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Holzminden, Lower Saxony, De

Right-structured Asia-Pacific Food & Beverage Procurement function for Raw Material (chemicals) spend management (across 6 manufacturing facilities in 5 countries), and developed and implemented regional sourcing and supply strategies (in collaboration with global & other regions) to deliver supply security at most competitive Total Cost Of Goods.Responsibilities were subsequently expanded (from 2023) to right-structure Indirect Materials & Services Procurement (supporting both Food & Beverage and Scent & Care divisions in Asia-Pacific).

North Chicago, Illinois, Us

Started and build new Asia-Pacific Procurement function (post separation from Abbott), for Procurement of commercial and R&D clinical categories across 11 countries; to support all (then 3) divisions in the region.Developed and implemented regional sourcing and supply strategies, in collaboration with global & other regions, to deliver supply security at most competitive Total Cost Of Goods.

Career sabbatical & part time consulting for pharmaceutical/chemical industries

St. Paul, Mn, Us

Started and build new Asia-Pacific Procurement function, for direct (chemicals) and indirect (materials & services) spend across 14 manufacturing facilities in 12 manufacturing countries; to support all (then 4) divisions in the region.Developed and implemented regional sourcing and supply strategies, in collaboration with global & other regions, to deliver supply security at most competitive Total Cost Of Goods.

Brentford, Middlesex, Gb

Developed and implemented chemicals/intermediates/API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) sourcing and supply strategies for 4 global therapeutic categories (Respiratory, Dermatological, Central Nervous System, Gastro-Intestinal), using new global “Sourcing Group Management” approach to deliver supply security at most competitive Total Cost Of Goods.Conceptualised and implemented “Low Cost Sourcing” process (with regulatory, quality, and Environmental, Health & Safety considerations) from developing countries for all (8) global API manufacturing sites.

Brentford, Middlesex, Gb

Part of global team that developed and implemented the new global Procurement process - Started Singapore new Procurement function to manage all direct (chemicals) spend; developed and implemented various sourcing strategies using new global “Sourcing Group Management” approach, to deliver supply security at most competitive Total Cost Of Goods.

Brentford, Middlesex, Gb

Provided site technical leadership for all commercial API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) manufacture on site (Singapore) to cGMP standards, and global technical leadership for GI (Gastro-Intestinal) & CNS (Central Nervous System) API manufacturing processes.

Brentford, Middlesex, Gb

Provided process leadership for all 12 API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) batch/campaign manufacture in multi-purpose plant to cGMP standards, for subsequent oral & intravenous formulation.