Deputy General Manager Global Engineering

1. Enterprise E&M Strategy and Transformation

• Own and continuously refine the PPL Engineering & Maintenance excellence strategy, maturitymodeland phased transformation roadmap.

• Benchmark PPL practices against leading global pharmaceutical companies andtranslaterelevant practices into practical enterprise standards.

• Partner with site leadership to develop short-, medium- and long-term reliability and asset lifecycle plans aligned with business continuity,complianceand investment priorities.

• Act as the central technical escalation point for significant engineering reliability and maintenance risks.

2. Asset Reliability and Lifecycle Management

• Lead asset health, infrastructure, laboratoryequipmentand operational technology assessments, ensuring risks are prioritized by criticality and business impact.

• Drive year-on-year refurbishment, replacement and obsolescence plans for critical process, utility, infrastructure,laboratoryand automation assets.

• Strengthen preventive, predictive, condition-based, reliability-centeredand autonomous maintenance practices to move sites from reactive to risk-based maintenance.

• Ensure robust failure analysis, root cause analysis, CAPA effectiveness, lessons learned and horizontal deployment across sites.

3. Maintenance Excellence and Standardization

• Drive adoption and sustained complianceofglobal foundational guidelines covering asset registers, criticality, planned and unplanned maintenance, spares, lifecycle management, contractor evaluation,competenceand performance measurement.

• Establish consistent governance for PM compliance, MTBF, MTTR, breakdowns, production-impacting failures, maintenance cost, backlog,calibrationand other agreed KPIs.

• Lead critical equipment and spare-parts strategies, including BOM quality, ABC/VED classification, lead-time risk, stockingnormsand opportunities for regional or shared inventory.

• Promote disciplined work management, maintenance planning and scheduling, vendor performancemanagementand continuous improvement.

4. Digital Engineering and Technology Enablement

• Provide functional leadership for CMMS deployment and integration, including standardized workflows, master data, work orders, asset history, maintenance backlog,dashboardsandsparesmanagement.

• Advance predictive maintenance through IoT sensors, condition monitoring,analyticsand scalable use cases.

• Partner with Digital, IT, Automation, EHS, Quality and site teams on OT assessments, legacy system upgrades, cybersecurity readiness, EMS,MESand Industry 4.0 priorities.

• Ensure technology choices improve reliability, data integrity, regulatoryreadinessand user adoption.

5. Governance,Performanceand Investment

• Operate a strong three-tier governance cadence covering site, regional and global reviews, with clear accountability andtimelyescalation.

• Maintain enterprise dashboards and provide concise, data-based updates to senior leadership on progress, risks,benefitsand required decisions.

• Support risk-based capital prioritization and business cases for reliability, obsolescence,complianceand operational resilience investments.

• Confirm that benefits are sustained through audits, maturity reviews, actiontrackingand site ownership.

6. People, Capability and Collaboration

• Lead and develop the central Engineering and Maintenance team, clarifying roles,prioritiesand performance expectations.

• Influence site Engineering Heads and cross-functionalleaders ,building commitment to common standards and outcomes.

• Drive technical competency frameworks,iLeador equivalent capability programs, critical-role mapping, successionplanningand knowledge-transfer mechanisms.

• Create and mobilize global SME pools and communities of practice to solve recurring issues and share best practices.

• Build a “we maintain” culture through partnership between Engineering, Operations and Quality.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Instrumentation, Industrial or related Engineering discipline. A relevant master's degree or management qualification is desirable.

• Typically15+ years of progressive experience in engineering, maintenance,reliabilityor technical operations within pharmaceutical, biotechnology or another highly regulatedPharmaceuticalmanufacturing environment.

• Demonstrated experience in a central,corporateor global engineering function, with responsibility for multi-site transformation,governanceand standardization.

• Preferred experience in a reputed global pharmaceutical company and exposure to manufacturing sites across multiple countries or regions.

• Proven leadershipofmaintenance excellence, asset reliability, lifecycle/obsolescence management, utilities and infrastructure, engineeringstandardsand digital maintenance programs.

• Working knowledge of GMP expectations, quality systems, EHSrequirementsand regulatory readiness relevant to pharmaceutical engineering operations.

• Experience with CMMS/EAM, SAP PM or equivalent platforms, predictive maintenance, IoT/condition monitoring,OTand performance dashboards is strongly preferred.