Experience

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  MATISA

  • Switzerland

  • Head of Human Resources

    • Apr 2023 - Present
    • Switzerland

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  Philip Morris Products S.A.

  • Switzerland

  • Head of People & Culture, Life Sciences M&A

    • Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
    • Switzerland

    Following the acquisitions of Vectura and Fertin Pharma, coordinated the Human Resources activities including the design of the new total reward policy, the retention strategy of key talents, and the future leadership model.Coordination of the communication, including the me-plan and the integration plan for the launch of the newly created holding companyCoordination of the IT, Cybersecurity, HR, Pensions, Life Sciences, and Environment/Sustainability due diligence for the Swedish Match acquisition

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  Nestlé

  • Lausanne Area, Switzerland

  • Corporate Human Resources Manager

    • Sep 2019 - Sep 2021
    • Lausanne Area, Switzerland

    Manage human capital risks & liabilities throughout the M&A and Divestments process for business units, globally. The HR aspects include employment law, employee relations, compensation & benefits, retention plans, and executive compensation. Assistance to local HR teams with performing due diligence and identifying and quantifying integration risks to provide input to the purchase agreement and prepare the design of the future organisation and integration plan.

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  Nestlé Research Center (550 employees)

  • Lausanne

  • Human Resources Manager

    • Sep 2012 - Sep 2019
    • Lausanne

    Member of the Research Center’s leadership team, manage the HR department (including the occupational nurse and the daycare manager ) develop and optimize a culture of HR excellence in all HR fields to support the Research Center’s needs and business challenges.▪ Talent Management: lead sessions and coach senior and line managers to implement a new appraisal system based on competencies and potential, deploy a new succession planning method based on the Talent's potential and business needs, anticipate replacement of retirees, drive the diversity agenda in recruitment, training and internal promotion.▪ Training and Development: Lead the training and development manager to identify the needs in line with the future business needs and manage the training agenda focusing on actions to foster hands-on experience, learning by doing (70%), through relationship and networking (20%) while reducing educational training (10%). ▪ Employees relations: manage relationships with the Association du Personnel, conduct mediation.▪ Organizational Design & Change Management: In 2016, facilitated the design of the new organization while embedding the organizational capability through the implementation. Drive change management with the objective to increase co-workers' personal comfort at the different stages of change.

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  Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences Ltd. - NIHS

  • Lausanne

  • Head of Management Services

    • Apr 2011 - Aug 2012
    • Lausanne

    Member of the Management Committee in charge of Finance & Control, and Human Resources.Manage the operational set-up of the newly created Institute.- Workforce planning and organization design- Recruitment and on-boarding of +75 principal investigators, scientists and lab. technicians- Coordination of the annual budgeting process- Management and controlling of the operational and CAPEX budgets - Financial reporting with variance analysis: budget vs actuals and forecast with communication of adverse trend results to management, along with proposals for improvement.- ERP implementation: SAP HR, OM, PA, Payroll, FICO, P2P, Project management- Definition and maintenance of the rules and regulations related to the control of the Institute including assets and completion of financial transactions.- Preparation of work papers for the external auditors and the rendering of any additional assistance needed to complete the annual audit.

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  Nestle

  • Nestlé HQ, Vevey, Switzerland

  • R&D Corporate Portfolio Manager

    • Sep 2010 - May 2011
    • Nestlé HQ, Vevey, Switzerland

    Controlling of Nestlé R&D pipeline and cost of the project portfolio.- Work with managers to walk through the R&D pipeline value of their business and devise both short- and long-terms plans to improve efficiencies.- Develop metrics for the R&D dashboard and determine where efficiencies are in the most need for improvement.- Create a step-by-step plan to improve efficiency levels and begin its implementation.- Consolidate and present to executives the monthly report that itemizes the latest expectations for the total R&D pipeline value.

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  Nestle Nutrition

  • Nestlé Nutrition HQ, Vevey, Switzerland

  • Financial Controller and R&D Portfolio Manager

    • Jan 2010 - Sep 2010
    • Nestlé Nutrition HQ, Vevey, Switzerland

    Support Nestle Nutrition head of R&D in all financial analysis, e.g. R&D project portfolio and pipeline value, budget forecasts.Prepare and present Budget/ Reviews and quarterly update discussions to Headquarter.

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  Nestle Healthcare Nutrition

  • Corporate Financial Controller

    • Feb 2008 - Feb 2010

    Portfolio harmonization: Manage the financial aspects of the Product/Brand harmonisation projectLead Healthcare Nutrition efforts on shared services optimization objectives and costingDrive the reporting processes (actuals and planning)Integration of the acquired business - Report synergy performance and cost to realize spent

  • MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE (MoC) MANAGER

    • Mar 2007 - Feb 2008

    Role is to develop and roll-out the management of change (MoC) program for the newly created Nestle global shared services organizationBuild the MoC strategy, including the framework, accelerators and templates

  • MANAGER OF NOVARTIS MEDICAL NUTRITION AND GERBER SHARED SERVICES INTEGRATION

    • Apr 2007 - Sep 2007

    Plan the integration of Novartis shared services activities into Nestlé shared services organization worldwideBuilt the transition roadmap for the integration of the Human Resources and Financial services into Nestle shared services organization in coordination with other integration streams e.g. IS/IT

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  Nestle Global Shared Service Organization

  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) MANAGER

    • Oct 2006 - Mar 2007

    Set up of the Program Management Office for the transition of HR and Financial Services into shared servicesCreation and roll-out of the toolbox to manage Project Management processes as per PMI standards

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  Nestle

  • HR SHARED SERVICE PROJECT STREAM LEAD

    • Jul 2004 - Oct 2006

    Pan-European payroll and other HR processes optimizationFeasibility study and business case developmentDesign of an internal pan-european shared services centerSourcing and selection of business process outsourcing (BPO) providerCommercial contract negotiationManager responsible for the planning, control and execution of the entire integrated transition plan for 8 European markets, thus +/- 25 operational companies

  • SAP HR END USER LEARNING COORDINATOR

    • Oct 2003 - Jun 2004

    Coordination and tracking of the development and delivery of 650 SAP HR End User Learning objects including presentations, module outlines, SAP Tutor simulations, simulation scripts, InfoPack User scripts, Curriculum, and the SAP Glossary; within time, scope and budget

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  Nestlé GLOBE Center Europe

  • TRAINING MANAGER – CHANGE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

    • Sep 2002 - May 2003

    - Work with the SAP localization/ configuration team to support market related training needs· - Manage coordinate the localization of GLOBE SAP training materials for the markets· - Work with the markets and implementations teams to ensure effective implementation of the GLOBE SAP training materials

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  European Commission

  • CONSULTANT

    • Jan 1996 - Jun 2001

    - Design and implementation of the Information Society Directorate communication plan - Newsletter publishing (www and paper) 10 times a year in 11 languages- Multilingual Web sites creation, design and update - Training session organization and follow-up on databases query and Web site development strategy- Design of training courses and exercises on Web publishing, and Web-based database query- Writing of user manuals