Vakilian

About Vakilian

At West Pharmaceutical Services, leadership in strategic program management merges with a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt to deliver exceptional operational and manufacturing advancements. Pioneering strategic initiatives, our team focuses on Centers of Excellence (COEs), driving the platform\'s growth through meticulous planning and execution of large-scale manufacturing programs. With a tenure marked by the successful leadership of capital and customer projects, the emphasis has always been on quality control and margin expansion. Co-founding EchoFetch has further sharpened my acumen in startup environments, fostering a business culture where analytical problem-solving ensures operational efficiency and production excellence.

Experience

1. Sr Strategic Program Manager

   West Pharmaceutical Services

   Dec 2022 — Present · Tempe, AZ, US

   Responsible for directing and delivering strategic program initiatives across the integrated value stream of the platform from concept to scale-up.Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of strategic initiatives across the platform, focusing on COEs, ensuring the appropriate resources and organizational strategy to advance manufacturing capability to meet current and future business goals. Accountable for the platform\'s strategic deliverables long-term plan, including large-scale manufacturing scale-up programs, strategic optimization and rationalization of the manufacturing network, capital Investment ownership, critical manufacturing programs to drive margin expansion, and digitization within the value stream aligned with global oPMO initiatives.

Education

• Bu-Ali Sina University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering

  1998 — 2002

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Global Management

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• Microsoft Dynamics
• Engineering Management
• Visio
• Program Management
• Iso
• Business Process Improvement
• Continuous Improvement
• Six Sigma
• Ms Project
• Systems Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Lean Startup
• Sharepoint
• Testing
• Kaizen
• Infopath Forms
• Engineering
• Root Cause Analysis
• Project Management
• Solidworks
• Fmea
• Quality Management
• Mrp
• Change Management
• 5s
• Manufacturing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Design for Manufacturing
• Quality Assurance
• Leadership
• Management
• Configuration Management Standard Ansi/Eia-649b
• Electronics
• Product Development