Cheikh DIENG

Medical devices Plant – Classified : FDA – ANSM- IVDR – GMED , Employees =350+, Social Climate = Highly Unionized, Main Products : Diagnostics and life science products;

Revenues = Triple digits in Mi€ CAPEX = Double digits Mi€

Managing all Manufacturing teams 200 FTE

Managing all manufacturing activities ( Biologic, Reagents Production, Filling & Packaging and Quality Control Lab)

• Site Leadership Team member (back-up site director)
• Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, training, and mentoring individuals with lagging skills.
• Proven record in team management - Maintained team by recruiting, orienting, and training employees
• Revitalized operational structures and procedures to successfully control turnover and waste, enhance output, and boost overall quality.
• Expertise in the definition of regulatory requirements
  (cGMP, GMP, FDA& ANSM inspection) in production.
• Developed and managed investment and operating budgets
• Established and lead Key Performance Indicators in Manufacturing plant
• Strengthened inter-departmental cooperation
• Proven record in implementation of continuous improvement project
• Experienced in change management
• Reduced production downtime with regular equipment maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Identified and resolved process and equipment issues to minimize production downtime.

• Managing all production teams 100 FTE (12 engineers, 7 shift managers and 81 technicians & operators)
• Managing 8 APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) production lines
• Managing day-to-day production operations and ensuring adherence to production plan
• Ensuring compliance of the operations with GMP and requirements of the authorities
• Lean management, recruitment, team building and production improvement
• Leading the LOTO (Lock Out Tag Out) project in the plant site
• Managing CAPA (Corrective Action and Preventive Action) and deviation investigations for all the production
• Leading the regulatory inspections (ANSM, FDA) and customer audit in Production
• Site Leadership Team member
• Monitoring Capex projects for Production
• Back-up site director

• Drove the BASF Responsible Care Management (RCM)
• Production team management 40 people
• Managed the monomers, polymers and blending units production
• Ensured that schedules and targets were achieved
• Responsible for day-to-day production
• Monitored with the SLT the Capex projects for the plant
• Drove production efficiency and quality control / continuous improvement
• Provided technical support for polymer and monomer business
• Team leader for the zero Harm culture
• Resolved issues quickly to maintain productivity goals.

• Drove the Process Safety Management in the area
• Monitored and delivered to KPIs and drove a culture of Continuous Improvement through the business
• Managed the production team
• Produced daily production plans with Stock Team and supply chain
• Provided technical process support to the process team
• Led root cause analysis investigations for process issues across production
• Monitored the M.O.C . (Management Of Change) procedures
• Led capital projects and commissioning

Provided engineering support to the five production units in the plant. The process activities

included preparation of all process deliverables and process optimization.

• Performed basic engineering work dealing with the development of process technology for capital projects, process simulation with Aspen and HTFS, process design
• Responsible for variable cost budgets