General Manager Operations

Role Overview: As an operations professional with deep production experience and a clear understanding of end-to-end manufacturing dynamics, you have transitioned from the shop floor to a broader leadership role. You bring a steady mix of technical insight, sound judgment, and a practical approach to solving challenges. Your ability to work with limited instruction, focus on outcomes, and commitment to building efficient, compliant, and scalable systems set you apart. Key Responsibilities: - Establish site standards that elevate productivity, compliance, and efficiency beyond baseline, targeting 2x performance optimization in capacity, capability, and cost - Ensure sustained readiness for global regulatory inspections, such as USFDA, EU, MHRA, ANVISA, through rigorous adherence to cGMP and quality systems - Drive continuous process improvements to enhance yield and reduce cycle times - Oversee the execution of exhibit, validation, and commercial batches with strong coordination across tech transfer, QA, QC, and regulatory teams - Build a culture of operational discipline, data-driven decision making, and timely deviation/CAPA closure - Execute capacity planning and debottlenecking strategies with measurable impact on productivity and cost per unit - Strengthen compliance culture through proactive shopfloor presence, documentation rigor, and team capability development - Champion automation, loss-tree analysis, and plant-wide initiatives to align with long-term strategic growth goals - Collaborate closely with leadership to align site performance with business objectives, customer expectations, and future capacity roadmap Qualifications Required: - 18-20 years of deep-rooted experience in manufacturing operations - Strong command over solid dosage production processes with hands-on clarity across equipment, documentation, and shift operations - Precision in production planning and cross-functional alignment to ensure tight schedules and on-time project completion - Familiarity with site readiness frameworks for regulatory audits and always audit-ready in documentation and culture - Track record of leading teams through performance pivots, scaling delivery, improving quality index, and embedding ownership mindsets - Ability to remain calm in high-stakes moments, navigating plant challenges with judgment, speed, and long-range thinking - A rare blend of technical depth, operational sharpness, and quiet leadership that owns execution end-to-end,