready records, improving document management efficiency.- I played a key role in designing & implementation of an in-house LIMS by collaborating with software development team leading to 35% improvement in data management efficiency.- I led and participated in four audits annually (two external -CAP & NABL, and two internal), ensuring comprehensive, audit ready documentation and proactively addressing non-conformities.- I present excellent communication and presentation skills by organizing regular meetings with stakeholders, preparing presentations to update project progress and address challenges.
