Benoit Décarie, P. Eng. PMP
Launch Project Manager at Sandoz Canada- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management InstituteJul, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Engineer
Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
Experience
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Sandoz Canada
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Canada
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Launch Project Manager
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Mar 2019 - Present
• Fully accountable and dedicated to a successful product launch from the filing date to the product stabilization on the market (6-12 months after launch). • Manage the Launch Process by ensuring that all new product launch activities are planned and implemented as per checklist and that communication is well established amongst the different teams (internal & external) in order to launch products on time without any unforeseen roadblocks. Ensure resources are committed, risks are identified and mitigated. • Provide timely reporting and metrics on all ongoing key projects. Oversight for tracking activities, deadlines for key deliverables, and surface potential issues or timing conflicts. • Analyze and understand the targeted markets, from pre-launch all the way to post-Launch • Built the initial sales forecasts and monitor performance of our new products until it get listed on most reimbursement formularies and adjust forecasts accordingly. • Establish pessimistic, realistic and optimistic sales forecast scenarios based team assumptions of Gx penetration, market growth, market share by customer, number of competitors, COGS outlook, expected formulary status, litigation status and expected launch date. • Manage pre and post launch with Demand Planning and Customer Service to maximize inventory depletion. Show less
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Pfizer
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United States
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Program Manager
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Oct 2015 - Nov 2018
• Lead cross-functional teams, organize and efficiently manage team meetings to ensure timelines and key milestones are achieved to accelerate new products to market • Manage the new product launch activities from the initial concept phase, P&L development, submission to Health Canada to product availability in market • Actively contribute to the product Life Cycle Management, SKU optimization analysis, new packaging initiative, rework activities and product discontinuations •Prepare meeting agendas and minutes • Manage the coordinators and the project manager • Act as main point of contact for global senior program directors Show less
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Hospira
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United States
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager, Canadian Device Action Plan
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Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
• Manage the end of life of old medical devices on the Canadian market• Monitor project budgets and prepare quarterly financial reports• Develop dashboards to report program status to Senior Leadership Team• Review customer's contracts to ensure all conditions and obligations are met• Prepare commercial and customer communications• Maintain activity logs and follow up with customers• Organize regulatory and quality documentation to ensure compliance• Prepare and send quarterly updates to Health Canada Show less
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Project Manager
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Oct 2012 - Mar 2015
• Manage field actions across Canada on 30,000+ medical devices• Maintain activity logs and a good, trustful relationship with 600+ customers• Proceed to project planning and execution : initiation, timelines, risks, scheduling, reconciliation, lessons learned• Manage the field engineers, service center technicians, recall coordinators and project managers• Establish and monitor a $15M budget, develop metrics and dashboards to report progress and track the team performance• Elaborate strategy and optimize scheduling to drive cost savings Show less
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Team Leader - Field Service Engineer
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Sep 2011 - Oct 2012
• Main point of contact for customers to perform on-site repair, upgrade, calibration and testing on medical devices• Train third party technicians• Address any existing complaints and issues on each device• Manage timelines, schedules and spare parts inventory
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CHEO
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Consultant in electrical engineering
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May 2010 - Oct 2015
• Act as project manager, team leader and liaison with hospital biomedical staff• Perform repairs, testing and troubleshooting
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Electric engineer
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Jul 2007 - May 2010
• Manage the neuropsychiatry laboratory day-to-day activities• Supervise and train research assistants and interns• Perform new implementations, upgrades and preventative maintenance• Actively participate in continuous improvement by developing and implementing new software applications in Visual Basic and Excel• Manage and conduct clinical research projects
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CHEO
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Junior Electric Engineer in electronic and software development
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Jan 2007 - May 2007
• Create a software application used in electroencephalography to filter the electrical brain signals • Prepare project status report • Reviews of scientific publications • Create a software application used in electroencephalography to filter the electrical brain signals • Prepare project status report • Reviews of scientific publications
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Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable du Québec (MTMD)
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Canada
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Company internship in electrotechnic engineering
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Aug 2004 - Aug 2005
• Perform repair and preventive maintenance on various equipment • Supervise and train technicians and students • Write, review and update existing and new SOP’s • Perform repair and preventive maintenance on various equipment • Supervise and train technicians and students • Write, review and update existing and new SOP’s
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Education
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2003 - 2007
École de technologie supérieure
Bachelor, Electrical Engineering -
2000 - 2003
Cégep André Laurendeau
DEC, Technology of Physics
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