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Europe

•Investigated, developed and deployed operations data strategy to create a step change in business performance across Operations Supply Chain. •Delivered the mass migration of Sweden Ops and GES data from 24 legacy systems into a unified European SAP platform – largest recent Pharmaceutical migration of 2.3 terabytes. •Led team of AZ and external resource across Europe and Asia to meet demanding quality and time demands. Broadened leadership experience in the IS function, including… Show more •Investigated, developed and deployed operations data strategy to create a step change in business performance across Operations Supply Chain. •Delivered the mass migration of Sweden Ops and GES data from 24 legacy systems into a unified European SAP platform – largest recent Pharmaceutical migration of 2.3 terabytes. •Led team of AZ and external resource across Europe and Asia to meet demanding quality and time demands. Broadened leadership experience in the IS function, including working within the IS operating culture to deliver complex IS and business change projects whilst under significant pressure. Show less

Wilmington, De

•Seconded to the US Business to lead the re-organization of the engineering and technology function within US Business Services. •Defined the organisation strategy, principles of operation and staffing approach in 4 months.•Delivered organisational change using lean principles whilst still delivering critical New Product Introduction and compliance projects on time and cost. •Led the initial integration of US Business Services with the newly formed global Essentials organization… Show more •Seconded to the US Business to lead the re-organization of the engineering and technology function within US Business Services. •Defined the organisation strategy, principles of operation and staffing approach in 4 months.•Delivered organisational change using lean principles whilst still delivering critical New Product Introduction and compliance projects on time and cost. •Led the initial integration of US Business Services with the newly formed global Essentials organization and the Canadian operations function. Working with stakeholders at many levels, identified the business benefit that can be released through new ways of working, presenting the proposal and delivered that change into beneficial use. Show less

Manchester, United Kingdom

•Leadership of project team that delivered asset change projects across the UK sites. •Completely re-shaped contracting approach and ways of working to deliver simpler and better value (5-20% savings) projects.•Created step change in on time and on cost delivery of projects and significant re-sizing (50%) of staff and contractor base.