Braine-l’Alleud, Walloon Region, Belgium
Executive Sr Director experienced in leading large R&D and engineering teams with deep expertise spanning multiple technical and engineering disciplines. Demonstrated accomplishments in product development & launch, stakeholder management, product development, innovation, building high performing teams and company’s transformation. Able to create strategic vision to enable company goals, execution and delivery. Financially savvy and highly motivated to achieve customer goals and fine-tune staff performance. Experienced in leading : • Next product design and development • Technology Development & Innovation • Strategic planning • Organisation design and transformation • Talent management • Off-shore R&D/LCM management • P&L Management & Long Range Planning • Program and portfolio management • Life-Cycle Management (LCM)
• Lead global clinical nutrition and process development strategy across the product lifecycle, from early development through commercialization • Drive scientific, technical, and operational excellence in clinical nutrition programs, ensuring alignment with regulatory, quality, and patient‑centric objectives • Oversee process development, scale‑up, and technology transfer to manufacturing, strengthening robustness and lifecycle performance • Partner cross‑functionally with R&D, Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to accelerate development timelines and reduce risk • Build and mentor high‑performing multidisciplinary teams, fostering a culture of innovation, rigor, and continuous improvement
• Spearheaded development of a Global Packaging Platform, standardizing design and manufacturing across multiple geographies • Implement Global standards and processes improving quality, cost and speed of product launches • Defined engineering requirements for Spin-Off execution and future manufacturing lifecycle strategies • Cultivate innovation-driven culture, accelerating development of market focused, scientifically advanced products
• Management of 12 engineering Centers of Excellence (+/- 200 people) ranging from Molding & extrusion to aseptic fill & custom automation design and workshops (Medical device and Pharmaceutical products) • Management of automation design plants, engineering plants and engineering groups in multiple geographies (EU, US, China) • Enabled cost saving opportunities of 40 M$ and continuity of supply protecting over 10M$ sales • Driving CAPEX projects >75M$ for new manufacturing lines using digital twin for process modelling • Development and implementation of a global automation strategy to enable HC reduction • Spearheaded global strategies to enable product and plants remediation • Overseeing technical transfer of processes and products in various manufacturing plants
Custom solution phase peptide synthesis • GMP scale up synthesis of peptides form lab to Kg • Process improvement and scale up of chemical reactions • DMF redaction of the API process description. • Synthesis of Lipopeptides, Phosphopeptides