Head Of Program Management, Manufacturing & Supply Chain And Asia Pacific
Tokyo, Japan
I was responsible to building, leading and mentoring a shared pool of skilled program and project managers. I was responsible to create and maintain the roadmap for manufacturing and supply chain globally and all Asia projects. My team members are in Singapore, Manila, Tokyo, Osaka, India, Copenhagen, Chicago and London. We delivered in implementing improvements in project delivery and cost transparency of the projects. I won the Takeda CEO award for successfully divest a factory in Italy.• Divested 2 plants in Europe and a core member of Takeda due diligence team for new biologics manufacturing in USA. • Built, lead and deployed a shared pool of skilled program managers to execute complex global manufacturing and supply chain projects.• Coached global project managers to promote a consistent and effective delivery of projects and performance. A person was trained to become my successor as part of succession planning.• Implemented improvements in project execution, allowing weekly automated project updates to stakeholders. • Responsible for project problem analysis, decision-making, financial review meetings and technical review meetings.