Ann Murray Email & Phone Number

County Galway, Ireland

Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

Athlone, Leinster, Ireland

• Quality Management Representative • Manage a Global team of direct reports primarily resp for the process execution of Core Supply Chain Management Elements, External Audit Management, DC & Global Strategic Projects, Acquisition Integration activities & Go Direct Strategies.• Resp for crafting a Strategic Program for the Global DC’s / Supply Chain in partnership with the Business / Process Functional owners. • Resp for crafting / imp a Strategic Program for Global Supplier Quality & Global Training• • Resp for imp & maintaining the effectiveness of the Quality System at the Global Distribution Centre's. • Resp for the Initiation, & activation of Global Enterprise Change Management (ECM) Project as a Global Strategic program. • Project Advisor on Global Labelling Strategic Project. • Resp for influencing and driving a culture of continuous improvement & Proactive Quality. Recent initiatives include QMS Harmonization, Acquisition Integration, DC Process Standardization & Global DC Quality System Harmonization, 3 PL Set up /integration & the imp of Business Continuity Programs. • Supply Chain Leader for Customer Centricity Program New Product Introductions & Go Direct Strategies. • Global Lead For EO - MDR / ISO Standards. • Management of Audits by FDA and Notified Bodies - for Global Logistic & Distribution • Resp for co-ord the transfer & quality system integration activities including recent Global Integrations.• Fostering a culture of team development through effective coaching & mentoring. Driving a culture of collaborative team work across the International Headquarters & the Global Quality teams through combined QA strategy meetings & proactive resource utilization to meet business demands. • Fostering a culture of trust, entrepreneurial thinking, teamwork & fun in a dynamic ever-changing work environment. • Resp for planning & managing the financial AOP Quality.

Lead a Global team of dynamic, Client Centric professionals who were focused in partnering with and delivering excellence and value to the end client.

Athlone

Galway, Ireland

Lead a European and EMEA team of dynamic, Client Centric professionals who were focused in partnering with and delivering excellence and value to the end client.o Developed a Strategic Plan for European/EMEA operations to facilitate revenue and margin growth and operational excellence. o Implemented Business / Quality Metrics across the Merrill Corporate Organisation. o Implemented Client Centric Business Analytics as an enabler for business growth. o Increased Site Revenue by 30% over 3 years. o Increased Site Margin by 23% over 3 years. o Fostered a culture of personal and team engagement through effective communication and leadership. o Lead a team of 15 direct reports and 40 indirect to deliver excellence to end clients o Implemented a discipline of operational excellence, through lean process mapping and waste elimination. o Partnered with Sales and Account management at Client meetings as an enabler and solution architect to promote Merrill Brink as a centre of operational excellence. o Engineered “best in class” process flows for Pharmaceutical/Medical Device Clients as a key enabler for them to meet / exceed critical regulatory and submission timelines. o Operationally managed largest Clinical Trial being currently run in Europe (56 Languages/ $1.5 million Budget) to a very successful conclusion.o Fostered a culture of trust , teamwork and fun in a dynamic ever-changing work environment.

Galway, Ireland

An accomplished individual with extensive experience in Quality Management, Systems Design, Project Management and Team Leadership gained in the Medical Devices sector. A dynamic team leader and player with well developed interpersonal and communication skills. An innovative problem solver who enjoys working in a target driven environment and delivering outstanding customer service. Highly Motivated, Responsive, Logical and Innovative.o Managed all Change Control and Packaging Design activities for medical device manufacturing in Boston Scientific Galway and Minneapolis.o Supervised a team of 8 direct report and 32 indirect to deliver high quality service to customers.o Delivered in excess of $1 million savings through effective implementation of lean/sigma initiatives.o Fostered a culture of personal and team engagement through effective communication and leadership.o Implemented, packaging and labelling design, review and release process that has resulted in zero product recalls since 2002.o Controlled the printing and inspection of 250,000 labels per month over 70 printing stations site wide.o Played a key leadership role in the worldwide rebranding project which redesigned the packaging of 7000 catalogue items. o Designed and successfully implemented a 3rd party audit backroom system which introduced a superior audit platform to BSC sites worldwide.o Managed information flow for up to 8 x 3rd party audits per year (TUV, FDA, IMB, KEMA, PMDA, TGA).o Coordinated site transfer of all manufacturing deliverables from transfer sites (parts, BOMS, Routings, Documentation, and Labelling).o Redesigned the changed control process in Galway and Minneapolis which delivered a significant efficiently gain for all customers.o Increased departmental throughput by 70% through successful introduction of “Standard Work” and customer focus.o Managed complex CAPA Projects through to a successful conclusiono Lead QS Auditor of Internal Quality Systems/Ext Providers