Anton Gerdenitsch

Human being, European, Traveler, Site Head and Member of the Takeda Germany Management Team

Germany

About

Be curious and adventurous. Life's good.

Experience

  • Site Head and Managing Director Takeda Germany at Takeda
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Managing Director Takeda Germany • Site Head Singen The Takeda Site in Singen (Germany) is a state-of-the-art production facility with over 1,500 employees manufacturing a major vaccine and medicines, which are delivered to more than 50 countries worldwide. With an investment of €400 mio Takeda has established the Site Singen as global hub for its dengue vaccine Qdenga.

  • Novartis (8 yrs 6 mos)
    • Global Head Contract Manufacturing
      Apr 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Managing the global Contract Manufacturing Business of Novartis

    • Platform Head and Global Head Contract Manufacturing
      Oct 2021 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      - Managing a Novartis' technology platform including Biotech- and Cell&Gene-Sites in Europe, the US and Asia with a focus on contract manufacturing - Overseeing all Business Development, Marketing and Sales activities with full P&L-responsibility - Strategically developing the platform to meet the growing demand for high-quality Biotech- and Cell&Gene-CDMO services

    • Managing Director Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Austria
      Nov 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

      - Managing Director of Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GmbH (3.000+ employees), Austrian subsidiary of Novartis operating 3 Biotech-Sites and a R&D-center - Managing the Sandoz-Spin off in Austria (2.000 FTE and 2 Manufacturing Sites)

  • Fresenius Kabi (8 yrs 6 mos)
    • Head of Market Unit Contract Manufacturing
      May 2014 - Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      - Managing the sterile contract manufacturing business of Fresenius Kabi globally - P&L-Responsibility - Key Account Management - Business Development

    • Director Contract Manufacturing
      Sep 2008 - Apr 2014 · 5 yrs 8 mos

      - Sterile contract manufacturing business of Fresenius Kabi - Setup of Business Unit in the US - Acquisition of customers/projects for all plants worldwide - Contract Management - Planning and executing the marketing budget

  • Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG (8 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Supply Chain Management
      Jan 2006 - Aug 2008 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      - Responsible for the departments Purchasing, Logistics and Key Account Management - Managing a team of 20 employees - Responsible for In- and Outsourcing of sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals - Worldwide strategic Sourcing of raw materials and final products

    • Head of Business Unit Synthesis
      Aug 2000 - Dec 2005 · 5 yrs 5 mos

      - Managing a chemical multi-purpose API-production plant including an Up scaling-unit and a development laboratory (25 employees) - Key Account Management - New Business Development (innovative and generic API´s; sterile pharmaceuticals) - Project Management: 8 Mio. Euro extension of an API-production plant - Concept Study for an API-plant in India

  • Plant Manager at SEMPERIT AG
    Nov 1999 - Jul 2000 · 9 mos

    - Management of an industrial manufacturing unit for hydraulic hoses (100 employees) - Responsible for the quality and productivity of the unit