Pankaj Agarwal

About Pankaj Agarwal

Over 35 years of multi industry, multi functional, global roles experience of leading business transformation in Pharma, Consumer Goods and Back Office. Adopting new technology and Digital Transformation, FMCG and BPO operations. Lean Six Sigma Deployment and Quality, Program management, Supply Chain, Plant Operations, Setting up green field projects/expansions etc, Phrama:Created a new functions from scratch and delivered globally bench marked top quartile results in equipment productivity ( OEE) and Yields. Delivered savings of more than USD 30 Mn over 7 years ( 12 month tracking), more than USD 70 Mn cumulative.Currently leading programs on 1) Technology Upgradation - Continuous Manufacturing in Finished Dose and Continuous Reactor in API, 2) Digital Transformation of manufacturing 3) Reduce valid OOS using Six Sigma and 4) Invalid OOS in Laboratory Effectiveness. Identified one commercial product to convert to Continuous manufacturing and 4 products in API for continuous reactor.Working with McKinsey for Digital Transformation.In two years total OOS have gone down by 50 % and Laboratory Incidents by 40 % across all regulated sites.Created capability of six sigma in the organization trained certified 70 BB, 60 Gb and more than eGB.Deployed Operational Excellence in global manufacturing facilities in US, Brazil and Mexico with particularly improving profitability of Brazil operations.BPO Operations:• Managing, growing and renewing contract with largest global chemical company with multi country delivery engagement in a hybrid model.• Managing multi tower, and multi geography delivery• Delivering on productivity commitments through identifying and executing multi location/geographyprojects to deliver value to the client.• Managing large teams in multiple geographies and motivating them to deliver on tough commitments.• Building a large process excellence team from scratch and making it a key factor in winning deals and growing accounts.•Deployment of Lean Six sigma organization wide from scratch.Manufacturing and Projects Lead teams to set up green field project and the expansion projects. Lead teams of managers in operating large plants and multiple contract manufacturing locations Lead team to make plants strategic by reducing cost and improving quality to bring it to best in the industry

Experience

1. Head - Strategic Projects

   Lupin Pharmaceuticals

   Oct 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Leading Lupin Drive in Conti Mfg of Tablets

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Production Engineering

  1984 — 1988

• Lucknow Christian College

  Bachelor's Degree, Physics , Chemistry , Maths

  1982 — 1984

• Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

  PGDIM, Operations and Supply Chain

  1988 — 1990

• S R M Inter College , Bisalpur

  Intermediate, PCM

  1975 — 1982

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Process Outsourcing (Bpo)
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Global Delivery
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Manufacturing
• Management
• Team Building
• Strategic Leadership
• Training
• Process Improvement
• Procurement
• Vendor Management
• Analysis
• Leadership
• Supply Chain
• Business Process Improvement
• Outsourcing
• Project Management
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Auditing
• Six Sigma
• Business Strategy
• Bpo