Supply Chain Excellence Lead at Bayer BHC Product Supply Biotech
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Supply Chain Excellence Project Manager at Bayer HealthCare LLC
- Past
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- Long Term Planner at Bayer BHC Biological Products
- Operational Excellence Lead - MCRS (Management Control & Reporting System) at Bayer BHC Biological Products
- Project Manager for Site Head at Bayer BHC Biological Products
- Sr Engr -> Prin. Engr -> Head, Process Optimization at Bayer BHC Biological Products
- Consultant at A F Ferguson & Co
- Research Associate at IDS, University of Sussex
- Senior Engineer at Universal Luggage Mfg Co Ltd
- Education
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- University of California, Berkeley
- Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
- Government Engineering College, Aurangabad (GEC-A)
- Connections
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- Industry
- Biotechnology
Prasad Saraph’s Summary
Highly successful and analytical professional with broad experience in conceptualizing, developing, and implementing strategies and tools to improve operational effectiveness of organizations worldwide by leveraging individual and team capabilities. Deep quantitative background honed through excellent academics and professional experience. Cross-functional knowledge of biopharmaceuticals industry. Adept at structuring large and vague business problems. Extensive team experience, both as a leader and participant.
Prasad Saraph’s Specialties:
Project Management, Simulation, Business Modeling, Risk Analysis, Strategic Planning, MCRS (Management Control and Reporting Systems), Business Blue Prints, Supply Chain Excellence, Reengineering, Valuation, Metrics
Prasad Saraph’s Experience
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Long Term Planner
Bayer BHC Biological Products
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAY; Biotechnology industry)
May 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 9 months)
In charge of developing, integrating and updating the long term business plans for Biological Products business group. Scope included production, quality, engineering, finance, HR, RA and projects organizations.
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Operational Excellence Lead - MCRS (Management Control & Reporting System)
Bayer BHC Biological Products
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BAY.F; Biotechnology industry)
June 2002 — May 2003 (1 year)
Lead the core team to develop and roll out MCRS (a culture changing philosophy of how we do business) for Berkeley site. Coordinate with other OpEx teams and the functional MCRS teams to ensure cohesion and timely execution. Oversee the implementation as per agreed upon measurements.
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Project Manager for Site Head
Bayer BHC Biological Products
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BAY.F; Biotechnology industry)
June 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 7 months)
Staff function for the business head of Berkeley site (1500 employees across 10 plants, stand-alone biotechnology business unit for Bayer AG). Involved in different strategic projects and initiatives relevant to the office of Site Head.
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Sr Engr -> Prin. Engr -> Head, Process Optimization
Bayer BHC Biological Products
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BAY.F; Biotechnology industry)
March 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Responsibile for developing mathematical models to analyze the manufacturing capacity and predict impact of future strategic choices including capital investments. First in Biopharmaceuticals industry to develop Hierarchical Business Capabilities Analysis models using discrete event simulation (SIGMA).
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Consultant
A F Ferguson & Co
(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Management Consulting industry)
August 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 5 months)
Market research and Market entry strategy for clients from European Steel industry.
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Research Associate
IDS, University of Sussex
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Research industry)
January 1995 — August 1996 (1 year 8 months)
Conducted empirical research on spread of new management techniques in developing economies through large companies and their supplier networks. Team consisted of one socialogist, two economists, one mathematician, myself and my fellow research associate. Published a book "Corporate Restructuring: Crompton Greaves and the Challenge of Globalization" in 1998 in India, UK and USA.
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Senior Engineer
Universal Luggage Mfg Co Ltd
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Plastics industry)
August 1992 — August 1993 (1 year 1 month)
Worked as shift supervisor over 30 workers and 3 foremen in luggage manufacturing. Main responsibilities included production and quality of the integrated molded luggage.
Prasad Saraph’s Education
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University of California, Berkeley
MS , Engineering , 1998 — 1999
Worked on a project for a large semiconductor company developing a capacity projection for their new facility in Asia under Prof Ken Goldberg. Used simulation to develop the basic model and then heuristic optimization to find the optimal parameters.
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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
MTech , IE&OR , 1993 — 1995
Worked on a project to develop a simulator for job shop scheduling (from scratch in C on UNIX) under Prof P G Awate. The developed simulator was used to test a newly proposed scheduling heuristics and the results along with the new heuristics were published in Sadhana in 1997.
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Government Engineering College, Aurangabad (GEC-A)
BE , Mechanical , 1988 — 1992
Developed FORTRAN based program to carry out FEM (Finite Element Method) based analysis of stresses on irregular shapes and compared results with FDM (Finite Difference Method) to show how FEM provides better approximations on a test problem.
