Chief Executive Officer - Pharma

CEO For a Reputed sterile injectables pharma company

Job tile: CEO

Report to: MD

Key job tasks of CEO :

Planning :

- Collaborates with the board to define and articulate the organization's vision and to develop strategies for achieving that vision.

- Creates annual operating plans that support strategic direction set by the board and correlate with annual operating budgets; submits annual plans to the board for approval.

- Develops and monitors strategies for ensuring the long-term financial viability of the organization

- Develops future leadership within the organization.

Management :

- Oversees the operations of organization and manages its compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Everything from Production to Sales and Warehousing etc.

- Creates and maintains procedures for implementing plans approved by the board of directors.

- Promotes a culture that reflects the organization's values, encourages good performance, and rewards productivity.

- Hires, manages, and fires the human resources of the organization according to authorized personnel policies and procedures that fully conform to current laws and regulations

- Ensures that staff and board have sufficient and up-to-date information.

- Evaluates the organization's and the staff's performance on a regular basis and plans on how to take corrective action where needed.

Financial management :

- Oversees staff in developing annual budgets that support operating plans and submits budgets for board approval.

- Prudently manages the organization's resources within budget guidelines according to current laws and regulations.

- Ensures that staff practices all appropriate accounting procedures in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

- Provides prompt, thorough, and accurate information to keep the board appropriately informed of the organization's financial position.

HR management :

Is responsible for all activities within the entire HR function but manages it through the support of the HR team headed by HR Manager.

- Recruitment and contracting of company and project staff;

- Employee development, and training;

- Policy development and documentation;

- Employee relations

- Performance management and improvement systems;

- Employment and compliance to regulatory concerns and reporting;

- Company-wide committee facilitation including planning, production, staff and

- Board of Directors, including arranging meetings and agendas, attending and minuting meetings;

Marketing :

- Look for areas where our products could gain market share and come up with ways to capture the potential available.

General Administrative :

- Evaluate in-place systems and procedures and streamline where appropriate. Ensure ISO is being followed in all the departments.

- Evaluate technology implementation and optimize within budget constraints.

- Continuously evaluate the needs, performance, personnel and cost-effectiveness of the operations.

- Evaluate and control travel, entertainment and all discretionary expenditures and implement new written policies for these issues.

- Review all equipment leases for cost cutting / improved technology opportunities.

- Create / update business plan for current internal clarity and banking or capital formation needs.

Merger and Acquisition :

- Identify which mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and investments make the most sense for the company.

- Identify the growth issues regarding acquisitions, spin offs, expansion, downsizing, establishing new, and/or closing existing branches and stores.