Manuel Bobillier Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Holzminden, Lower Saxony, DE

• Lead and globalise the AP region's Industrialisation & Process Innovation (IPI) department to support Flavor and Scent and Care divisions.
• Oversee a team of 18 in five development and manufacturing sites over APAC, enhancing competencies and talents and enabling recognised outstanding internal progressing carrier paths.
• Drive the New Product Development and New Product Introduction activities pipeline to support Business Units and Sales to achieve targeted growth with product commercialisation from lab, pilot to large-scale.
• Developed and rolled out in 2022 a Global Technology and Product Transfer process using a dedicated database (ServiceNow) to engage stakeholders and report KPIs to Management, supporting BCP and cost-effectiveness.
• Co-responsible for Co-Manufacturing activity management in APAC, developed and rolled out the APAC Co-Manufacturing Guideline in 2021, the governance for safe cooperation with third parties for tolling and co-packing.
• Leader and Contributor in CAPEX Projects in APAC from full new production sites to new technologies implementation to technologies improvement.

Holzminden, Lower Saxony, DE

• Enhance initiatives in the Supply Chain EBITDA program with continuous improvement, including product formulation and process parameters optimisation towards product quality and cost-effective production, positively.
• A key member of the WSHE committee, initiating and leading initiatives in sustainability and safety.
• A key member of the Food Safety Committee supported the Quality Management systems HACCP & GMP, trained internal auditor.
• Lead the product quality QA&QC deviation investigation activity, promoting product quality ownership in manufacture for proactive troubleshooting, following up the CAPA effectiveness.
• Established as a carrier coach for leadership talents in APAC, enjoying inspired conversations that trigger wider visibility on opportunities since 2021.
• Lead the processes and technologies know-how and Competency Culture Program for Manufacture and Technical Teams.

Holzminden, Lower Saxony, DE

Meyrin-Satigny, Geneva, CH

• Initiate, implement and develop the industrialization activity in Shanghai, the regional center of expertise.
• Hire, train, coach and lead a team with positions of Project Manager, Process Engineer, Technician and Operator.
• Successfully reduced manufacturing costs by optimizing process cycle times and minimizing formula costs through re-formulation and yield improvement.
• First person contact to Customer Technical Heads representing Symrise Flavor and Perfume Divisions to counsel on technical aspects.
• Initiated meetings to share knowledge between different departments.
• Lead and major contributor to define user requirement specifications, process design, risk analyze, control philosophy, commissioning, cleaning validation and starting-up of: - Closed loop nitrogen blanketed.

Meyrin-Satigny, Geneva, CH

• Drove Europe and APAC pilot trials and scale-up of microencapsulated flavor systems using spray drying and extrusion processes and delivery systems such as beverage and concentrated emulsions, Maillard & enzymatic.
• Engaged expertise in Spray Drying technology with leading the commissioning and start-up of a 300 l/h flavor spray dryer system in Geneva and contributing to the design phase for the perfume spray dryer to be.
• Contributed to improve ATEX concept to manage dust explosion risk.
• Led toll contractors' technical assessments in Europe, Latin America & Asia Pacific.

Meyrin-Satigny, Geneva, CH

Greater Chicago Area, IL, US

Courtelary, CH

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Food Engineering

Professional, Food Technology And Processing