Thorsten Eger (Phd) Email & Phone Number

Canton Of Zug, Switzerland

Berlin, Deutschland

HR Tech Ambassador given the future is highly connected to Technology - pls reach out…

Zug / Zurich / Basel

- HR advisor / CPO a.i. in support of Life Sciences & Technology Start-ups/Scale-ups- Executive Search (HR, Commercial, Development)- Executive / Transition / Career Coaching- DE&I advisor / key note speaker- Team Development / Talent Management strategies

Zug, Schweiz

Acting as CPO a.i.Fractional HR for Startups/Scale-upsHR advisor

Olten, Solothurn, Schweiz

International HRM for BA students; HR leadership, Selfreflection, Storytelling for MAS students

Zug, Schweiz

Country CHRO accountable for the x-sector HR agenda of J&J CH (largest country in EMEA in 2019) - an organisation of ca 8000 colleagues (permanent and contingent workers) in 27 legal entities located in 21 sites, 13 of them being manufacturing units. DePuy-Synthes, Actelion, Janssen, Cilag International being some of the organizations in CH. Leading operationally a Business Partner Team of 25 strategic HRLeaders as well as functionally the country HR-team of approx. 100… Show more Country CHRO accountable for the x-sector HR agenda of J&J CH (largest country in EMEA in 2019) - an organisation of ca 8000 colleagues (permanent and contingent workers) in 27 legal entities located in 21 sites, 13 of them being manufacturing units. DePuy-Synthes, Actelion, Janssen, Cilag International being some of the organizations in CH. Leading operationally a Business Partner Team of 25 strategic HRLeaders as well as functionally the country HR-team of approx. 100 colleagues.Accomplishments, e.g,: - Integration of Actelion HQ in to CH J&J Family of Companies - Transformation of Supply Chain: transfer of 2300 MD colleagues to our strategic partner Jabil- Closed the ASP divestiture- site closure of our Covagen site- Co-led the COVID-19 Crisis Management Team in Switzerland with a +14% above Corporation “happiness/hopefulness”-sentiment result- first ever country recognized Top Employer as J&J Family of Companies - D&I awarded the LGBT Swiss Label, TransWelcome label, Career Advancement Label by HSG- recognised #4 employer for LifeScience Professionals by Universum- sponsored the EMEA project “Flexible Working Arrangements” that was implemented in an accelerated way driven by COVID-19- HR Sponsor/Advisor for the first ever EMEA-wide D&I Inclusion week held in Oct 2020 with significant impact on EMEA D&I scores - Negotiated the path forward with political representatives (state counsellor / Employment office) on HR aspects of the plant closures in Neuchatel (300+ colleagues) - implemented a new BUHR model away from the geographical x-sector structure towards a sectoral structure - incl. talent managed, coached and on-boarded a new HR Director SC/one HR lead in line with revised structureExternal & internal recognition: European Diversity Award (EDA): Nomination/short-listed: HR Champion of the year 2019 & 2021The Guardian: HR Champion (Global Diversity List)J&J leadership award for the project “Inclusion week” Show less

München / Basel

Headed up the HR function of this Sandoz (a Novartis Company) end-to-end Business Unit globally (Development, Manufacturing, Commercialization). Led a fantastic team of global HR leaders operationally as well as functionally an impact creating global network of country HR BP's. The set up of this BU is purely "matrixed“ (> 4000 associates) in which global external/internal collaboration and influencing are the keys to success.As the worldwide market leader in Biosimilars HR partnered by… Show more Headed up the HR function of this Sandoz (a Novartis Company) end-to-end Business Unit globally (Development, Manufacturing, Commercialization). Led a fantastic team of global HR leaders operationally as well as functionally an impact creating global network of country HR BP's. The set up of this BU is purely "matrixed“ (> 4000 associates) in which global external/internal collaboration and influencing are the keys to success.As the worldwide market leader in Biosimilars HR partnered by hiring hundreds of talents to launch multiple Biosimilars over the past years. Now Sandoz Bio has one of the strongest product portfolios globally (8 marketed Biosimilars in EU) and a strong long term development pipeline as well as BD&L deals in the short and mid term. Revenue of 1,5 bn USD is expected to double in the next few years. In addition, the focus of the HR agenda was to be organisationally fit4future whilst sustaining our mantra to grow talent daily. We partnered to implement robust and nimble structures, optimized all HR processes and implemented a state of the art governance model incl agile working across all brands. Also, built a Bio talent brand in NVS and across the industry. Awards:- Initiator and project coach of the global Sandoz HR project „Brilliant Basics“ - first ever HR project that won a global Sandoz Award;- owner of the Biopharma talent project „Grow talent daily“ that became 2nd at the global HR awards in the category „talent strategy“;- project coach for the project „HR Sandoz Day“ that became 2nd at the global HR awards in the category „HR Excellence“;- Sponsoring GLOW, an ERG that got externally recognized as „Rising Star“ by the prestigious German Organisation Prout@Work. Show less

