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Lausanne, Vd, Ch

Lausanne, Ch

In Smoke Free Product division, Research & Development.Champion strategic planning and priority-setting across a network of Testing Labs (multiple sites, 300+ employees, 1 Mio analyses/year), ensuring an optimal service in terms of costs, time and quality to support company business development strategy and local operational activities: Define integrated roadmap with other Testing Labs functions to support company vision alongside with KPI definition and monitoring Champion Operational Budget cycles (HR budget, Capital Investment and external expenses, multiple cost centers and GL accounts) and ensure full cost ownership and adherence Manage tactical functional projects portfolio to ensure their alignment with multi-year roadmap Catalyze IT digital roadmap (labs systems standardization, lab automation) Optimize global short-term to long-term planning process incl. stability studies to ensure high level of service (On-Time Delivery) Supervise a local team (2 managers, 1 lead, 25+ employees) Achievements: designed lean processes (eg submission, forecast) to better support product development, augmented OTD from 40% to 75%, reduced turn-around-time for product development from 50+ calendar days to 21, established internal Cost of Testing to ensure a cost-effective organization (internally and externally) and drove productivity initiatives which delivered 1+ mCHF savings year after year.

Lausanne, Ch

• Review of key Corporate Quality processes (EDMS, labelling, Non-Conformance, Customer Complaints) to ensure compliance with internal and external standards and be always inspection ready and prepare for the migration to corporate systems. Troubleshooting on SAP Quality Modules (ERP). • Drive Nestlé Management System compliance (ISO9001/14001/45001) and coordinate complete review of documentations.

Zug, Ch

Drive compliance of global Galderma Quality processes to applicable GxP requirements (Pharma, Medical Device and Cosmetics) and deploy supporting IT systems. Define and monitors Quality indicators across the Organization and initiate improvement initiatives (Lean) when gaps are identified. Achievements: designed and coordinated the full Quality Management System revamp (150+ documents) in 18 months including Regulatory Affairs and Research functions, extended implementation of Document Management System, enterprise Quality Management System and Learning Management System across the Company (Headquarter, Research & Development, Operations and Affiliates), increased QC laboratory service level in one factory from 30% to 90%, designed digital end to end Quality dashboard using data from Quality systems.

Vevey, Ch

Manage microbiological and chemistry laboratories in terms of P&L, pricing, customer offering strategy and service level, and resources (recruitment, policies enforcement, industrial relations), 50+ employees, 150k+ analyses/year over 40 methods, £3.0m operating budget. Achievements: reduced turn-around-time reduced from 18 to 9 calendar days, improved service level from 35% to 95% and delivered significant cost reduction (6% budget savings - £180k/year), implemented Operational Excellence practices (operational master plan, key performance measures, operational reviews, basic problem solving) and Lean tools (value stream mapping, 8 wastes, create stability, create flow), championed performance improvement across 10 laboratories in Europe (reduced average turn-around-time by 25%), gained/maintained Health & Safety (ISO 45001) and Quality (ISO17025 and 9001) certifications.

Vevey, Ch

• Design and deploy globally the Focused Improvement pillar (Six Sigma) in Operations alongside Total Performance Management and Lean initiatives.• Design and deliver train-the-trainer trainings to 100+ Regional and Local Focused Improvement Managers and mentored 40 Regional Managers. • Coordinate globally Green Belt and Black Belt trainings across 30 countries. • Deploy Focused Improvement in Nestlé Switzerland in 12 manufacturing units (fully integrated with TPM and Lean in 2 sites), Supply Chain (Customer Service, Logistics, Planning, Procurement) and Shared Services (Payroll, IT). Key successes:o At Corporate level, deliver 40-50 Mio CHF/year savings reported in a global tracking tool.o In Nestlé Switzerland, reduce losses by 10%, reduces Complaints by 23% and delivers 5-8 million CHF/ year savings.

Vevey, Ch

• Assess Product Compliance against regulatory limits across all product categories, discusses actions with businesses and R&D units.Key successes: o Improve compliance level by 22% in 2 years.

Vevey, Ch

• Manage, as project from design till training, Quality tools (Statistical Process Control, Net Weight Control and Analytical Method Validation and Monitoring) mandated by Group Quality Management in terms of deliverables, budget and time.Key successes: o Deliver 200 Mio CHF of savings over 3 years (Net Content Control).o Train 1000+ Quality, Manufacturing and R&D professionals, mentor a network of 100 champions, deliver technical assistance to 100+ factories across all businesses and product technologies to resolve operational issues.

Vevey, Ch

• Design Food Safety Management System (ISO 22000), carry out HACCP studies, support factory to gain certification, develops continuous improvement tools to optimise quality monitoring (phD)

Engineer'S Degree, Food Industry

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Applied Statistics

World Class Manufacturing

Emotional Intelligence In Leadership, Leadership

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma

Everyday Coaching Fundamentals, Leadership

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma

Nestle Leadership Program, Leadership

Engineer, Mathematics; Physics, Chemistry And Biology;

Engineer'S Degree, Food Technology And Processing