Ian Abram

Company Name

Novartis

Position Held

Shift Leader

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

Oct. 2014 - present. Dundee Scotland. Productions lead for the manufacturing of medicines for animal health. Working to high cGMP standards and full pharmaceutical regulations. Main responsibilities are to ensure customer satisfaction by delivering a high standard of complex animal healthcare formulations, within operating budgets, targets and stringent quality levels. Duties include promoting and executing high level manufacturing technics, GMP, 6 S, lean and six sigma disciplines. Managing and coordinating continuous improvement programs and projects. Planning and forecasting design and execution including budget control and supply planning.

Company Name

Margaret Hodge Recruitment

Position Held

Scientific Consultant

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

Scientific Consultant Margaret Hodge Recruitment July 2014 - Sept 2014 3 months Glasgow, Scotland, UK Specialising in resourcing Pharmaceutical, Life Science, and Engineering Professionals/Support staff across the whole spectrum of commercial positions within Biomedical, Medical Devices and Manufacturing organisations. Specialities Phase I to III clinical trials operations. GMP, GLP, GCP compliance. HPLC wet chemistry testing including pharmacopeia testing, ELISA, IEF, Western Blot UK and USA Regulatory Affairs. Manufacturing process and management. Lean, Kiazan, Six Sigma and 5 S methodologies.

Position Held

consultant.

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

Jan 2014 - July 2014. Part time support for freelance consultant. Updating and supporting Medical Device Regulatory Affairs compliance reports, assisting with client enquiries and relevant administration. Project support and documentation, monitoring milestones, risks and recovery solutions.

Company Name

Industrious LTD

Position Held

Agency Manager

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

Nov 2013 - Jan 2014 Industrious LTD Agency. Fife Agency Manager Temporary . Managing Industrious associates for Amazon over the Christmas period, providing KPI feedback, customer service and general customer satisfaction. Duties included all administration and disciplinary requirements including health and safety compliance.

Company Name

Quintiles

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

Management and set up of a nightshift manufacturing carpets including all set up training, installing KPIs and lean technics. A high focus on health and safety, ensuring all process were being complied too, and correct PPE being adhered too. June 2003 - 2013 Quintiles Laboratories Europe Livingston

Company Name

Regency Carpets

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

August 2013 - Nov 2013 Regency Carpets, Bangor NI Nightshift Manager. Temporary .

Position Held

Manager

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

CTM Manager Global Central Laboratories June 2012 - August 2013 Operations management of 102 employees based in Europe and eight direct reports globally. Operations direction for five clinical material supply regions covering five continents driving process improvement, projects, management principles, total quality systems and world class customer service. Responsible for the full planning, forecasting and AOP for five regions globally, presented to each regions VP weekly. Responsible for managing or a team member for various multi million dollar projects from new LIMs systems to distribution improvements, including lean principles, process improvement, study turn round times, and quality incident improvements. Subject expert team member for client facing bid defence offering operational solutions, to secure future business. Full responsibility for material control, construction and delivery of clinical trial material covering Europe, Middle East and North Africa. http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view - id=65389628 and trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile Clinical Trials Material Associate Manager .2nd. Line management for a team of 56 people, with 5 direct reports to ensure that all goals and KPIs are completed within set timelines and tight resources. . Global lead for the department with 5 regions being coordinated from Scotland. . Supporting and assisting the Operations Associate Director including standing in to cover holidays etc. . Driving success by running management engagement programs such as team development workshops and other KPI based quality systems. Clinical Trials Material Supervisor . Development of production control techniques and methodologies, including designing planning and forecasting tools for each region globally. . Special projects implementing new technology and systems into this region which involved business trips to the States etc. . All aspects of modern production management, inventory control, logistics and operational budget control. . Employee skill enhancement and development through cross training, team development work shops and employee engagement sessions. Clinical Trials Material Team Leader . Ensure highly detailed medical material is shipped to study sponsors within requested dates and required quality standards. . Build, develop, and maintain CTM teams to self directed levels. . Continual monitoring of productivity and quality performance. . Co-ordination and deployment of production volume, Liaising with Project Management to ensure targets are met.

Company Name

Excell Biotech Ltd

Position Held

Material Controller

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

. Enhance and develop process improvement. Nov 02 - June 2003 Excell Biotech Ltd. Livingston, Scotland. Material Controller Temp. . Receipt of Bio-pharmaceutical material ensuring correct handling and storage procedures are applied in a GMP environment. . Allocation of test procedures and Specifications to ensure release to GMP. . Project support and timely product flow. . Stock control and cycle counts, with monitoring of expiry dates and end of life material. . Material control improvements.

Company Name

Day International Ltd

Dates

0000 - Present

Details

2001 - 2002 Day International Ltd. Dundee, Scotland Production Shift Leader . Ensuring all Production and Quality Goals are achieved to the highest standards using PDCA monitoring and controlled timely escalation Procedures. . Develop new working techniques and mind sets to raise standards and increase business performance and customer focus. . Team Development through training, appraisal and target driven