Created and led a Strategic Business Unit in Asia-Pacific

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Key Responsibilities

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• Built from scratch a new Business Unit for Alcan’s Healthcare Packaging in Emerging Markets

• Responsible for P&L of the Healthcare business in Asia-Pacific, including 3 manufacturing sites and approx. 340 employees

• Recruited a team of 5 direct reports in Asia, internally and externally, including replacement of one incumbent in China

• Integrated newly-acquired business into the corporate culture and turned around loss-making plants in China and India

• Defined, gained approval for, and implemented capital investments in new and upgraded production equipment

• Developed and implemented detailed plans to develop new products and transfer existing products to Asia

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Outcomes

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• Successful integration of Asian businesses into corporate Healthcare culture

• Sales growth of 22% CAGR and profit growth of 90% CAGR over 2 years

• Successful implementation of capital investments in China and India

• Launch of first Class 100k packaging clean room in India

• Launch of multiple new product specifications

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Key Success Factors

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• Flexibility and sensitivity across multiple cultures in North America, Europe and Asia

• Outstanding and courageous leadership to recruit, onboard, mentor and develop BU team

• Strategic vision to develop the long-term growth strategy

• Organisational agility to ensure support from corporate leadership

• Drive for results to ensure rapid integration and execution of plans, and onboarding, training and development of employees across the BU

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