Philippe Gerwill

Current

Special Projects Purchasing IT at Novartis Pharma AG

Past

Head of e-Business at Lonza Ltd
Global Program Manager at Novartis Pharma AG
Senior Business Analyst at Ciba Specialty Chemicals

Senior Project Manager at Ciba Specialty Chemicals
ERP Manufacturing Team Leader NAFTA at Ciba-Geigy

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Education

IMD (International Institute for Management Development) - Business Programs
Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I)

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Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Philippe Gerwill’s Summary

Executive leader with strong focus on new business processes, new technologies and business strategy.

Former global program manager specialized in supply chain business processes and IT. Strong on globalization, standardization and harmonization.

IQP (Innovation, Quality, Productivity) Gold Trained at Novartis Pharma AG which is equivalent to a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training program.

Cross cultural experiences from many countries and various business areas (e.g. US, Brasil, Mexico, China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, South-Korea, Germany, France, Italy, Spain etc...)

Philippe Gerwill’s Specialties:

Production Planning, Strategic Planning, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Business Processes, B2B, eBusiness and Project Management

SAP Applications (e.g. ICH, APO etc...)

Philippe Gerwill’s Experience

Special Projects Purchasing IT

Novartis Pharma AG

(Public Company; NVS; Pharmaceuticals industry)

May 2009 — Present (8 months)
Head of e-Business

Lonza Ltd

(Public Company; LONN; Biotechnology industry)

July 2008 — April 2009 (10 months)

Developping and driving the long-term strategic direction of e-Business for the company.
Global Program Manager

Novartis Pharma AG

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NVS; Pharmaceuticals industry)

January 2005 — June 2008 (3 years 6 months)

Global IT Programs Management like eSupplier (connecting external suppliers through SAP ICH) or iDS (integrated Detailed Scheduling based on SAP PP/DS)
Senior Business Analyst

Ciba Specialty Chemicals

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Chemicals industry)

March 2004 — December 2004 (10 months)

 Project Enterprise - ERP Strategy Definition
 Team Leader Indirect Procurement and Services & Solutions
 ERP Software Evaluation
Senior Project Manager

Ciba Specialty Chemicals

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Chemicals industry)

August 2003 — February 2004 (7 months)

 IWM (Industrial Water Management) Project Manager
 Business Process Definition, Education and Project Support
ERP Manufacturing Team Leader NAFTA

Ciba-Geigy

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

February 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 7 months)

Short term assignment in McIntosh, AL in the US.
- Project UNO NAFTA Core Team Member
- ERP harmonization across all NAFTA Region Production Plants
- Define and implement Common Data and Global Business Processes for Manufacturing

Philippe Gerwill’s Education

IMD (International Institute for Management Development) - Business Programs

IT Excellence Corporate Executive Program 2007 — 2009
Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I)

1984 — 1986