Montreal/Canada

2.500 associates in NVS Canada with ~$ 2 bn revenueExamples of (cross-)divisional achievements:- integration of GSK Oncology & divestment of OTC, Animal Health and Vaccines & Diagnostics- setting up the in-country Novartis Business Services (cross-divisional, multi-functional Shared Services)- restructuring the Canada Pharma division to "win with patients" whilst ensuring both business continuity as well as that impacted colleagues getting treated with dignity and… Show more 2.500 associates in NVS Canada with ~$ 2 bn revenueExamples of (cross-)divisional achievements:- integration of GSK Oncology & divestment of OTC, Animal Health and Vaccines & Diagnostics- setting up the in-country Novartis Business Services (cross-divisional, multi-functional Shared Services)- restructuring the Canada Pharma division to "win with patients" whilst ensuring both business continuity as well as that impacted colleagues getting treated with dignity and respect- oversight of the closure of the Ciba Vision plant- Integration of Alcon Pharma into the NVS Pharma Ophthalmology business - implementing automated workflows for compensation, on boarding, time management, etc.- increased diversity at leadership team on and beyond gender to 50/50 gender representation, 3 generations, multiple ethnical backgrounds, diverse thinking styles and set up a self-organised community garden- implementing a new incentive scheme across all divisions in Canada and ensure pay equity- increased bench for Pharma key leadership positions (>70% internal promotions)- all global KPI's overachieved, e.g. voluntary attrition rate <4%, time to hire (41 days vs. 60 days as per global target), etc.- implementing the x-divisional talent agenda that led to a four times higher x-divisional talent exchange - setting up a x-divisional Total Rewards Team- leading a great HR function that makes me feel proud every day and chairing the country HR board (Pharma (GenMed & Oncology), Sandoz, Alcon, NBS, NAHRS - 50 HR leaders/professionals)- Canadian representative on the NA HR Board & as a member of the LACan HR LT- Jury member for the global D&I awards- running change workshops, coaching multiple NVS top leaders and mentoring a dozen NVS HR talentsAwards:- 1 NVS global HR award - global HR Jam (Innovation)- 1 NVS global D&I award for accelerating inclusion in the Canadian organisation- During my tenure the HR team won a total of 8 President‘s Awards- EiSC for Pharma CAN Show less

Montreal, Quebec, Kanada

Basel/Switzerland

> 10.000 associates in NVS Pharma Region Europe (53 countries) and $ 10+ bn revenueExamples of achievements of the TM/OD & Staffing function (13 highly dedicated and amazing country heads TM/OD & Staffing and their teams plus the regional team):- implementing new Pharma strategy incl. new organizational set ups across all countries in Europe (effecting 1000+ associates and resulting in 96 hires of newly created country leadership positions within 6 months)- running change… Show more > 10.000 associates in NVS Pharma Region Europe (53 countries) and $ 10+ bn revenueExamples of achievements of the TM/OD & Staffing function (13 highly dedicated and amazing country heads TM/OD & Staffing and their teams plus the regional team):- implementing new Pharma strategy incl. new organizational set ups across all countries in Europe (effecting 1000+ associates and resulting in 96 hires of newly created country leadership positions within 6 months)- running change leader forums to change the way we work in Europe in 20+ countries.- implementing High Performing Team workshops for all country leadership teams - fully embed the Learning Agility/Sustained Performance methodology in the region to assess talent consistently and develop them more targeted- leading the implementation of talent management programs, e.g. development planning following the 70/20/10 principle, reverse mentoring programs, talent brokerings, leadership development programs etc.- develop a pipeline of talent for country General Manager positions with a 100% bench-strengths- outsourcing the regional hiring activities to an external partner - oversight of the Global Employee Survey for Europe- mentor for multiple RE HR top talentsAlso, champion of the regional D&I agenda on and beyond gender together with 26 country D&I champions1 NVS global HR award for change management strategy (team member) Show less

