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Berne, Switzerland

Basel, Switzerland

Deployment Lead for S/4HANA Central Finance (MDG, System of Report, Transactional Finance): first ever activation of Central Finance in Brazil.

Langenthal, Berne, Switzerland

Leading a team of subject matter experts and extended team of local superusers responsible for the global business process management in manufacturing operations: end-to-end quality management, plant maintenance, production execution & warehousing.- Implemented a successful blueprint of system and process support I had built for Europe- Triaged and directed immediate support towards gaps in priority plants; formed and assigned an expert team from my existing team and new US members.- Implemented governance process with adjacent functional streams, IT and business owners.

Bern, Berne, Switzerland

Led system and process stabilisation & optimisation for 42 facilities deployed on SAP in Europe covering production planning, manufacturing execution, quality management, warehouse management and plant maintenance. Direct reports of 15 subject matter experts in all aspects of the above scope, with an overall responsibility covered >200 superusers across UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Spain, Belgium & Turkey.Through my direct team, the extended team of local superusers and collaboration with the global IT resources, delivered user stories, testing and subsequent support for a monthly change and release management pipeline addressing break-fix and application improvements.Ran the European Manufacturing improvement hopper, responding to stakeholder requirements, feeding into a global tiered agile development process.Lobbied Product Owners in Big Room Planning & subsequent Program Increments to align system development with business priorities.Responsible for European Leadership of I4.0 (Digital Factory / Connected Manufacturing / Factory of the Future) since 2020. In collaboration with expert IT/OT groups, defined and implemented mobile applications for the factories and warehouses in SAP Fiori, MES, Digital Tier Boards, automated data capture from machines for production reporting (PE), quality inspection (QM), AGV integration with SAP EWM, and equipment condition (PM).Built capability in Global & EMEA Data & Advanced Analytics manufacturing KPIs. Confronted the challenge of inaccurate KPIs and led work to improve data quality via process health dashboards for users in data & process clean-up. KPIs: OEE, Yield, Variance, InventoryImplemented Guided Manufacturing for Pharmaceutical operations in UK, including Electronic Batch Record and system controls to minimise risk of operator errors and improve reconciliation processes

Bern Area, Switzerland

Led the Make To Deliver team to design and deploy a financially centralized distribution model with Principle in SAP. Responsible for subcontracting, warehouse management, batch management & material master migration from legacy systems to SAP.Cross-functional integration with order management, distribution, sourcing, planning, and finance to implement solution for the European Distribution network, covering four distribution centres and trading flows for over 120k SKUsBuild & deploy followed SAP ASAP process including localization of the global blueprint to fit European business requirements. Following deployment of Swiss Principal, then deployed SAP in multiple manufacturing facilities in Europe (Sweden, Germany, UK & Poland).Aligned with operations and IT management to define support strategy and implemented organization to provide business process & systems support for EMEA Manufacturing Operations deployed on SAP.Managed strategic transition from a RunSAP organization to a Business Process Support organization including the scaling up Global Service Centres in Poland, Costa Rica, and Philippines to deliver a “follow the sun” technical support capability.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Manufacturing lead in 3M Chemicals for pilot SAP deployment to successful Go Live, June 1, 2011.Blueprinted benchmark business practices across >30 European manufacturing sites for global SAP template.SAP ASAP, Change Impacts Analysis, Role-mapping, testing, cutover planning, business process documentation.

United Kingdom

Implemented Lean techniques focused on cycle-time reduction, delivering inventory savings > $10m p.aDeployed Value Stream Improvement Methodology across 11 UK manufacturing locations.Led & coached cross-functional Kaizen workshops as required by client plants.Worked with key customers, including automotive repair bodyshops. Delivered a 50% cycle time reduction to a 3M customer bodyshop.Coached Lean Manufacturing approach & techniques to management & operational manufacturing teams.Facilitated the development of entitlement supply chain strategies with plant management teams, and follow-up implementation.Designed & coached Lean for transactional business processes.

United Kingdom

Manufacturing leader for European supply of abrasives: 130 reports, revenue $130m p.a, SKUs > 4000Delivered >£1m operating profit from manufacturing operations annually through improvement programmes of yield and productivity improvement.Project managed source of supply changes from US to UK.Implemented organization changes in shift leadership, crewing, & annualised hours flexible working.Led effective working relations with unionized workforce, including negotiating annual pay settlements.Created a New Technologies Team delivered a 5 year technology improvement roadmap and successfully secured $10m CapEx and new volume for the plant.Won corporate award for contribution to Abrasives business strategy & successful launch of new Abrasive range in Europe.

United Kingdom

Responsible for Product & Process Engineering, IT, Quality, Materials Control departments.LED Six Sigma project to deliver £1m sourcing savings by designing & implementing a Vendor Management function in the plant.Delivered annual improvements in factory cost and inventory £1-2m p.a cost reduction from a factory cost of £32m and doubled inventory turns on inventory value of £12m.Deployed Six Sigma into site operations; implemented hopper process, underwent Green Belt training, designed plant improvement operating rhythm.Scaled up $10m manufacturing investment to production readiness.Implemented Activity Based costing and subsequent repricing of over 4k SKUs.

United Kingdom

Manufacturing manager for Tier 1 supplier to AOEMs. 70 personnel, revenue $17m p.a.Project managed transfer of manufacturing operations from US to the UK site.Implemented Sales & Operations planning process.Implemented physical re-layout of UK operations to improve material flow.Delivered KPI improvements: OTIF from 60% to 100%, stock availability from 92% to 98%Reduced factory expense by approx. 10 percentage pointsImplemented $1m Capex programme to improve productivity and reduce site overheadsImplemented QS9000, EAQF-94 and ISO14001 requirements in production. Won corporate award for QS9000 implementation.Implemented Manufacturing Execution System, including unit costing.

United Kingdom

Responsible for multiple medical aerosol manufacturing lines, 24/7 operation, 60 personnel, revenue £100m p.a. GMP trained.Led the change from a tradition "operator - supervisor" to the first university graduate supervisor.Developed & delivered site-wide GMP training improvement packageManaged all aspects of permanent recruitment and temporary labour to meet volume variationImplemented multi-skilling of operators to take on basic maintenance tasks (TPM)Improved schedule performance from 60% to 90% through accurate routings, BOMs and capacity planning

United Kingdom

Implemented CONWIP scheduling in tablets manufacturing operation, reduced lead time through operation by > 50%

United Kingdom

Graduate development program running concurrently with University education, including personal development training & industrial experience working across multiple chemical plants.

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