Karin Merck

Volunteering, next project: teaching English in Mongolia

Brig, Valais, Switzerland

About

Mission Supporting companies and professionals achieving their business and personal goals by sound project management, consulting and training. Skills & Abilities Energetic, enterprising and inspirational professional with 25+ years’ experience in project management in contract manufacturing and contract research organizations and 15+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Expert in managing process development, process characterization and process validation projects as well as managing manufacturing campaigns and tech transfer projects in a GMP environment. Working with small biotech companies as well as with pharma industries. Profound experience with project time management (planning), risk analysis and management, stake-holder analysis, lessons learned, monitoring and controlling and change control Training project managers in CDMOs and in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry. Currently working as PM and PM trainer.

Experience

  • Retirement at Career Break
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Teaching English to kids from Kazakh/Mongolian Tribes

  • PM Trainer and Biotech Consultant at Seva Consulting GmbH
    Oct 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

    SEVA Consulting GmbH is a CMC consulting company, supporting biotech and pharmaceutical companies in their CMC journey and training project managers to become empowered and focused and create a safe environment for all their project stakeholders

  • Lonza (3 yrs 6 mos)
    • Senior Project Manager Operational Startup Vibe-X
      Jun 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Senior Project Manager Cycletime Reduction in Mammalian Facility Lonza AG Visp
      Oct 2022 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Lonza (15 yrs 6 mos)
    • Senior Project Manager Operational Startup IBEX
      Jul 2019 - Jun 2022 · 3 yrs

      As a member of the Operational 1K/2K NSYNC leadership team, managing the operational start-up activities of the 1K/2K facility by leading multidisciplinary teams to ensure a timely start of commercial activities. Representing the key interface between Plant Qualification and Operational units.

    • Interim Project Manager in QA Supplier Qualification
      Nov 2018 - Jun 2019 · 8 mos

      Setting up a lean process for Vendor Change Notifications

    • Senior Program Manager Biopharmaceutical Processes
      Sep 2009 - Oct 2018 · 9 yrs 2 mos

      Managing complex customer projects. Responsible for process development, process characterization and process validation projects as well as for manufacturing campaigns in a GMP environment.

  • AFSG (10 yrs 1 mo)
    • Programme leader
      1996 - 2006 · 10 yrs

      Programme leader of the Separation Technology Group

    • Project Leader
      1996 - 2006 · 10 yrs

      Project leader of customer projects related to proteins, food products, nutraceuticals and biotechnologcal products.