Reinach, Basel-Country, Switzerland
-Project leader for conceptualizing / developing product formulations containing functional ingredients made by fermentation in food, beverage and personal care applications in collaboration with commercial, operations and regulatory teams -Key leader for answering to product inquiries and troubleshooting customer issues by conducting laboratory experiments / prototypes -Coordinator and / or leader of activities with analytical scientists / CROs to characterize products stability and physical properties -Responsible for designing application laboratory for prototypes development
-Implementation of brand new Hard boiled Candy line in Egypt by leading all development stage (FMEA session, trials at suppliers, process capability assessment) and execution phase on site : Commissioning, Qualification and Verification on site following the good manufacturing practices. Outcomes : 4000T of Candies per year and profitability in MENA region increased -In charge of Supply Chain Reinvention program: Line of the Future (LoF – also called Planetary Roller Extruder) implementation for new gum base production in Poland in order to supply all finished gum factories located in MEU & MEA regions. 7 months based on site to perform Commissioning, Qualification and Verification phases for ensuring factory start-up and production at the targeted efficiency -R&D project leader for establishing line process parameters for all SKUs as well as all mandatory documents such as process specifications, SOP and technical reports -R&D project leader for providing senior management with overall project timings following continuous improvement philosophy despite tight deadlines; as well as regular project updates -Key contact as a Regional process team member for Global R&D process team based in the USA
-Productivity project leader for validating alternative suppliers & recipe improvements for finished gum products from pilot plant trials to factory implementation. Outcomes : 1M€ associated savings -Project leader for portfolio rationalization by products reformulation and simplification program -Elaboration of prototypes in lab / pilot plant and sensory assessment vs. consumer needs -Leader for selecting analytical parameters « critical to quality » and associated protocols -Leader of Gum & Candy pilot plant facilities relocation from Switzerland to Germany by designing the new layout – transfer of 100 pieces of equipment, all functional on site within 3 months
-Productivity project leader for gum base program as well as encapsulated sweeteners -Key contact / support for quality issues & process improvement in manufacturing plants -Leader for new methodology development with focus on characterization
-Key leader for gum base, encapsulated sweeteners and finished gum pilot plant trials, factory scale-up and troubleshooting -Technical reports execution
-In charge of a study related to quality issues (extruded rubber pieces) in automotive industry -Outcomes: Reduction by 40% of waste by recipe optimization