Portfolio

Company: A-Connect
Client: Takeda
Function: Technical Operations

Led a multimillion-dollar divestment programme for a multinational pharmaceutical company, supporting the transition of its consumer and OTC drug product portfolio across Asian markets. The programme focused on maintaining continuity of supply to patients while enabling the business to accelerate its transition towards core strategic growth areas.

Led a team of four consultants alongside a wider cross-functional project team operating across nine Asian markets, six manufacturing sites and 13 contract manufacturers across the US, Europe and Asia. Managed the design of transition and handover models, supported commercial negotiations, and oversaw the planning and implementation of operational migration activities from the client to the acquiring multinational pharmaceutical company.

Successfully coordinated complex supply chain, manufacturing and stakeholder activities to enable a controlled divestment while maintaining business continuity.

Company: Mundipharma
Function: Technical Operations

Led the design and construction of a GMP-compliant liquid mixing, filling and packing facility with a capacity of 44 million packs per year. The facility included pilot plant capability, R&D, QC and microbiology laboratories, supporting infrastructure, and the first SAP S/4HANA implementation for a liquid fill-finish plant in Asia.

Reported to the Global Head of Technical Operations and Site Director, leading a core team of four and coordinating up to 500 personnel during peak construction. Managed the site identification and acquisition in Tuas, Singapore, led requirements gathering and facility design development, and oversaw vendor selection, procurement and contract execution across construction, equipment, IT and validation services. Responsible for the full project lifecycle, including programme planning, schedule and budget control, stakeholder management, construction, commissioning, qualification and validation.

Successfully delivered the USD 38.5M project on schedule and USD 4M under budget.

Company: Mundipharma
Function:  Supply Chain

Led supply chain Market Expansion and New Product Introduction (NPI) activities for Mundipharma’s consumer portfolio, including OTC medicines, medical devices and cosmetics across markets in Asia, Europe and North America. Managed cross-functional international teams to deliver product launches in a safe, compliant, timely and commercially successful manner.

Coordinated global launch activities involving Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Medical Operations, vendors, distributors and local market teams. Established structured processes and consolidated critical product, supplier and contractual data to improve launch execution and governance.

Successfully delivered 67 global product launches during 2019, achieving on-time and in-full delivery. Led the transformation of the artwork management process from an unstructured activity into a controlled regional framework, ensuring alignment with complex quality, regulatory and market requirements.

Company: Mundipharma
Function:  Information Technology

Led a global ERP implementation programme to support rapid international market growth, enabling the deployment of consistent and scalable accounting solutions across expanding business operations. The programme addressed the need for new and developing markets to rapidly adopt robust financial systems while maintaining alignment with global processes and reporting requirements.

Managed a programme team of 30 people across four continents, with overall responsibility for delivery, stakeholder engagement, governance and a budget of EUR 1M. Directed the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics Navision ERP solutions across 12 market instances in South America, the Middle East and Asia, coordinating activities across finance, IT, business operations and local market teams.

Oversaw the full implementation lifecycle, including solution design, configuration, data migration, reporting development and system integrations. Delivered standardised ERP capabilities with embedded reporting, data import and interface functionality, enabling markets to transition to fully operational systems within eight weeks.

Successfully delivered a rapid, repeatable ERP deployment model that improved financial control, operational visibility and consistency across global markets.

Company: Mundipharma
Function: Information Technology

Led the deployment of a global field sales content management solution to improve control, governance and compliance of sales materials used by Mundipharma’s commercial teams. The programme addressed the need for sales representatives to access current, approved and regulatory-compliant content while enabling rapid updates across international markets.

Managed the implementation of the EasyPush by Futurecom AG platform across iPad-based field sales teams, providing a centralised solution for the creation, approval, distribution and control of key customer-facing materials. Worked with commercial, regulatory, medical and operational stakeholders to establish processes that ensured content remained accurate, compliant and aligned with market requirements.

Implemented a controlled digital content ecosystem that enabled authorised content managers to distribute updates, remove obsolete materials and manage content remotely through over-the-air deployment, improving agility, compliance and effectiveness of field engagement.

Company: Mundipharma
Function:  Information Technology

Led the implementation of a global financial close and consolidation solution to transform a manual month-end reporting process across emerging markets. The existing process relied on spreadsheet-based consolidation and email submissions, resulting in lengthy reporting cycles, high levels of manual effort, increased risk of errors and limited visibility for management decision-making.

Implemented Tagetik’s Financial Close and Consolidation platform to enable business units across emerging markets to submit financial data through a centralised online system, with automated consolidation, validation and reporting capabilities. Managed collaboration across finance, IT and regional business teams to define requirements, implement processes and support adoption of the new solution.

Successfully reduced the month-end close cycle from 2–3 weeks to less than one working week, improving data accuracy, reporting efficiency and management visibility across the organisation.

Led the digital transformation of the intra-company transaction process to improve financial control, reduce reconciliation effort and eliminate delays associated with internal trading activities. The existing process created extended debtor days, relied heavily on manual intervention and required significant effort from finance teams during the month-end close cycle.

Designed and implemented a digital solution that enabled business units to complete intra-company transactions online, automate reconciliation activities and provide consolidated netted values directly to accounting teams. Worked with finance and operational stakeholders to streamline processes, improve transparency and establish stronger governance over internal financial transactions.

Successfully eliminated intra-company debtor days, improved transaction control and reduced month-end closing effort by approximately 100 manhours per month. The programme also established a foundation for wider adoption of digital solutions to simplify processes and improve operational efficiency across the organisation.

Led the integration of BV’s Construction Laboratories division following its acquisition by ESGL in 2009. Managed the transition of the business into the new owner’s operating model, ensuring continuity of operations while aligning processes, systems and brand identity.

Oversaw the consolidation of the division into the ESGL organisation, including the implementation of key business systems such as the finance management platform and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Coordinated activities across operational, finance and technical teams to support successful adoption of new processes and technologies.

Successfully delivered the integration programme, enabling the acquired division to operate effectively within the new business structure while improving system capability, operational alignment and organisational consistency.

Led a series of laboratory relocation and business migration projects, ensuring operational continuity while restructuring laboratory facilities and improving operational efficiency. Managed the consolidation of two Maidstone laboratory premises into a single integrated facility, including the construction of new laboratory space, migration of systems and transition of operations into the new business structure.

Also led the relocation of a laboratory operation from Runcorn to Glasgow, coordinating the transfer of facilities, processes and supporting systems while maintaining uninterrupted service delivery. Developed and implemented transition strategies to minimise operational disruption, protect customer relationships and safeguard key corporate contracts throughout the relocation.

Successfully delivered both relocation programmes, enabling the business to consolidate operations, maintain customer service levels and establish improved laboratory infrastructure and operating capability.