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Vice President & Head Sub-Saharan Africa for a multi-national generic pharmaceutical company.20+ years of multi-country, General Management experience in leadership positions directing substantial growth, leading turnaround, building top-performing multi-cultural, multi-national teams within Pharmaceutical industry. Seeking challenging opportunity. Can relocate |
 Contact Mahendra Bharadwaj
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Area of Expertise: |
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Director, CEO, COP, President
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Professional Experience: |
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 2015-Present. 4th largest Global Generic Pharmaceutical Company. Vice President -
Sub Saharan Africa and Assisting Integration Management of aquired Ranbaxy Labs Ltd.
RANBAXY LABORATORIES LIMITED, Gurgaon, Haryana,India 2001 – 2015
Multinational pharmaceutical company exporting products to 125 countries with ground operations in 45 and manufacturing facilities in 8 countries with more than 10K employees.
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST, Pretoria, South Africa (2011 – Present)
Leads 1,000 team members within Africa and Middle East region, spanning 65 countries, generating US$240M sales through subsidiaries in South Africa (RXSA, BeTabs, Sonke), Nigeria, Egypt, and Morocco and 6 representative offices located at the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroun, Nairobi, Lusaka, and Dubai. Manages manufacturing plants in South Africa, Nigeria, and Morocco.
Selected Achievements:
Clocked 20% growth, double of market, with healthy EBITDA via delivery of Africa growth strategies.
Led new manufacturing projects, directing 3 green-field initiatives
BUSINESS HEAD, CHRONIC THERAPIES & DERMATOLOGY, RANBAXY INDIA, Mumbai, India (2010 – 2011)
Managed 8 verticals encompassing CVS, Diabetology, Neuropsychiatry, Urology, Orthopedics, GI, ARV, and Dermatology comprising 14 SBUs/task forces with 2000+ field sales force generating US$150M in sales. Directed diverse businesses and teams with varying complexities including chronic/acute therapy areas, mass teams/task forces, unionized/non-unionized FF, and unique customer segments.
Selected Achievements:
Executed successful major field sales force expansion focusing on Marketing and Selling strategy, logistics, knowledge management, deployment, SFE, and motivation.
Delivered 21% growth in highly competitive market via strategic execution of growth initiatives.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, TERAPIA S.A. (A RANBAXY COMPANY), Romania (2008 – 2009)
Led 2 manufacturing plants (Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca), 6 business units with 3 verticals (Branded Gx, Traded, and OTC Pharmaceuticals), and 7 warehouses under Terapia Distributie for 3rd largest operation of Ranbaxy generating US$120M in sales with 1000+ employee and 300 field sales force. Managed Bio-equivalence Centre, Phase I CT Studies Centre and 60 Bed Clinical Unit, BE, IT, QA (EU release site). Provided back-end support to European operations including Finance, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and Business Development.
Selected Achievements:
Steered company through and sustained growth during challenging economic times in Europe and government price cuts. Key player in establishment of Romania as back-end hub for European operations.
MANAGING DIRECTOR, RANBAXY GUANGZHOU (CHINA) LIMITED, China (2007 – 2008)
Led manufacturing plant and entire commercial operations
MANAGING DIRECTOR, RANBAXY UNICHEM COMPANY LIMITED (2001 – 2007)
WIN-MEDICARE LIMITED, New Delhi, India (1990 – 2000)
A JV of Mundipharma Switzerland
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Education: |
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION,(Major in MARKETING), PODAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT,India
BACHELOR OF PHARMACY (HONS), BITS, Pilani, India
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
President, ASSOCIATION GENERIC PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS ROMANIA,
Speaker at: CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL CONGRESS, Beijing ~ AVIRA(INSEAD FRANCE) FORUM, France CHINA EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOL, Shanghai. Head -India Business Forum (Pharma) S. Africa
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