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Lawrence Township, NJ, US

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

Basel, Baselstadt, CH

• Establish strategic goals and objectives and maintain full strategic responsibility for the MSAT organization.
• As a site leadership team member, drive collaboration within site and across network activities, cross-functional planning, and decision making.
• Accountable for overall budget and financial performance of the MSAT organization.
• Direct areas of responsibility: Validation, Technology Transfer, Process Engineering, Packaging Process Engineering and Manufacturing Support.

Basel, Basel-Stadt, CH

• Created and led the new Manufacturing Science and Technology organization for Americas External Supply Operations.
• Developed and implemented MSAT systems to ensure end-to-end oversight of drug products (sterile and non-sterile) at all stages of the commercial lifecycle.
• Developed and implemented the technical requirements, responsibilities and processes for Business Development and Licensing deals.

Basel, Baselstadt, CH

• Created and led the new Manufacturing Science and Technology Organization for the Global Third Party Organization (25 engineers/scientists; 5 locations: US, Switzerland, India, Brazil, Mexico).
• Developed and implemented MSAT systems to ensure end-to-end oversight of drug products at all stages of the commercial lifecycle.
• Developed and implemented a global approach for Product Quality Assessments of products manufactured by Contract Manufacturing Organizations.

Basel, Baselstadt, CH

• Led the Global Technical Services organization responsible for identifying and executing changes to commercialized OTC products (i.e. product transfers, changes to raw materials, minor formulation changes, optimizing.
• Managed a team of 5 engineers located in the US and Europe.
• Responsible for defining and optimizing work processes and systems, building organization capability, developing individuals and ensuring the organization delivers its annual targets.
• Led the Product Quality Assessment (PQA) Work-stream for the Americas Third Party Operations Region.
• Managed a team of up to 25 consultants executing PQA at Contract Manufacturing Organizations. Defined the process and protocols, served as single point of contact for Contract Manufacturing Organizations and led.

Basel, Baselstadt, CH

• Managed the technology transfer of marketed products to Contract Manufacturing Organizations for the Latin America Region.
• Project leader, project manager and technical resource of product transfers. Responsible for developing the technology transfer strategy (process validation, stability requirements, regulatory, logistic, etc.) and.
• Identified Contract Manufacturing Organizations, negotiated COGS, performed technical Due Diligence and provided Receiving Site recommendation to Global Manufacturing and Supply.

New York, New York, US

• Member of the new products Co-Development (Multi-Disciplinary) team representing Pfizer Global Manufacturing.
• Co-led with R&D the technology transfer of new products from pilot plant to Contract Manufacturing Organizations.
• Led activities to solve technical issues at manufacturing sites. Led process validation activities. Responsible for compiling and reviewing all compliance documentation of new products. Reviewed and approved changes to.
• Led six sigma projects to improve marketed products
• I worked for McNeil Consumer during the last 6 months of this job. Pfizer sold it Consumer Division to J&J in November 2016.

New York, New York, US

• Receiving site project leader for the technology transfer of new Rx products. Liaison between the manufacturing site, R&D and external contractors.
• Coordinated the execution of experimental, ICH stability and commercial batches.
• Performed qualification of new equipment (IQ, OQ, PQ and cleaning validation).
• Provided technical support to Engineering Department during the design phase of the new manufacturing area for a new product.

New York, New York, US

• Process improvement team leader, member and coach; i.e. yield improvements, optimization of production schedule, new technology, etc.
• Evaluated and implemented new tableting technology for bi-layer and single layer tablets.
• Site subject matter expert troubleshooting tablet presses; i.e. capping, sticking, etc.
• Developed and executed validation protocols.
• Performed investigations due to GMP deviations and implemented CAPA to avoid recurrence.

New York, New York, US

• Supervised a manufacturing shift of approximately 20 operators.
• Responsible for day-to-day operations including indirect supervision of In-process QC and Engineering personnel assigned to production.
• Developed and executed validation protocols. Generated investigations / CAPA due to GMP deviations and implemented recommendations to avoid recurrence.

New York, New York, US

• Executed commissioning activities of a new chemical plant.

• Developed and executed installation and operational qualification protocols for auxiliary equipment on a chemical plant.