Alexander Arlt

Plant Manager

Muttenz, Basel-Country, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Bayer (12 yrs 2 mos)
    • Plant Manager
      Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Responsible for the safe, cost effective, timely and in quality production of one of Bayer’s top selling fungicides. Leading an interdisciplinary team in a matrix organization. Responsibilities include process and plant safety, employee health and safety, incident management, external and internal regulatory compliance, monitoring of efficiency & availability, production process improvements, project management (e.g. cost savings, performance improvements, investments) and coordination, training and education of shift personnel.

    • Head of Process Development Laboratory
      Jun 2020 - Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Chemical process development for agrochemicals and industrialization project management for a pipeline compound. Leading and developing a laboratory team. Advancing laboratory digitalization. Responsibility for work safety in the lab space.

    • Laboratory Head Crop Protection Discovery
      May 2014 - May 2020 · 6 yrs 1 mo

      Early & late phase agrochemical research in Pest Control and Disease Control. Collaborative research with the Pharmaceuticals Division and former Bayer Animal Health. Project manager of research projects and significant own contributions to the discovery of active ingredients. Leadership and development of laboratory teams.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Kyoto University
    May 2013 - Apr 2014 · 1 yr

    Method Development in Asymmetric Phase Transfer Catalysis with Prof. Dr. Keiji Maruoka

  • Doctoral Researcher at Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
    Dec 2009 - Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Natural Product Total Synthesis with Prof. Dr. Alois Fürstner