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Luiz Leme

Newark,NJ

Summary

About me:

I'm a pharmacist with over 20 years of experience in the industry. In this period, I've worked at 4 different sites and departments.

My actual goal is to become a complete Supply Chain professional with E2E understanding and Commercial Mentality.

I'm an optimistic about life in general and human potential. Thus, developing myself and others has been a priority.

Father of Helena and Davi, my inspiration and reason for being a better person every day. I love to play sports such as Jiu jitsu and Cycling, challenging me to achieve goals once believed unachievable.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Production and HAPS Manager

Haleon
08.2022 - Current

Main achievements:

  • Engagement Survey 93%.
  • ·EHS: more than 1.6 years without reportable accidents. Robust EHS culture. All red risks properly managed and mitigated.
  • Quality: Deviation rate under 1.5% sustained. No PIRCs or Recalls. Customer complaints under 3 ppm.
  • OEE: Q2 2024 63%. On track to achieve 10pts improvement vs Q4 previous year.
  • Savings: year over year achieved and for 2024 net savings on track to achieve 4.2%.
  • Supply Chain Academy LATAM Champion: approx. 4000 courses completed. Last 6 months figured as leading regions in the world (Latina and China). Currently 170 license holders.
  • Cross Collaboration (outside the site)

CSC LEC: I've led the initiative to achieve 40% productivity improvement on third party activities.

CSC Colombia: Quality and safety improvement. Recognition by regional quality council.

  • Secondment

Transferred to Finance area during Q3 and Q4 2023

Production and HAPs Manager

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
02.2014 - 08.2022

Main achievements:

EHS:

EHS culture improvement, moving from a site with low levels of escalation, risk perception and poor management to a place of self-detection and management of risks. Proper escalation and full accountability.

  • Quality:

Robust quality culture and standards on production. From last place to top quartile on GSK Quality risk model of consumer healthcare sites. No overdue CAPAs, 0 overdue training, 70% deviation reduction.

  • Continuous improvement:

Leader on the implementation of a Continuous improvement philosophy. Moving from firefighting to a systematic proactive approach. All SLT, SLT-1, First Line leaders using lean tools to improve processes and fix problems: as performance management, Leader standard work, problem solving, GEMBA .Value Stream mapping as main tool to define improvement initiatives. Lead Time (D2D) from 180 to 28 days.

Productivity:

OEE improvements from 40% to 60%.

Process optimization leading to Productivity improvement (leading to 40% of Headcount reduction).

FAT, SAT and vertical startup of automated Line.

OTIF above 99% sustained previous pandemia, and 90% post pandemic

  • Cross Management:

- Logistics: Working with Logistic manager we could map the value Stream and improve Lead time (D2D) from 180 to 28 days.

- HR: I lead a multidisciplinary and multicultural team in the process of change management implementation and establishment of accountability culture. This team was responsible for most of the site results and could deliver outstanding results as -4% COGS reduction for the first time in the site.

Leader of culture changes due to GSK spin off, engagement survey at 84%.

- Engineering: As sponsor of the facility optimization project I could support the engineering manager to deliver the project on time . From concept to final qualification.

Operational Excellence and Production Manager

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
01.2004 - 01.2008

After acquisition of Block Drug by GSK I was selected to go this site to improve quality and EHS standards as production lead and optimize processes and create Operational excellence culture as OE lead. Besides that, I was one of the pharmaceutical representatives towards Brazil BOH (ANVISA).

Achievements:

  • · Quality and EHS Standards established.
  • · Capacity optimization, allowing brand growth (65% volume increase).
  • Operation Transfer to Jacarepagua Site

Education

MBA - Marketing

Universidade Estacio De Sa
Brazil
01.2003

Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Universidade Federal Fluminense
Brazil
01.2001

Skills

  • Capacity of dealing with uncertainty, outperforming under extreme pressure
  • Work across boundaries with multicultural teams
  • Entrepreneur Mindset
  • Demonstrated capacity of achieving success through others Enabling, engaging and empowering team members
  • Agile thinking to take decision at pace
  • Good Social Skills
  • Team Leadership

Languages

Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Timeline

Production and HAPS Manager

Haleon
08.2022 - Current

Production and HAPs Manager

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
02.2014 - 08.2022

Operational Excellence and Production Manager

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
01.2004 - 01.2008

MBA - Marketing

Universidade Estacio De Sa

Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Universidade Federal Fluminense
Luiz Leme