- Criteria

1.Years of Experience

5-8 Years in Project Management, Procurement Excellence, Packaging Development, Supply Chain, Planning, Cost Optimization, or Operational Excellence functions

2. Educational Qualification

MBA (Operations Management / Supply Chain Management) Preferred. B.E./B.Tech + MBA would be an advantage.

3. Basic Exposure Combination Required (Brief Description)

1) Experience in managing cross-functional projects involving Packaging, Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance.
2) Exposure to packaging cost optimization, value engineering, and alternate vendor development projects.
3) Experience in project planning, project tracking, savings calculation, and stakeholder management.
4) Hands-on exposure to SAP S4HANA, Power BI, and Advanced Excel for project monitoring and reporting.
5) Experience in FMCG, Pharma Packaging, Consumer Products, Chemicals, or high-volume manufacturing environment.

4.Key MUST HAVE Technical Skills

- Project Management & Project Planning
- Packaging Cost Optimization / Value Engineering
- SAP S4HANA
- Spend Analysis & Savings Calculation
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management

5.Key VALUABLE TO HAVE Technical Skills

- Packaging Material Development
- Alternate Vendor Development
- Budgeting & ROI Analysis
- Procurement Excellence Projects
- Lean Six Sigma Exposure

6.Key Digital / Operational Technology (OT) Skills

- SAP S4HANA
- Power BI
- Advanced Excel (Pivot, Dashboard, Data Analytics)
- MS Project




- Data Analytics & Reporting Tools

7.Criteria for Rejection of Profiles

- No project management exposure.
- No SAP S4HANA experience.
- Pure procurement execution profile without project ownership.
- Pure manufacturing profile without cost optimization/value engineering experience.
- No exposure to savings calculations or business case preparation
- Frequent job changes (2 years average stability).

Target Companies Names (Up to 15)

HUL, Nestl, ITC, P&G;, Britannia, Marico, Dabur, Mondelez, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Tata Consumer Products, Reckitt, Colgate-Palmolive, Adani Wilmar, Amul

Companies Names in Adjacent Industries (Up to 15)

Sun Pharma, Cipla, Torrent Pharma, Intas Pharma, Abbott, Alembic Pharma, Glenmark, Alkem, Dr. Reddy's, Jubilant Pharmova, Piramal Pharma, Biocon, Syngene, Wockhardt

Optional: Age Bracket

Up to 35 Years

Preferred Certifications

- PMP (Project Management Professional)
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt
- Supply Chain Management Certification
- Strategic Sourcing Certification
- Data Analytics / Power BI Certification

Ideal Candidate Profile

Candidate should have a proven track record of driving packaging-related cost optimization and value engineering projects, managing cross-functional stakeholders, conducting spend analysis, developing alternate vendors, and delivering measurable savings through structured project management methodologies in FMCG, Pharma, Chemicals, or Consumer Products organizations

📌 PRISM OPEX (AVD) - Project Management (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Zydus Lifesciences
📍 Ahmedabad