Jonna Harrell
Powhatan,VA
Summary
Technical Professional with 23 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Dietary Supplement industries focused on providing integrity, safety and quality to Haleon consumer healthcare products. Highly energized, leader with a proven track record at Haleon and Pfizer, excelling in relationship building and technical management. Expert in steering cross-functional teams towards innovative solutions, significantly enhancing product launches and quality management. Mastered attention to detail and teamwork, fostering robust collaborations.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Value Engineer Manager
Haleon
06.2023 - Current
- Established strong working relationships with Montreal site through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration.
- Coordinated activities with Global Product Maintenance, Consumer Sciences and R&D AS&T for implementation of 56K gbp saving with the replacement of beet sugar with local supply cane sugar for Advil Suspensions and 212K gbp saving for replacement of maltitol syrup with sorbitol in TheraFlu syrups.
- Continued pursuit of ideation to support future sustainable pipeline for annual 900K gpb +/- 10% year over year
- Constructed one-pager highlighting project description, savings, resources, milestones for alignment with Commercial or Maintenance Review Forum
- Effective escalation of challenges and broader communication of quantified impact to VE deliverables
Agile Innovation Technical Manager
Haleon
08.2019 - Current
- Responsible representative of QSC Technical Services in multiple project to bring new Haleon Consumer Healthcare products to market for multiple established brands, including Benefiber, Centrum, Emergen-C, Tums, manufactured and/or packaged at CMOs.
- Analyze project-related documentation and made recommendations to project team based discoveries.
- Support cross-functional teams to identify and mitigate risks associated with new product launches
- Advice R&D scientist on technical knowledge and experience with existing products to facilitate the design of new innovations
- Participate in the review of qualification, stability, and investigation documents during product development
- Perform review of Product Lifecycle Sourcing Bulletin (PLSB) documents for new innovations
- Provide technical support for on-boarding new CMOs to support business continuity plan and/or new innovation
Global Technology & Engineering Manager
Pfizer
03.2015 - 07.2019
- Responsible representative of External Supply Technology in multiple projects to bring new Pfizer Consumer Healthcare products to market for multiple brands, including Advil Suspension, Chapstick, Nexium, and Robitussin, manufactured and/or packaged at CMOs
- Build relationships at key CMOs to faciliate transfer of information for business continuity.
- Manage the end-to-end technical related activities at key CMOs, including review/approval change controls, deviation management, master batch/packaging records
- Identified areas of improvement in existing systems, providing recommendations that resulted in significant cost savings over time.
- Support Pfizer Regulatory groups as a primary point of contact with CMOs and support the process of documentation retrieval and collection for building dossiers for submissions to Health Authorizations
QA Manager-Consumer COQA
Pfizer
10.2007 - 03.2015
- Responsible point-of-contact for end-to-end quality related activities at key CMOs, including new product launches, maintenance projects, deviation management, change control, and consumer complaints
- Development of effective Quality Agreements specific to the CMO and determining the level of interaction with CMOs according to Risk Management process
- Support CMOs with root cause analysis on recurring defects, implementing corrective measures to prevent future occurrences.
- Ensured compliance with industry best practices by staying abreast of emerging trends in quality management.
Education
Certification - Supply Chain Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA2025
Master of Science - Food Science & Technology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA1994
Bachelor of Science - Food Sciences And Technology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA1992
Skills
- Relationship building internal Haleon and external CMOs
- Teamwork and collaboration with R&D, Quality and Supply Chain colleagues
- Active listening to project team members to identify risks and align on options for mitigation
- Lead functional and cross-function team in root cause analysis and corrective actions
- Self motivated to learn new skills to support QSC
- Attention to detail to deliver new product launches
Timeline
Value Engineer Manager
Haleon
06.2023 - Current
Agile Innovation Technical Manager
Haleon
08.2019 - Current
Global Technology & Engineering Manager
Pfizer
03.2015 - 07.2019
QA Manager-Consumer COQA
Pfizer
10.2007 - 03.2015
Certification - Supply Chain Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Science - Food Science & Technology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Bachelor of Science - Food Sciences And Technology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University