Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Experienced Program Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry. Skilled in Sales, IT Strategy, Biotechnology, Management, and Project Portfolio Management. Strong research professional graduated from University for Applied Science in Offenburg (Germany)
Oversee and manage IT landscape across all manufacturing sites to ensure reliability, security, and efficiency. Responsible for local site IT at 4 site (France, Canada, Brazil and Sweden). IT Operations Management: Oversee day-to-day IT operations, including network infrastructure, servers, databases, and enterprise applications. Strategic Planning: Develop and execute IT strategy aligned with business goals. Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of IT professionals. Security and Compliance: Ensure IT operations comply with industry regulations and standards Vendor Management: Oversee relationships with external vendors and service providers. Budget Management: Develop and manage the IT operations budget. Project Management: Lead and coordinate IT project.
System-/process owner of UPI and DA Systems Owns and drives Serialisation "UPI" (Unique Product Identifier process and systems) and DA (Digital Authentication) process end to end to ensure compliance and patient protection Vendor management to ensure adherence to service level agreement Program lead for OT program Strategic Leadership: Drive the strategic direction and execution of OT pro-grams Technology Integration: Oversee the integration of advanced OT solutions Performance Monitoring: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) Compliance and Standards: Ensure all OT activities comply with relevant in-dustry regulations and standards Vendor management to ensure adherence to our service level agreements. Team Development: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of OT professionals Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders (industry roundtables, industry associations, authorities etc.)
Process- and System owner for UPI (Unique Product Identifier, Serialization) and DA (Digital Authentication) to ensure supply, compliance and patient protection. Driving business value beyond pure compliance to leverage technology implemented. Drives new technology to support DA and UPI/Track and Trace initiatives. A very strong component of this role is to ensure supply and compliance in our internal and external manufacturing network and to act as business partner to supply chain, regulatory affairs globally and locally. UPI Vendor management to ensure vendor management service level meets our expectations. Ensures new technology is embedded in our standard equipment. (camera technology, finger print technology, SaaS for Serialisation) Monitors and improves OEE related to UPI/DA to ensure supply to patient. Program manager for 3 major initiatives at Takeda: MES, PharmaLedger association industry block chain consortium and LPMS (line performance management system): Jan 2022 - Present MES program manager Leader of the global MES program across all Takeda sites spanning 3 Operations Units (OpUs). Biologics, Plasma, Small molecules: 49 projects over 5-6 years, 20 sites in 5 regions, program cost of in total: 180 OY (130 MUSD). Feb 2023 - present PharmaLedger Association program lead Leader of Takedas blockchain initiative to accelerate the transition to electronic leaflets. Managing 2 main workstreams: ePI (electronic product information, electronic leaflets) and FGT (finished goods traceability) based on blockchain technology. Jan 2024- present LPMS (line performance management, OEE) program lead Program lead to implement OEE tracking on key (bottleneck) lines in the Takeda internal network based on a global SaaS solution in collaboration with Enterprise excellence.
Leader of a global EUR 90M program across 7 sites and 70 contract packagers across the world. Responsible for the design and definition of standardised templates covering – UPI (Unique product Identifier, Serialization) and TEP (Tamper Evident Packaging) processes across entire Takeda Network. Managed the implementation of standard rollout templates for UPI and TEP for SAP (AII/OER) and Operations Technology across entire Network. System and business owner for the entire UPI program. Representing Takeda at EGA and EFPIA in Brussels for defining the future EMVO (European Medicines Verification system). Active member of the M&A workstream led by EFPIA and the Track and Trace Interoperability Project led by the ICMRA "International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities".
Leader of a global USD $258M program across 37 sites and 250 contract packagers across the world. Responsible for the design and definition of standardised templates covering – SPT (Serialization and Product Tracking) and TEP (Tamper Evident Packaging) processes across entire Novartis domain. Managed the implementation of standard rollout templates for of SPT and TEP for SAP (AII/OER) and Operations Technology across all divisions. Template owner for entire track & trace and SAP AII/OER steam, leading a global core team, including divisional programme leads (Pharma, Sandoz and Alcon) to govern strict change controls and standards worldwide. Leading 160 multinational team members in warehousing, material management, purchasing and logistics split divisionally and geographically spread across Europe, US, China and Brazil. Representing Novartis at EGA and EFPIA in Brussels for defining the future EMVO (European Medicines Verification system). Delivered USD $50M cost saving programs by implementing one AII/OER platform for all divisions and standardization of processes, technology and vendor base consolidation
Led a global USD $130M program within the pharmaceutical divisions globally across Europe, US, China and Brazil. Responsibility for over 70 multinational functional team members across warehousing, material management, purchasing and logistics. Resources for this Serialisation and Product Tracking (SPT) program included multiple functional and technical work streams (SAP AII/OER, ERP and Engineering). Defined all processes related to integrating serialisation in the standard packaging production in eight Novartis sites worldwide. Successfully migrated nine independent SAP systems into a unified SAP AII/OER solution.
Jul 2009 - Nov 2011: Designed and implemented Track and Trace program in Turkey and China, focusing on standardised processes across manufacturing, warehousing and distribution. Defined Track and Trace solution and successfully deployed a template for the Serialisation and Product Tracking (SPT) program. Led 10 direct reports consisting of functional consultants and developers for mobile data devices and RFID technology. Despite significant time pressures, avoided any disruption supply and sales operations. Jan 2009 - Jun 2009: Responsible for the implementation of a Novartis Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) template, SRM 6.0 in Brazil across multiple Novartis Divisions for indirect purchasing. Managed global and regional key stakeholders within Finance, Controlling and Purchasing business steams (primarily from Brazil and Swiss Headquarter, across various divisions and business models). Replaced several local systems and reduced operational costs per year by USD $1M and reduced risk of incompliant payments and approvals. SRM 6.0 implementation in Sao Paulo across multiple Novartis Divisions. Jan 2008 – Aug 2008: Implemented SAP ERP processes at a Novartis site in China. Responsible for a team of 30 team members from 20 different nationalities and a budget of USD $3M. Jun 2007 - Dec 2007: Led the design of a new Novartis wide template for mySAP SCM for pilot implementation in Stein. Defined template standards and governance approach. Managed design and build phases and was the authority of the template for the pilot site deployment. The project achieved a reduced downtime of 20% through improved changeover planning. Responsible for 10 team members and with a budget of USD $1.5M.
Responsible for the Novartis Pharma wide definition of SAP PP-PI template and best practises for future rollouts. Jan 2003 - Jul 2003: Team Lead Manufacturing and Purchasing in England. Jan 2002 - Oct 2002: Team lead Manufacturing in Ireland. Mar 2001 - Dec 2001: Team member for the PEP CORE development (Manufacturing team) in Basel.
Development and implementation of a global business warehouse “Hyperion Essbase” Implementation, support and further development of SAP R/3 modules and related customising of R/3 modules. Responsible for support of three production locations (Willstätt, Munich in Germany and Obenheim in France). Development of ABAP reports, Queries and SAP script formulas. Support of MES systems.