Andreas Haffner

Third Party Network Manager

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

About

During my career I lead my teams in accordance with the Lead&Learn principals. My passion is working in a production environment creating pharmaceutical products. In my company I like to drive results, empowering my employees to fulfill our targets. My work is caracterized by estimating what is essential. Prioritizing on essentials allows me to ignore unimportant factors.

Experience

  • Transformation Leader External Manufacturing at Opella (previous Sanofi (2017-2025), previous Boehringer Ingelheim (1992-2017)
    Nov 2016 - Present · 9 yrs 8 mos

    As third party network manager from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma I transferred with my colleagues from CHC Business of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma to Sanofi on January 1st, 2017. Ensure the implementation of a competitive external production network in compliance with legal requirements, guaranteeing that the market can be supplied with contract manufactured products of the required quality, at the required time and in the required quantity and at the required costs.

  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma (Ingelheim, Germany)
    • Head of Production Respimat Ingelheim
      Sep 2012 - Oct 2016 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Leading a production unit of approx. 200 employees. Ensuring manufacturing and packaging of pharmaceutical products in accordance to the GMP regulations and standards - guaranteeing quality, cost of goods, production service level and safety aspects.

    • Head of Qualification and Validation Department (Quality Assurance Unit)
      Oct 2010 - Aug 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Our department is in charge of all qualification and validation activities for the site Ingelheim. This includes production of APIs and drugs as well as quality control labs.

    • Head of Solida Production
      Jul 2004 - Sep 2010 · 6 yrs 3 mos

      Heading production plant for oral solids which includes spray drying, granulation, tabletting and coating technologies. Implementing major organizational changes to successful self-directed working teams within production.

  • Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH (Biberach an der Riss, Germany)
    • Plant Manager (Solids)
      Jan 1996 - Jun 2004 · 8 yrs 6 mos

      Leading production plant for oral solids (tablets, sugar coated tablets, capsules). Managing all aspects of production fulfilling key performance indicators (quality, costs, supply) Extending the capacity for pellets production from 100 millions / year to 1 billion / year. Introduction of self-directed working teams into production organisation.

    • Manager of Qualification and Validation
      Mar 1993 - Dec 1995 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Qualification of major equipment and validation of main processes. This includeds manufacturing and packaging of liquids, ampules, emulsions, solids, steril products and aseptic processing.