Gunther Bechmann

Sr. Manager Operations bei Pfizer

Greater Freiburg Area

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Experience

  • Pfizer (21 yrs 1 mo)
    • Sr. Manager Operations / Head of Production
      May 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

      Leading the implementation of a brand new production building (High Containment) including the ramp up of the Operations. Commercial manufacturing of a high volume OEB 4 product in close cooperation with an external customer.

    • Sr. Team Leader PPD Operations / Head of Production Clinical Supplies & Commercial
      Jan 2019 - Apr 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Leader of the Operations team, their development and its activities with special focus on supporting Co-Development activities, clinical and commercial supplies, contract development incl. clinical supplies and launch of new Pfizer products (e.g. oncology drugs) to the market place. During my time the continuous manufacturing technology was implemented in record time launching the first product on the Portable Continuous Miniature Modular system (PCMM).

    • Sr. Manager Production Services / Site Qualification Lead
      Oct 2010 - Dec 2018 · 8 yrs 3 mos

      Leader of the Production Services Group (Pfizer Global Supply, Freiburg) responsible for all Site qualification and validation activities including (over 15) New Product Launches as well as internal and external product transfers of solid dosage forms – all performed successfully & in or even ahead of time. This role includes the further development of efficient manufacturing processes, generation of Master Batch Records, equipment qualifications and the presentation of GMP documents in front of the different Health Authorities / inspectors. In addition of my responsibility as Deputy Head of Production I was leading Site projects like the implementation of a segregated area and the extension of the production building in order to realize the continuous manufacturing technology (CMT) ideas at the site.