Christopher Pollinini

Global director of supply chain projects

Lucerne Metropolitan Area

About

In a nutshell: 20y’s experience in supply strategy within Fortune 500 companies. MBA, Certified supply chain APICS, PMP, Pharma GMP auditor, Quality systems auditor (general ISO9001 & Medical ISO13485), Pharma certified regulatory & launch manager, Javascript-Python AI & Big Data Microsoft associate, Project manager Lean-Six Sigma black belt, plus fluent in EN/GE/FR/IT/ES Education: • MBA - Imperial College of London, distinction • Supply chain master's - American APICS, distinction • Chemical eng master's - IQS of Barcelona, distinction • Quality auditor pharma GMP - AQS • Quality auditor ISO9001 - IRCA • Quality auditor ISO13485 - BSI • Project manager - Lean-SixSigma, black belt • Pharma development manager - ECA certified • Pharma regulatory affairs manager - ECA certified • Artificial intelligence developer - Microsoft's Cognitive AI, certified associate • Data analyst - Microsoft's Machine learning, certified associate • Cloud architect - Azure solutions, certified associate • Language certifications - English, Spanish, French, German, Italian (Level: all>C1 + US, ES & IT citizenships) • Dow Chemical Technical Award 2013 • 4 Dow Chemical Reliability Awards for safe improvements in central Germany (2012, 2013 and 2014) • Author financial publication: "The MBA Guide" • Owner for 50% of a patent for a self-cleaning chemical reactor

Experience

  • Novocure (Zurich, Switzerland)
    • Director of global supply chain PMO
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      Leading the supply chain project management organization, responsible for changes within the supply chain.

    • Head of global NPI
      Dec 2024 - Apr 2025 · 5 mos

      Leading the New Product Introduction activities through supply chain into commercial production.

    • Senior manager of global supply
      Nov 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Leading the commercial manufacturing activities through production management, S&OP and IBP integration, Performance monitoring and all aspects after the post tech-transfer phase.

  • Air Products (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Director of northern continent operations services
      Apr 2018 - Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Leading Air Products' Nothern Europe supply chain control and optimization network: 87 units of pharma quality Nitrogen, Argon, Oxygen and CO2 with more than 100 clients. Plus, Strasbourg site director. - Supply Chain: Ensure supply leading Engineering, Operations and Quality teams towards S&OP excellence, while maintaining costs and safety. - Projects: Continuous improvement, Project portfolio, and Operational strategies. - Strategy: Risk management & Merges. - Commercial: Customer strategy & Contract profiling. - Business administration: Budgeting, HR, Business management & Finance planning. - Quality: Pharma and Food quality standards, GMP Compliance, audits & EHS.

    • Site director
      Oct 2017 - Feb 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Leading all activities at Strasbourg manufacturing site, consisting of two production plants with GMP pharma compliance and one of France's top 10 Seveso tier: 1000 ton/day of food and pharmaceutical quality Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon. - Operations: Asset management, Capital & Optimization projects. - Plant: Budgeting, Distribution, Scheduling & Manufacturing plans. - Quality: Audits, GMP, ICH Q10, ICH Q9, ICH Q7, Eudralex Annex 6.

    • Manager of continuous improvement for France, Germany & Benelux
      May 2015 - Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Optimizing Air Product's business system through Business Excellence (BEX) and Operational Excellence (OpEx) projects in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium & Netherlands. Highlights: - Complete supply chain review for Rotterdam plants. - Contract reviews around Natural Gas, including SAP and automatic invoicing systems through IT efforts: impact of 0.8MM Eur. - Contract reviews around distribution systems, including automatic invoicing systems, invoicing paths and financial steps. - Optimization of Steam production plants, Hydrogen production plants. - Optimization of Nitrogen distribution systems, Steam distribution systems. - Operational digitalization through Industry 4.0.

  • The Dow Chemical Company (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • Manager run plant of utilities
      Jun 2011 - Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Leading the teams responsible for all utilities in the industry complex of Schkopau: Water treatments, Gas, Steams, Cooling, Sludges, etc. Highlights: - Running plant activities - Team of 47 technicians - Improvement projects - Production projects - Forecasting & distribution

    • Lead process engineer of plant design & construction
      Jan 2010 - Jun 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Team lead for new plant design within Dow Design Center in Germany. Highlights: - Complete design of a Glyphosate plant in Brazil, responsible for 2 engineers. - Complete design of a Polyurethane (PU) plant in China. - Partial design of a Chloro-fluoro carbonated (CFC) plant in Stade. On top of the design package, patent development for a new type of self-cleaning reactor. - Optimization for distribution systems of High-Density Polypropylene plants (HDPE) to solve quality issues in the European pipeline system. - Optimization of Epoxy Adhesives (EA) plant: Redesign of the dosage, mixture and batch systems, resulting in 0.7MMEur/year savings.

    • Process engineer SME of heat exchange
      Jan 2009 - Jan 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Specialist in heat exchangers for new plant design within the "Dow Design Center" in Germany. Highlights: - Improvement of heat exchange systems in Ethylexyl Acrylate (EHA) technologies. - Improvement of heat exchange systems in Butyl Acrylate (BA) technologies.