Moscow/Russian Federation

~ 1000 associates in Pharma Russia and ~ 300 mill revenue with annual double digit growth ratesExamples of achievements:- crisis management: building up and on board a new country leadership team including the General Manager within 3 months- implementing the new Pharma strategy and changing the commercial organizational structure - running the entire HR agenda in times of massive change with a highly engaged and truly motivated HR function of 19 HR professionals and 3… Show more ~ 1000 associates in Pharma Russia and ~ 300 mill revenue with annual double digit growth ratesExamples of achievements:- crisis management: building up and on board a new country leadership team including the General Manager within 3 months- implementing the new Pharma strategy and changing the commercial organizational structure - running the entire HR agenda in times of massive change with a highly engaged and truly motivated HR function of 19 HR professionals and 3 Communicators - reduce turnover rate by almost 5% to < 9%1 regional award for overall achievements in role Show less

Basel/Switzerland

Global HR BP for IT. Partnering with functional & regional leaders - CEMAI (106 countries), Western Europe (17 countries) - across all divisions (Pharma, Diagnostics, Genentech)

Bonn/Germany

Key achievements:- leading the change agenda of a major "green field"-project with the objective to re-think the entire org structure, operating model and product portfolio (engagement of 300 Top leaders in addition to change road maps for multiple workstreams)- coordinating the change team of the outsourcing project (T-Service) with the aim to transfer 55.000 Telekom associates into 3 newly founded service organizations- leading the HR transformation with the goal to… Show more Key achievements:- leading the change agenda of a major "green field"-project with the objective to re-think the entire org structure, operating model and product portfolio (engagement of 300 Top leaders in addition to change road maps for multiple workstreams)- coordinating the change team of the outsourcing project (T-Service) with the aim to transfer 55.000 Telekom associates into 3 newly founded service organizations- leading the HR transformation with the goal to significantly increase productivity by implementing a new HR operating model (Ulrichs HRBP model) - leading the change work stream of a major simplification project in order to streamline internal processes (working through 100+ change ideas) Show less

Bonn/Germany

Key achievements:- leading a team of 6 associates- implementing measures to drive an innovation culture- leading the idea-management agenda with a result of more than 1400 submitted ideas with a financial benefit of over 10 mil Euro p.a.- consulting to build up local idea-managements in Austria, Czech Republic

Frankfurt Am Main Area/Germany

- designing and conducting 500+ Assessment Centers for Leadership roles (team lead up to C-level) - developing and implementing Behavioral-based Interviews for key roles resulting into a significant reduction of mis-hires- developing and implementing „re-arrive“ (returnship program) resulting into multiple hundred days of more productivity for returnees- facilitating many team interventions (HR, Communications, Finance, Strategy)- acting as People Development Partner for the… Show more - designing and conducting 500+ Assessment Centers for Leadership roles (team lead up to C-level) - developing and implementing Behavioral-based Interviews for key roles resulting into a significant reduction of mis-hires- developing and implementing „re-arrive“ (returnship program) resulting into multiple hundred days of more productivity for returnees- facilitating many team interventions (HR, Communications, Finance, Strategy)- acting as People Development Partner for the Group Functions Show less

Frankfurt Am Main/Germany

Frankfurt Am Main/Germany

Mainz/Germany

Frankfurt Am Main/Germany

Frankfurt Am Main, Dresden & Berlin/Germany

Frankfurt/Rhein-Main

Diploma

Phd

Diploma

Education record

Intermediate Diploma