Geraldine Hof-Chaussat

Experience

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  European Commission

  Jan 1997 - Aug 1997

  EC TRAINEE – Directorate General VII Transport

  • Team member for the program “Auto-Oil” to reduce CO2 emissions involving government representatives, consultants, motor and oil industries• Created a comparative study on European transport policies and on their environmental effects

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  Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (BVG)

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Project support - E-Ticketing In public transport

  • Research on electronic ticketing in public transport worldwide• Created a network with other international Public Transport companies working on same project • Set up a global data base used as benchmarking and referential for technology requirements from Public Transport companies

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  Damm Advertising Agency GmbH - Move Advertising GmbH

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  Junior Art Director

  • Designed advertising campaigns for Siemens household products portfolio• Wrote story boards, prepared photo shooting sessions, advertising campaigns for new product introductions & new corporate design for many clients: BASF, TV programme "War spät gestern", etc

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  Fontaine Picard éditions – Magazines Mi-Temps & Temps-Libre - France

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Graphic Designer & Journalist Freelance

  • Created the new corporate design and logo for Fontaine Picard school publishing• Freelance music journalist for the free local entertainments brochure Temps-Libre • Freelance graphic designer for sport magazine Mi-Temps

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  Solvay Pharmaceuticals

  Mar 2004 - Feb 2011

  • Planning & monitoring the artwork activities of external typesetters for internal sites and third party manufacturers. • Managed the centralization of the artwork management at a global level, by outsourcing artwork development to a new typesetter, setting up a Global Process & artwork flow.• Lead of a detached team of 5 external typesetters, in Abbott-house, for 9 months, to prepare templates and artwork for new products launches from new contract manufacturers. Managing them by defining, planning and sharing their tasks.• Successfully managed the integration of new third party manufacturers (starting with 3 & reaching by end of the project 31 partners), building up layouts according to their technical specifications and requirements & putting in place processes & flows together with Supplier department, Purchasing, Quality & Global Regulatory Affairs.• Set up a Standard Operation Procedure for global data storage of artworks for all products, all plants, new vendors.• Maintained a Global Operation Procedure for creation of Material, ensuring that the required information for SAP configuration is on time. Support of the process owners and SAP module responsible in finding cross-areas solutions. Show less January 2007 – July 2009: Liaison Officer• Main point of contact for all requests related to new packaging items and new products• Interface with Printers, Packaging, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, Master Data departments for the development of packaging taking into account the plant technical feasibilities, GMP&FDA & regulatory requirements, logistical constraints & cost impacts March 2004 - December 2006: Artwork typesetter• Developed artworks on request of Regulatory Affairs or the plant for new formats, new manufacturing lines and new products• Reorganized with the manager the Pre-Press department: proactively defined needs, proposed new software vendors. This led to an hard- and software up-grading and new workflow for mass artwork development and enabled the taking over of new products, in the frame of the new manufacturing site of Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne and its new affectation for solids only. Coordinating the transfer of the artworks of solid forms from Olst (NL)and Neustadt (DE) to Chatillon (FR) and of the lactulose and hormone products from Parets (ES) and Chatillon to Olst. Show less

  • Artwork & Master Data Manager

    Aug 2009 - Feb 2011

  • Supply Chain - Liaison Officer

    Mar 2004 - Jul 2009
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  Abbott

  Mar 2011 - Feb 2015

  Supply Chain - Packaging & Labeling Change Coordinator

  • Coordinated packaging changes, working effectively with all disciplines, including Customers, Global Regulatory Affairs, Master Data, Supply Chain, Therapeutic Area, Planners, Marketing, Manufacturing Sites and Artwork Studios• Leadership within my department on new business and product launches, in the frame of Expansion, Licensing and Acquisition activities, won many awards• Assigned as Supply Chain project leader in a cross-divisional team for distribution of products from a different division• Representative of the department in cross-functional teams for Licensing & Acquisition activities; defining process flows for quicker launches, managed to reduce artwork development timelines on primary packaging from 32 to 6 days • Involved in regional projects such as local secondary packaging in African region & Saudi Arabia• Set up a new process with all departments within Supply Chain for a better inventory management of the shared packs at the central warehouses. Show less

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  Mylan

  Mar 2015 - Jan 2017

  • Managed new product introduction within the Launch Management team• Worked cross-functionally with global brand teams, franchise leads, global regulatory affairs, affiliates and other launch partners. • Drove the launches from deal signature, regulatory submissions/approvals, through artwork creation, production, delivery to the market.• Supports Mylan growth by achieving launches on time. • Coordination of the inter-company project for the separation of the Developed Markets from Abbott to Mylan. Worked in close contact with Global Regulatory affairs, Planning and Master Data as SC Mylan project lead to define priorities per products /countries for the labelling change of MAH & manufacturer

  • NPI Project Manager

    May 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Packaging Labeling Coordinator

    Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
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  Tillotts Pharma AG

  Mar 2017 - now

  Main accomplishment:• Implemented a cloud-based electronic artwork management system, GLAMS, within Tillotts,• Changed & streamlined the end-to-end management of the artworks processes from paper to electronic,• Integrated all involved stakeholders on the same platform, internal & external within the workflows,• Fostered collaboration across internal departments, Regulatory Affairs, Distributors, external typesetters’ agencies, and contract packaging sites. Resulting in:• Real time reduction in artwork development and approval lifecycle, leading to faster launches and time to market,• Safer brand and regulatory compliance thanks to integrated proofreading and comparison tools,• Full traceability & transparency with audit trails and instant status of tasks,• Complete compliance to GMP requirements of Life science companies,• Maximized team organization, productivity, and cost-efficiency,• Brought new work competencies to the people thanks to the use of innovative and state of the art tools,• Reached stakeholder adherence and satisfaction thanks to facilitated connections. Leadership style:• Developing people in line with their talents and assigning projects & responsibilities accordingly• Encouraging the enterprising and sharing of know-how & experiences within the team and outside the team. Show less • Coordinating the artwork development for commercial packaging and the mock-ups for the submissions to the Health Authorities,• Interface between all involved parties, internal and externals, such as Regulatory Affairs, Affiliates, Distributors, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, Typesetters, Contract Manufacturers,• Ensuring the timely provision of the artworks to guaranty the continuous delivery of the products to the markets and their compliance to the GMP guidelines,• Assigned to projects for new deals such as new product acquisition, line extension & geographical expansions etc.• Initiating and driving cross-departmental end-to-end labelling and artwork process improvements. Show less

  • Team Leader Artwork & Labelling

    Oct 2019 - now

  • Regulatory Affairs - Labelling & artworks Manager

    Mar 2017 - Sept 2019