Alexander Borg Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Se

Gärtuna

Today I work as a technical leader through the packaging design, development and implementation for biopharmaceutical products including medical devices and combination products. The work is done within all pillars of Packaging Technology including design freeze, technology transfer, packaging qualification and lifecycle change management. Accountable for projects to design, develop, and implement secondary packaging systems for a variety of biopharmaceutical product types including vial and combination products. This responsibility is one of technical ownership, authoring and maintaining packaging specifications and ensuring design inputs, once qualified, meet design outputs. Responsibilities:• Lead technical efforts across sites and functions to ensure design suitability• Lead continuous improvement and change control efforts to ensure timely resolution of complex issues with respect to technical packaging performance, sustainability, and compliance requirements, without disrupting commercial supply or new market launches• Cross-train as SME on all functions of secondary packaging and combination product design control requirements and serve as local Packaging Technology. SME for secondary packaging specification and design performance including lifecycle management• Represents GTOs Packaging as the primary technical contact onsite on technical matters often requiring coordination between Manufacturing and Technical Operations• Bridge between Global Technical Operations and the Swedish Biologics manufacturing site

Stockholm, Sverige

Responsible for developing H&M and Portfolio Brands (globally) with packaging expertise within material, print and packaging construction to achieve an enhanced customer experience. Focus on developing cost-efficient, qualitative products aligned with H&M Group packaging goals. I ensured that products and materials are innovative, sustainable, cost conscious and, importantly, optimized for transport. Key responsibilities: • Capture and identify all needs/opportunities for future requirements and secured a time plan together with stakeholders and suppliers• Manage artwork; collects templates, check AW and symbols and distribute to supplier• Handling sampling and gathering a first cost estimate and evaluate prototypes according to brief and supporting buyers with facts (pros and cons) to secure best suitable option on product level• Securing proper handovers by setting clear product specifications to NCG buyers• Attending at the start of printing at the supplier's location to ensure that we achieved the best possible quality• Bouncing partner and guide to colleagues with printing technical and material selection questions• Created a material and product library and symbol and guideline to increase service to brands at concept phaseKey achievements:• Successfully developed a wide variety of products ranging from gift card carriers to carrier bags and boxes for most of our BU’s and brands, e.g., Beauty, & Other Stories, Arket, Home and Arket Café• Taken over one full range project for Beauty where there was hardly any time left and turned the entire project around with a very good result and most importantly according to schedule and cost• Big focus on reducing plastic packaging, eliminate problematic and unnecessary packaging. Worked towards 100% reusable or recyclable and sustainably sourced packaging. Increased recyclable possibilities for all products. Identified suitable sustainable material for products with a short lifetime circle

Stockholm, Sverige

Holistic role including buyer, product development and R&D in one role. Responsible for purchase and developing noncommercial goods packaging for H&M and Portfolio Brands (globally).Key responsibilities:• Daily contact with supplier and markets• Overall product portfolio overview (Carrier bags, Plastic bags, E-boxes, Textile totes, Gift card envelopes, Holliday, Openings and Campaigns etc.) and establish future concept roadmap (product portfolio strategy)• Category strategy formulation and implementation as per standardized governed processes• Project coordinate, time planning, source suppliers, send out RFI and RFQ, allocation, negotiation and send contracts. • Evaluate supplier performance management and compliance with company current and future requirements (e.g., sustainability, quality and delivery)• Expertise within material, print and packaging construction• Establish and maintain material library • Transport optimization• Delivery planning and follow-up

Stockholm County, Sweden

Project/production manager with sales responsibility.• Created my own customer base from scratch• Sketched and gave ideas to the customer, on how a product could look and feel, what material it could be made from, and which printing methods would be best suited• Quotation and evaluation of subcontractors' quotations • From order approval, I led the project to the finished product• Mainly responsible for all our own marketing such as Empack Stockholm, CAP & Design etcCustomers: ABSOLUT ART, Carelian Caviar, Coca Cola, ACNE, Micael Bindefeld, Pernod Richard, Panasonic, PUGZ etc. Also, a lot of advertising agencies and startups companies.

Stockholm County, Sweden

Project/production manager with sales responsibility. Together with the customer, I worked out various proposals for corrugated and cardboard units in store & "direct advertising" as well as packaging. In the case of orders, I was then the Project Manager of the assignment and made sure that the result met or exceeded the customer's expectations.• Created my own customer base, from scratch• Management of existing customers and reach to new customers• Quotation to customer and evaluation of subcontractor’s quotationsCustomers: Mainly advertising agencies and startup companies but also clients like SodaStream and Vitamin Well.

Stockholm County, Sweden