Andrew Spencer

Senior ERP Business Process Manager at Novartis

Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area

About

APICS CPIM certified supply chain & IT professional, with over 10 years’ experience in aseptic pharmaceutical materials supply management and demand planning, 5 years’ experience in Change Management and project implementation in 7 countries, throughout 17 sites as well as over 10 years’ experience in logistics and production planning. Six sigma & Lean Manufacturing black-belt certified implementing more than 30 improvement projects leading teams of 5-10 members generating savings > €1m in 6 years. Excellent communicator, dynamic, resourceful, flexible, team player, focused on results. Fluent in Spanish, French and English and intermediate Catalan. Expert IT user. Profesional en supply chain y TI, certificado en CPIM con APICS, y con más de 10 años de experiencia en el aprovisionamiento de materiales asepticos y materias primas para la industria farmaceutica aséptica y planificación de la demanda, ,5 años de experiencia en Change Management e implantación de proyectos en 17 plantas en 7 paises, además de más de 10 años de experiencia en logística y planificación de producción. Certificado en Black-Belt Seis Sigma y Lean Manufacturing, habiendo implementado más de 30 proyectos de mejora, liderando equipos de 5-10 personas, generando ahorros de > €1m en 6 años. Comunicador excelente, dinámico, ingenioso, flexible, trabajador de equipo, enfocado a resultados. Hablo español, francés e inglés con fluidez, y catalán intermedio. Usuario experto en TIC. Specialties: Inventory Management Supply planning SAP Project Implementation Logistics Lean Six Sigma IT

Experience

  • Senior ERP Business Process Manager at Novartis
    Aug 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Materials Supply Lead at Siegfried Holding AG
    Jan 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Novartis (Barcelona Area, Spain · On-site)
    • MRP Work Stream Lead - MRP II Class A implementation (NOSSCE)
      Mar 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Work stream lead for materials requirements planning in Novartis customised MRP II Class A implementation at Novartis TechOps Barcelona Aseptics Site.

    • Materials Supply Manager
      Jan 2014 - Jan 2021 · 7 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for supply and inventory management of all direct raw materials, primary and secondary packaging for pharmaceutical plant specialised in the manufacture of aseptic eyecare products.

  • Supply Chain Projects Specialist at Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
    Mar 2012 - Dec 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • AGC Glass Europe (Brussels Area, Belgium · On-site)
    • Change Manager
      Aug 2010 - Mar 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Manage and lead changes in business processes, IT systems and team organisation throughout 17 sites in 7 countries coming from the implementation of new working methods and systems based on SAP for sales and distribution, transport management, production, warehousing, external procurement and finance. Perform change diagnostics for each site and department in order to create a specific action plan to ensure a smooth transition to the new, standardised methods of working. As-Is/To-Be organisation analysis for over 3800 end-users identifying change action plans for adaptation to future organisation. Stakeholder analysis to ensure consistent and continued buy-in of interested parties such as vice presidents, country management, middle management, shop floor. Supervise the correct realisation of training programmes in each area. Create and implement a project communication plan, ensuring the right messages are sent and understood by all levels of the organisation. Advise project management and country management in each step to ensure business stability during the process of change. Highlight gaps with regard to all changes across all tracks. Create, implement and supervise action plan.

    • Business Corporate Key User
      Sep 2008 - Aug 2010 · 2 yrs

      Lead, coordinate and ensure the implementation of SAP APO as the group planning tool in the 17 European factories of AGC Europe in Belgium, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia and Spain. Supervise and guide user training for over 100 users Manage the centrally-based master data team of 6 people, ensuring the consistency and quality of the master data input into the system (products, resources, shifts, calendars, BOMs & routings, etc) stemming from an average of 30 daily products (new or changes) Create cutover plan. Project risk assessment & contingency/mitigation action plan creation.