Christelle Schaffer Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Switzerland

• International program management antibiotic development from Pre-Clinical and Clinical Trials to market access in LMICs
• Engagement and communication with partners, contractual deliverable monitoring, risk management, grant management
• Stakeholder and cross-functional team management
• Technical and financial reporting and controlling

Vienna

• International program management vaccine development from Phase III Clinical Trials to product launch including regulatory interactions and partnership in a LMIC
• Stakeholder and vendor management, project team coordination
• Contract negotiation and management, grant management
• Technical and financial reporting to funding partner, risk management

Vienna, Austria

• Project management vaccine development from proof of concept to Phase 2 Clinical Trials
• Stakeholder management, project team coordination, interaction with vendors and Contract Research Organizations
• Contract management
• Budget forecasting, technical and financial reporting, controlling, grant application
• Process development

Vienna, Austria

- Clinical Project coordination and improvement of internal processes- Lead and coordinate assesment of Quality items in Clinical Studies- Coordination of quality Audits with vendors

Vienna, Austria

Content development for an eLearning platform

Vevey, Switzerland

• Management of a multidisciplinary team.
• Project management and coordinaton for the eLearning platform, eMagazine and digital games
• Content management and coordination of a new exhibition on Nutrition (500 m2).
• Networking with international experts, external collaboration management.

Nestlé Research Centre

• Coordination of R&D projects in different R&D and product development centres, cross-functional team management (technical, IP, regulatory, safety, external partners…).
• Project planning and budgeting, resource assignment, meetings with stakeholders (business partner, management).
• Management of clinical trials.
• Active role in global corporate initiatives (goal alignment, coaching training…).
• Nestlé representative at the ILSI Nutrition taskforce for prebiotics.

Lausanne, Switzerland

• Evaluation and prioritization of functional ingredients. Support to businesses and projects in R&D centres.
• Definition of strategies for functional ingredient development.
• Contact with functional ingredient suppliers.
• Management of functional ingredient database.

Lausanne. Switzerland

• Project manager of various R&D projects on fermentation and enzymology including clinical trials organisation.

Lausanne, Switzerland

• Project manager of R&D projects related to the development of analytical methods for the quality & authenticity assessment of hydrocolloids raw materials.

Reims, France

• PhD in Biochemistry “Destructuration of lignified cell walls by an endoxylanase and an abiotic complex MnO2/oxalate”

Reims, France

• Purification and study of pectolytic enzymes secreted by a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain- Application to the clarification of wines and fruit juices.

Reims, France

Education record

Project Management Practitioner Certificate, Lausanne, Switzerland, Project Management

Nestlé Internal Mba

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Biochemistry

Master Degree In Biochemistry And Enzymology

Phd