This curriculum vitae summarizes Praveen Karabuja's professional experience and qualifications. He has over 13 years of experience in supply chain management and operations for pharmaceutical companies. His most recent role is as Deputy Manager for Planning at Eisai India Pvt. Ltd., where he is responsible for production planning, materials planning, inventory control, and capacity planning. Praveen has a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and is pursuing a Master's degree in Pharma Business Management. He has extensive expertise in demand and supply management, inventory management, and production planning.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details:
Mobile : +917893933446 E Mail: praveenkarabuja@gmail.com
DATE OF BIRTH : 13.05.1979
MARITAL STATUS : MARRIED
NATIONALITY : INDIAN
LANGUAGES : ENGLISH ,HINDI, TELUGU & KANNADA
Address : Praveen. Karabuja , Flat no.202, SSS Heights, Shiv Sai Nagar, Opp: Radio Station
Kurmannapalem, Vizag, 530046
Career Objective
To excel in Supply Chain Management with the enriched exposure I have for, improving the Supply Chain Planning strategy associated with the
organization I work for.
Areas Of Expertise
Managing production planning and scheduling related tasks including inventory control and trouble shooting for achieving the planned periodic
schedules, within budgeted parameters.
Assessing annual requirement of material, coordinating with the Procurement for identifying a reliable Vendor base for cost effective Procurement
of quality material.
Governing Inventory of material to achieve maximum cost savings with minimum holding of stock maintaining storage areas and arranging
infrastructure to ensure smooth flow of operations.
Qualification
Bachelor in Pharmacy from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
Pursuing Masters in Pharma Business Management from ICFAI University.
Experience Summary
More than One decade of work experience in Mfg. and supply chain operation’s for various markets such as Japan, Europe, US, Middle East and
ROW.Current job profile includes demand and supply management, operations management, Material management, Inventory Management,
Production Planning, Capacity Planning, MIS, S&OP, New Product Launches for formulations and APIs.Monitoring OEE for Identify potential supply
chain failures as part of the planning process, Analyzing results and initiates appropriate action and Submits production planning report to
management and develops solutions to address the potential production problems to meet business goals and mitigate associated risks to Key
Performance Indicators.
Eisai India Pvt. Ltd.(Vizag)
Functional Designation :Deputy Manager For Planning From: Apr-13 to till Date
Reporting To: AGM Planning
Responsible for Business execution by Development or establishment or modification of procedures or/and processes to meet departmental
goals, site goals, global company needs. Production planning: Ensuring availability of manufacturing plans, packing plans, dispatch plans QC
priorities to the plant as per customer priorities. Materials planning: Arrangement of materials in release condition to mfg. plan, and monitoring
of batch releases, dispatches or logistics. Inventory Control: Maintaining of inventory levels as per company norms/customer norms.
Capacity Planning: Utilization of optimum capacity based on available demand.
Demand and Supply management: Acknowledging the POs against Forecast.. And confirming the committed dispatch dates. and updating the
status in S&OP meetings. Operations Management: Monitoring of daily plan Vs. actuals and identification of bottle necks for planned or agreed
plan and discussion with all CFT heads to resolution. Monitoring of batch yield, shift output, product yield, trouble shooting, cycle time , process
optimization, changeovers, site transfers, controls systems. Demerits of process, product variables, process variables//reworks/stability /hold tie
studies. SAP Support: Being Super user of soft wares and ERP/SAP/PSI and Excel. Supports in solvation of SAP related issues of production,
materials, store, sales and distribution, QA and QC to meet the quality compliance of SAP.
Influencing with sound knowledge of Product, Procedures, Processes or methods, metrics, machines, analytics and analysis, business intelligence,
market analysis to take decisions and leading functional teams for trouble shooting.
Team Development: Providing or organizing training on technology, solutions for setup, troubleshooting practices to be adopted for process
optimization and process familiarization. Appraise performance on the achievement of targets against pre-defined objective’s and recommend
career progress.Shop floor controls production control by monitoring and alerting in case of delays with impact assessment. Measuring MPS
Adherence, Monitoring excess consumption, alert and support for Online SAP postings.

2. Teva Pharma India Pvt. Ltd.(Goa)
Functional Designation: Asst. Manager PPC From: Dec-2011 to Apr-2013
Reporting To: Senior Vice President Operations
Responsible for Production-planning supervision, preparing production schedules for manufacturing of launch or commercial products.
