Arturo Horta Poyal

Hombre de 57 años de Asturias

Vive en Asturias.

Objetivo actual: Geel, 01/10/2018
Dear Mr./Mrs. Hiring Manager,

I am a Senior Industrial Chemist, with a Ph.D. Doctorate in Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies. I have also a MBA Master in Business Management and Administration, with 25 years of experience in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, having worked as project manager in 6 different countries. I am energetic, very flexible, passionate for engineering, organized and a natural team leader. I can speak English and Spanish as mother tongues, fluid French and German.
I am a Six Sigma Black Belt certified by DuPont and specialized in Project Management. Being a consultant, I have worked in several missions of Interim Senior Management in Belgium, the last one as the Rubens Project Manager for Henkel in Drogenbos.
My last 5 positions in Belgium have been as follows:
2018: UCB Pharma SA in Braine L’Alleud – Global Serialization Sustainability Manager
2017: Johnson & Johnson, Courcelles and Janssen Pharmaceutica in La Louvière – Change Manager
2014-2016: Lawter in Kallo-Port of Antwerp – Global Business Development Manager
2013-2014: Henkel in Drogenbos – Rubens Project Manager
2012-2013: Greenseal Chemicals in the Port of Ghent – CEO

At Greenseal Chemicals I was fully responsible for the entire company, including P&L.
At Henkel, I worked as Rubens Project Manager for the Engineering and New Plant Start-up during 2014-2015. I was completely responsible of the Rubens Project, for budget, resources and timeline. The objective of the Rubens Project was 3 fold:
1. Increase Capacity of the Drogenbos Site by:
a. Debottlenecking of existing manufacturing plant
b. Start-up of a new production line
2. Consolidate the production of 3 European plants into Drogenbos Site
3. Closure of the Monsanto plant in Antwerp
At Lawter, I worked as European Business Development Manager and was fully responsible for the Technology Transfer from Harima Chemicals in Japan to the Lawter manufacturing plants in Kallo (Belgium) and Maastricht (Holland).
At Johnson & Johnson MEDICAL DEVICES (Courcelles, Belgium) and at Janssen PHARMACEUTICA SA (La Louvière) I worked as Global Change Manager for the RADIUS Project. I was responsible for the change management of operations and sustainability of the European Distribution and Logistic Activities of the sites of Courcelles (Johnson & Johnson) and La Louvière (Janssen) for the European Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals businesses. Main sustainability achievements involved Supply Chain Lean Management, Automation, Temperature Control, Capacity Increase, Warehouse Building Expansion, Distribution Hub Consolidation and IT systems deployment and integration (SAP eWM, Swisslog WCS, JDE).
Project Management tools used: MS Project, XPS, U-Pilot, CoC (Change of Control), TRACKWISE, ALM, Veeva TrueVault, ComplianceWire, SOURCE CD.
At UCB PHARMA SA (Braine L’Alleud, Belgium) my role is Global Serialization Sustainability Manager
Worked as sustainability domain Leader in UCB’s global serialization program following the existing regulation roadmap and governance model. Assured that the UCB standards are respected in any serialization project. Created a robust tracking system for the management of serialization incidents. Ensured program harmonization and sustainability. Identified and assessed gaps in the existing processes, adapted existing or developed new processes to embed serialization efficiently in the business as usual. Developed a strategy for sustainability of serialization with impact analysis on processes, organization, documentation, etc.
Project Management tools used: TRACKWISE , SOURCE CD, SAP, MICROSOFT PROJECT

I am also a certified Miller Heiman Strategic Consultant, specialized in several areas:
Strategic Selling
Conceptual Thinking
Project Management
Business Development
Innovation by Design
Organizational Change
Situational Leadership
Team Coaching and Personal Mentoring

As personal references you may speak with my previous direct managers at Henkel and Lawter:
Mr. Marco Tomei, European Operations Network Manager at Henkel, on +39 3355740967 (Italy).
Dr. Nathan Isser, Global Innovation Director at Lawter, on +1 4199675041 (US – Chicago time).

Looking forward to meeting you or speaking with you. Thank you very much for your attention.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Arturo Horta Poyal – Consultant
arturohorta4@yahoo.com
GSM: 0495772028