N. SRIRAMACHANDRAMURTHY, MBA, MSc#12-38, Block – 877, St. 84, Tampines, Singapore |+6591745699| E-Mail: src.murthy@gmail.com

PROJECT MANAGERCustomer Pharmaceutical Services| API

Experienced project manager offering 5 years of success leading all phases of diverse technology and research projects. MBA, MSc Organic chemistry credentials and 7 years of synthetic chemist in Research and Development in Pharmaceutical industry

Business strategist; plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.

Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.

Expert in project management methodologies. Able to manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

Expert in preparing winning proposals (RFP) for custom manufacturing of API’s and intermediates

SKILL /CORE COMPETENCIES Acquired comprehensive exposure in planning and organizing day-to-day research & development activities and executing tasks on

a timely basis Ensuring execution of the project within the set timelines; preparing & maintaining complete documentation of the project within

the set timelines for analytical approach Steered efforts for re-aligning the process, refining them to make them more efficient for the organization Demonstrated acumen in guiding the assessment of skill inventory, manpower budgeting, skill acquisition and training Distinguished for coordinating product development / customization functions including requirement analysis and finalizing

specifications Skilled at handling multiple tasks and projects simultaneously in challenging environments with excellent relationship management

skills and the ability to relate to people at all level of business and management Executing research projects for development of new products, up gradation of existing products & processes and conducting application trials

Monitoring execution of the project within the set cost and quality targets Planning and executing site transfer projects & technology transfer to scale up Devising alternative analytical methods to reduce analysis expenditure for various drug products Cross-Functional Supervision, Team Building & Mentoring, Client Relations & Presentation, Business & Planning Vendor

Management

CAREER PROGRESSION

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Hyderabad), Project Manager, 2012 to 2014Piramal Enterprises Limited, Chennai, Program Manager, 2007 to 2012

Recruited by two of the nation’s leading Pharmaceutical firms to provide project management over large-scale, top-priority and complex technology initiatives. Managed budgets of up to $5M and cross-functional teams of up to 15 synthetic chemist, analytical chemist and Chemical engineers

Drove the high-quality completion of research development and enterprise wide implementation projects for global clients including:

AstraZeneca ltdEli LillyNovartis

GSKJanssenOrion

MerckEsia pharmaSmall biotech firms

Achievement Highlights:

Led teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.

Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data. Anticipated and managed change effectively in rapidly evolving global business environments.

Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Moved between different approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures.

Honored with Piramal “Best contributor” in 2011 in recognition of outstanding project results. Appreciated from MNC customers for delivering the project on time and in full

Jul’ 12 – Jan’ 14 with Dr. Reddy’s Labs Ltd., Hyderabad as Project Manager–Customer Pharmaceutical Services APIResponsibilities: Accountable for managing overall cost, time & scope management of projects from inception to closure Spearheading activities involving in planning, scheduling, tracking & monitoring projects through its entire life cycle in coordination

with various teams like PR&D, AR&D, SCM, PE, QA, QC, regulatory, logistics, vendors, third parties (make or buy decisions for out sourcing activities) and production

Drawing contingency plans, risk identification & mitigation plans and executing projects through its entire life cycle Arranging cross functional team and supervising a team of 25-30 people Interfacing with customers to understand their needs and deliver, single point contact for clients

Offering end-to-end service to customers in the domain of development, manufacturing and supplying APIs, intermediates to big and emerging pharma companies across the Globe

Visiting on-site visit customer place and conducting customer visits and audits to manufacturing sites Counseling new joiners into project management & providing them training in PM software-MSP Guiding business development team in preparation of RFP’s & RFQ’s Examining progress of the projects using appropriate tools and interacting the same to sponsor and all other stakeholders Fixing the monthly invoicing targets to team and guaranteeing that the targets are met Carrying out a review of completed projects with key stakeholders, attaining project sign off, reconciling schedule and cost variance

and archiving the lessons learnedHighlights: Successfully executed project management modules in SAP and followed OTD process to achieve OTI

EARLY CAREERFeb’ 07 – Jul’ 12 with Piramal Healthcare Limited, Chennai as Manager - Program Management

Managed presales, project delivery and execution of strategic initiatives Received the enquiries from BD/Customer for evaluation Studied for do ability by circulating it with the functional heads Carried out necessary inputs from the functional heads and discussed with the business head Custodian of pricing proposal and submitted the final proposal to customer or BD Manager Practiced all kind of RFI's from customer and coordinated with the functional dept. Tracked projects based on metrics like QUOTIF & EVM Included business MIS projecting site outlooks to top management Arranged presentations about the site developments and sweet spots Handled more than 35 projects and worked on 4-5 multi-projects simultaneously Managed customer management owing to effective listening & communication skills Conducted internal weekly reviews for the project and ensured project team complied to the project plan Administered the customer's due diligence visits Executed the organization’s strategic initiatives as a part of execution team Served as a key member in churning out the “Order to Delivery” process for early phase molecules

Jul’ 05 – Feb’ 07 with Sanmar Specialty Chemicals, Chennai as Sr. Research Officer - R&D Multistep Custom / Organic Synthesis of hetero Cyclic and chiral molecules. To develop the purification method for many liquid and solid products. Meet the time line with required quality and quantity. Preparation of the weekly and monthly development report. Have to do reaction with parallel synthesizer. The products purified through column and flash column-chromatography. Making process development report (PDR) for finished product.

Jan’ 04 – Jul’ 05 with Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited, Ankaleswar as Research Executive - R&DMar’ 02 – Jan’ 04 with Gujarat Themis Biosyn Limited Process, Vapi as Research Officer - R&D

SEMINARS Attended various seminars in:

o ISO, ISMS, communication development, team building & team bonding, managerial function & decision making programso Research work presentationso Project management seminaro Cross cultural program, with main focus on US customers

TRAININGS A four day training on Six Sigma Green Belt Four day training on PMP/PMI MS Project Training ICH, GMP & GLP Training

EDUCATION MBA (International Business) from Loyola College, Chennai, Pondicherry Central University in 2011 M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry) from Government College, Rajahmundry, Andhra University in 2002 B.Sc. from Sir CR Reddy College, Eluru, Andhra University in 1999

IT SKILLS Well versed with SAP, MS Office including MS projects & Concerto

PERSONAL DETAILSDate of Birth: 1st June 1979Present Address: # 12-38, Block – 877, St. 84, Tampines, Singapore - 520877 Permanent Address: S/O Bhaskararamam Vanapalli, Kothapeta (Mandalam), East Godavari (District), Andhra Pradesh – 533228Marital Status: MarriedLanguages Known: English, Telugu, Hindi, Gujarati and TamilDependent Pass Number: G3000349M, Singapore