Making sure each operation meets shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders.
Analyzing production specifications and plant capacity data and performs mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing processes, tools,
and human resource requirements.
Determining the status of assigned execution of the development of the end-to-end global supply strategy, guidelines, parameters and
performance. Follow up for timely material receipts, QA releases, production, and dispatch activities. Projects, expedites operations that delay
schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen condition. Supports the S&OP process by preparing suitable reports and measurements for
planning metrics/KPI. Analyzing Forecast accuracy and plan materials accordingly.
Aurobindo Pharma Pvt. Ltd. (Hyderabad)
Functional Designation: Asst.Manager SCM From: Oct-2010 To:Dec-2011
Reporting to: Vice President SCM
Responsible for planning of Oral Suspensions, Tablets, Capsules, Dry Powder and Lyo injections of unit-12.
Indenting Material, Monitoring procurement / supply of materials, Arrangement of materials for confirmed production plan in approved
condition for smooth running of the operations and manufacturing activities. Evaluation of weekly/monthly performances against plan and
report. Making MIS reports, analysis of trends in customer requirements, optimization of inventory. Preparing the production plan by
coordinating with plant planning & operation team for finalization. Drive the sales & operations meeting to confirm the sales plan to marketing
team. Tracking pending orders on regular basis. An eye on penalty customer movements all the time. Responsible on monitoring the rolling
forecast of customers Vs. Plant capacity. Measuring the forecast accuracy on monthly basis to plan imported & long lead-time materials.
Participation in the monthly & quarterly review meetings to discuss current and future dispatch plans. Highlight product priority to the
manufacturing team to ensure on timely service of critical requirement. Minimizing slow moving materials based on requirement or minimum
pack size or lot size or economic order Qty or inter unit transfers, stopping the fresh purchases. Replenish RMs not approved by quality or
performance failed materials, Monitor OOS batches and formulates the salvage plan for slow moving materials and drives the same. Tracking of
demand plan, MRP, service levels, safety stocks, lot or batch sizes & production on monthly & quarterly basis to maintain as per inventory
norms. Create monthly plans by incorporating forecast of in-house API's in accordance with launch timelines from various affiliates.
Communicate the launch requirements along with priorities to manufacturing and procurement teams to drive production to meet new product
launch timelines. Provide status updates to respective teams to ensure on time launches in end markets.
The Himalaya Drug Company (Bangalore, Hyderabad and Baddi)
Functional Title: Sr. Executive Contract Manufacturing From: DEC-2007 To:OCT-2010
Reporting to: HEAD MFG
Responsible for Allocation of monthly production, sending of materials requirements, Performance reports (stock statement of RM & PM &WIP &
product wise plan vs. achieved. Auditing of physical qty, storage conditions & quality of materials ,Tracking of material consumption, Non-
moving, & Excess material consumption, daily reports & weekly reports to all concerned dept.PPIC,QC & QA WARE-HOUSE etc. Updating of plant
facility to Headquarters’ for better quality and productivity.
Co-ordination with Business development, Packaging development, QC, QA and Stores for smooth run at LLs.
Ssynthesized data with many variables to develop proposals for management decision making.
Showing improvements in yields. Follow up- of pending issues & new products planed in locations.
Optimization of goods/shipment and ensuring timely deliveries to the destination.Participation in the validation batches for new products along
with QA & R&D.Maintain quality standards as per the product requirements. Actively participating in technology transfer for new molecules in
different manufacturing facilities. Looking after vendor development for new products ( facility)
Participation in quality audit of LL parties along with QA person for regulatory markets.
Sarvotham Group And Kontest Chemicals(Hyderabad and Baddi)
Functional Designation: PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE From: JUN-2004 to Dec 2007
Reporting to: GM PRODUCTION
Responsible for Manufacturing of solids, liquids & semi-solids and Supervision of packing activities. Handling of production lines independently.
Maintain and enforce discipline at shop floor level, counsel and guide employees in the matter of day-to- day operations.
Implementation of plant policies and supervises its applications and administration in area under control
To co -ordinate with warehouse department for the availability of required approved raw and packaging materials to reach the monthly
production schedules.
To co-ordinate with engineering department to minimize production losses due to maintenance break downs and complains to all safety
requirements.
Investigation of yield discrepancy in case of low yields.