GlaxoSmithKlineHead of Device Technology
Sep. 2007 - Mar. 2016Ware, HertfordshireSpearheaded 40 Technologists and Engineers based mainly in the UK, Europe, and North America, performing as a part of the technical leadership team in Global Manufacturing &Supply. Conducted a recruitment drive to hire competent people. Oversaw new product introduction and life cycle management of drug delivery, consumer healthcare, and medical devices totalling over £6 billion in sales (inhalers, nasal sprays, diagnostic cartridges, syringe/auto-injector systems, closures, applicators).
Key Achievements:
• Liaised with internal and external expertise to identify and execute business needs, leveraging device-product and equipment supplier interfaces.
• Re-engineered device technology to include global and remote teams simplifying interfaces with sites and suppliers, design teams, and injection moulding/automation engineers.
• Undertook remediation activities associated with the acquisition of French manufacturing site for safety syringe systems device products.
• Governed industrialisation activities associated with the introduction of a next generation DPI’s, pMDI’s, Autoinjectors and novel nasal sprays into moulder assemblers to meet technical and business criteria for the launch.
• Instituted innovative technologies in injection mould tooling/automation/design to drive the cost of goods benefits.
• Acted as the lead technical contact for dry powder inhalers globally with responsibility for the management of multiple projects across several sites and suppliers.
• Enabled the scale-up of the moulding and sub-assembly of the DPI supply chain to 130 million capacity.
• Cooperated with R&D on next-generation dry powder inhalers leading supplier selection RFQ’s/RFI’s.