Duties■ Guarantee of technical innovation in the Global Business Unit (GBU) ‘Consumer Products’: Knowhow-transfer in between GBU, product development and marketing – collaboration with raw material manufactures and universities■ Technical and personal leadership of the Egkeringen Unit■ Budget responsibility for operational cost and capital expenditure■ Technical expert to facilitate compliance with regulations and patents for consumer products■ Technical expert in change and deviation processes of commercial productsAchievements- Development and innovation strategy for sun care products based on a ‘Scientific and Technical Road Map’- Conception and realisation of innovation workshops for marketing and product development together with raw material suppliers- Final evaluation of a product development and documentation software at three R&D sites, Sophia Antipolis (F), Egerkingen (CH) and Soest (D) for more than 50 users

Duties■ Technical and personal leadership of two teams in Sophia Antipolis (F) and Egerkingen (CH), 14 people in total ■ Budget responsibility for operational cost and capital expenditure ■ Ensure the technical knowledge gain in formulation development ■ Manufacturing of clinical batches■ Technical expert in change and deviation processes of commercial products■ Development of global working processes and culture and its focus on the respective business strategyAchievements- Launch of a new sub-brand - Harmonised development processes and team structures - Guaranteed business continuity along continuous changes in the focus of product development

Duties■ Technical and personal leadership of the unit■ Budget responsibility for operational cost and capital expenditure ■ Technical expert in change and deviation processes of commercial products■ Integration of the unit into the ‘Scientific Division of Galderma SA (Sophia Antipolis (F)Achievements- Development of new products for the brand Daylong and adaption of marked products for the brands Cetaphil and Excipial- Application of two formula patents- Successful technical transfers of reworked formulas to international manufacturing sites

Duties■ Technical and personal leadership of the unit, 9 people in total■ Budget responsibility for operational cost and capital expenditure■ Ensure the technical knowledge gain in formulation development, regulation and patents ■ Manufacturing of clinical batches■ Guarantee compliance with regulations and patents■ Technical expert in change and deviation processes of commercial productsAchievements- Launch of 15 newly developed products branded as Daylong, Excipial Kids and Excipial- No recall due to non-compliance with regulations and patents based- Successful introduction of a continuous monitoring process for published patents in sun care- Successful introduction of a risk-based product life cycle management respecting regulations, patents and supply chain of raw materials- Collaboration with manufacturers and suppliers of raw materials, universities and spin-off companies, established in research and development projects and bachelor theses- Repeated successful RHI-inspections (Swiss authorities) in manufacturing of clinical batches

Duties■ Technical and personal leadership of the lab, 5 people in total■ Budget responsibility for operational cost and capital expenditure ■ Ensure technical knowledge gain in the unit – member of the ‘Scientific Advisory Board’ of Spirig Pharma AG■ Responsible for internal and external manufacturing of clinical batches■ Guarantee of compliance with regulations and patentsAchievements- Launch of 20 newly developed products (cosmetics, biocides, medical device and drug products) branded as FaceCare, Daylong, Excipial, Exopic, Actinica and Neocapil- No non-compliance with patents due to successful implementation of gained patent knowledge into development projects- Development and consolidation of the leading market position of Daylong in Switzerland, Czech Republic and Slovakia due to technical innovation- Successful development and introduction of a process-determined quality management system in formulation development and manufacturing clinical batches

Subjects- Development of a mathematical model to estimate drug distribution in skin based on physicochemical properties of drug substances, using mulitple component analysis- Investigation and illustration of the impact of topically applied excipients on the drug distribution in skin

Supervision of practical training ‘Development and Production of Semi-Solid Drug Products’ for students in Pharmacy in graduate school program