Darren Whyte

Experience

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  Astellas Ireland Co. Ltd

  Jun 1995 - Apr 1998

  Production Planner
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  Roche Ireland Limited

  Apr 1998 - May 2004

  Senior Buyer
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  Roche Pharmaceuticals

  May 2004 - Aug 2005

  Global Category Manager

  Project manager for procurement reorganisation and transformation. Included development of governance structure, business plan for Direct Materials, implementation of supplier relationship manangement concept, Balanced Scorecard for global procurement.

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  Altana

  Aug 2005 - Aug 2006

  Purchasing Manager
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  Novartis

  Aug 2006 - Dec 2022

  Responsible for managing all 3rd party spend of 1.3BUSD and 45 FTEs, Direct and Indirect, with CMOs, suppliers, licensing partners for the Biologics and Cell & Gene divisions. This includes a multi-year roadmap on delivering year over year total cost efficiencies, supplier management and development strategies including risk and business continuity management with a team of 45 FTEs.Developed a 3 year roadmap outlining where and how procurement would make an impact to the business. This roadmap achieved the following: - 5% YoY unit cost improvement to support competitiveness of the Biosimilar portfolio - Improved cash flow of 30mUSD through partnering with suppliers on optimum inventory models - Improved contract compliance rate to >80% and overall compliance rate at >95% - Increased dual/alternative sourcing rate to 50% of overall spend/critical suppliers. - Reduced tail end spend by 30% enabling further concentration on strategic suppliers - Led the procurement organisation through transformation and change management of their roles & responsibilities, improving competency profiles and offshoring routine processes. Show less Regional Procurement Head for approx 20 manufacturing sites in Europe and Rest of World with a spend of 800mUSD and team of 25 FTEs.. Responsible for all spend categories, Direct and Indirect, in this region to ensure that the procurement agenda is known and met. Key accomplishments include:• Development and delivery of a forward-looking, cross-site/division team balancing the requirements for procurement resources and capabilities. • Driving procurement excellence through offshoring of all transactional (including compliance) to global business centre. • Reorganisation of the individual procurement functions at the sites into a regional category structure with all tail end spend offshored (both direct materials and indirect materials) including category management of tail end spend thereby reducing headcount by 50%.• Ensures that local manufacturing site requirements needs are met in terms of service, quality and cost in line with the implementation of business aligned global sourcing strategies. • Leveraging volumes/demands within the region, drive harmonization of processes and resource and work to consolidate the supplier base in line with global principles to 10% reduction in spend. Show less Provide leadership for Program Management, Business Planning & overall coordination for the Pharma aligned divisional team within the TechOps area. Drive all activities related to program and project management for the site network and the wider team. Drive strong business alignment and deliver key projects with the divisional representatives and divisional leader. Link the strategy to the delivery of the benefit. Working with multiple stakeholders from the category, the site network and wider business the role has a key part to play in the success of the category.Drivinginitiatives that deliver directly to the bottom line on savings and cash flow through improving days payables outstanding and consignment inventory agreements with strategic partners. Business Process Outsourcing of Tail End Spend and pushing non managed spend into managed spend categories. Show less - Managed 3 manufacturing plants with combined budgets of 150mUSD and a team of 3 FTEs. - Partnering with the Businesses to ensure achievement of business goals for growth, ensuring sound financial management & financial controls throughout, and delivering cost effectiveness. - Execution of Business & Finance function and engagement in the quarterly and year-end process ensuring all month end procedures and timeframes are met. -Participation in strategic activities and development of strategic plans. - Support Global Finance Transformation coordination of activities for the local local site & analyze statutory filings - Assist in preparation and presentation of the annual budget. - Integration of management accounting data into strategy & decision making, through modelling projections forecasting; risk analysis & assessment; business case scenarios. - Participate in tax & statutory activities supporting Controller to ensure compliance needs for the legal entity are met. - Contract reviews, leases, etc. - Promote cooperation and teamwork with all departments by open, candid communication and timely coordination Show less

  • Head Global Procurement Biologics and Cell Therapies

    May 2019 - Dec 2022

  • Head Procurement Europe & RoW

    Jan 2016 - May 2019

  • Head Pharma TechOps Project Management

    Apr 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Finance Manager

    Feb 2011 - Apr 2014

  • Global Financial Analyst

    Jan 2008 - Feb 2011

  • Category Manager

    Aug 2006 - Jan 2008
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  Abbott

  Jan 2023 - now

  Head Global Materials & Supplier Development

  Lead materials teams across manufacturing sites and Global Corporate Category Managenent.Develop clear global sourcing strategies that decide on insourcing v outsourcing Oversight management of all suppliersLead global change by ensuring standardised approaches across manufacturing networkResponsible for the management and maintenance of all inventories at multiple locations with timely and accurate digitised reportingLead Supplier Development strategy and Global Component Engineering function to deliver continuous improvement, material specification improvement, supplier process capability initiatives Lead supplier resilience and business continuity plan for suppliersIntegrate with R&D, New Product Introductions on product design and material and supplier selection.Define and drive digital reporting capabilities through the deployment of Power BI tools and reporting.Develop global organisational capability through having a clear focus on people development and talent identification and acquisition. Show less