Project manager

Rob Bernhard

Email: aboqh3@r.postjobfree.com

Address: *** ******* ***** *******

City: Cheltenham

State: PA

Zip: 19012

Country: USA

Phone: 610-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 120

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Rob Bernhard

123 Tookany Creek Parkway

Cheltenham, PA 19012-1107

610-***-****, aboqh3@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

* 14 years of pharmaceutical experience and extensive years of experience as a Project manager.

* Highly effective at managing global cross-functional project teams for drug and medical device product launches, technology transfers, cost savings initiatives and design build manufacturing plant projects.

* Managed cost of goods reduction, energy and maintenance excellence initiatives to achieve repetitive annual savings of more than $50 million.

* Managed 38 new drug launches, including product and methods development, technology transfer/scale-up and commercial production of the product required for launch. Also managed 2 medical device product launches.

* Adept at using MS Project for planning and tracking project progress, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

* Familiar with Lean Six Sigma Methods for eliminating waste and co-founded the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute.

Education:

* B.S. in Applied Science and Engineering with Area Concentration in Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin

* M.S. in Engineering Management Science, Milwaukee School of Engineering (1 more course to complete)

Experience:

Weilanlee Global Enterprises LLC, Berkeley Heights, NJ 5/2008 - Present

Sr. Project Manager

Note: Company operations are currently in process of being shutdown due to changes in the medical device, pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical approval process at the Chinese SFDA that makes it significantly more difficult and costly to get these products approved for sale in China.

* Secured contracts with U.S. manufacturers of medical devices, pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals to find distributors in China for their products.

* Coordinated the preparation and execution of the Distributor Agreements.

* Facilitated the approvals of these products for sale in China by the Chinese SFDA.

* Currently managing several technology transfers from U.S. to Chinese manufacturing sites.

Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Madison, NJ and Collegeville, PA 6/1997 - 5/2008

Sr. Project Manager

* Managed the following topical drug launches: PrepH Improved Cooling Gel, PrepH Maximum Strength Cream, PrepH Medicated Wipes, 3 Denorex Shampoo Coal Tar to Sal Acid Reformulations, ChapStick OverNight, ChapStick FaceStick, ChapStick Nose Soother, ChapStick Green Apple, ChapStick Performance, ChapStick Natural, ChapStick Color Prep, LipSations Bubblegum, LipSations Pineapple and Freelax, an overnight laxative.

* Managed the following respiratory drug launches: Infants' Advil White Grape Drops, 9 Robitussin Pseudo to PE Liquid Reformulations, 6 Dimetapp Pseudo to PE Liquid Reformulations, Advil Cold & Sinus Pseudo to PE Reformulation, Advil Allergy Sinus Pseudo to PE Reformulation and Childrens' Advil Suspension Pseudo to PE Reformulation.

* Managed the following vitamin technology transfers: Caltrate 600 and Caltrate 600 + D Transfers from Delavau to Wyeth Guayama, Puerto Rico OTC Plant

* Managed the following Rx-to-OTC Switch drug launch: Abbott's Hytrin for treatment of BPH symptoms

* Managed the following medical device launches: Aria, an incontinence device, and OraDisc for canker sore mechanical protection and pain-relief.

* Managed the following technology transfers: Dristan 12-Hour Nasal Spray and Anacin to Trillium, a contract manufacturer in Brockville, Ontario Canada, who purchased the products.

* Managed the Cost of Goods Reduction Initiative to deliver year-after-year annual savings of $47.4MM.

* Assisted the formation of the Corporate Energy and Utilities Initiative and served on the Initiative's Corporate Steering Committee. By year 2, annual worldwide energy costs savings exceeded $17MM.

* Managed the Maintenance Excellence Initiative for the 5 Wyeth OTC Plants to reduce maintenance costs and improve production uptime.

* Managed the kick-off of the Centrum Repackaging Project at the Pearl River, NY Plant for an annual savings in excess of $5MM.

* Managed the design, construction and validation of an Ibuprofen Pilot Plant at the Wyeth Guayama, Puerto Rico OTC Plant for the development of an extrusion technology to produce a faster-acting and more tolerable Ibuprofen isomer.

Beachwood Builders, Toms River, NJ 1/1996 - 6/1997

Sr. Project Manager

* Secured contract with Wyeth Consumer Healthcare to kick-off and manage their Cost of Goods Reduction Initiative.

* Secured the Company's first private sector commercial construction contract.

* Estimated, secured and managed the execution of the Company's first environmental contract.

Environmental Profile Labs & Garden State Drilling, Toms River, NJ 1/1994 - 1/1996

General Manager

* Redirected Companies away from pursuing high risk, low margin work by estimating and securing its first Superfund Site Remediation Contract, Hazardous Material Disposal Contract and major drilling contracts for Commercial Geothermal Heat Pump Systems.

* Improved operations with the installation and utilization of a computer network and job costing, estimating, project management and sales tracking systems.

* Wrote and initiated use of Proposal Terms and Conditions, Purchase Order Terms and Conditions, Subcontract Agreements and SOPs.

Sigel Technologies, Narberth, PA 7/1990 - 12/1993 Sr. Project Manager

* Reporting directly to Wyeth Pharmaceutical's senior management, provided on-site project management for the commissioning, qualification and startup of the Wyeth Medica Plant in Newbridge, Ireland.This Plant was built and turned over to Operations in a record time of 1 year.

* For the Wyeth Medica Plant, also awarded and managed the calibration contract for 5,000 instruments and controls, oversaw the Site Acceptance Testing of the Honeywell Building Automation System and Glatt Fluid Bed Dryer and conducted a Cogeneration Power Plant Feasibility Study.

* Managed cross-functional teams at Hoffmann LaRoche in Nutley, NJ to prepare 2 White Papers, one on Product Strategy and another on Flexible Manufacturing.

* Conducted Cogeneration Power Plant Feasibility Studies for projects in the United States and abroad. Scope of work included plant design, sourcing major equipment (gas turbines, diesel generators, industrial boilers etc.) and finding partners and project financing for the projects.

* Executed Facilitating Agreements with Texas-Ohio Power for Guatemala Cogen Project and with KMS Energy for Columbia Cogen Project.

* Conducted Physical Plant Surveys of hospitals and nursing homes being considered for purchase in Georgia and Louisiana.

* Teamed The Sigel Group with HEC Energy to conduct energy surveys of the Main Line Health Hospital and Rehab Facilities.

Professional Affiliations:

Project Management Institute, Delaware Valley Chapter

* Co-founded the Chapter

* Served on Chapter's Executive Board for 3 years

* Formed the Chapter's Advisory Committee and served as its Chairperson for 2 years

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