Mag. Judith Kastner

Executive Coaching • Strategic Consulting • HR excellence – solutions & knowledge transfer FOCUS AREAS: - Business Pioneering & Strategic Expansion – new business areas & sites - Restructuring and organizational evolution - HR excellence • HR as strategic business partner HOW Inspiration and strengthening of leaders and organizations by means of coaching, consulting, training in the field of: - leadership & entrepreneurial excellence - organizational design - human resource management

Member of the Management Board and Proxy of Sandoz GmbH as one of the largest production and development footprints within Novartis (over 4.000 employees). Member of the Novartis HR Board AT. Strategic and tactical HR responsibility as Head HR for the whole campus / location. Functional and disciplinary leadership of over 90 employees.

Global HR Business Partner for several Novartis Production and Development sites in Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia with increasing degree of responsibility (Global Biotechnology Drug Substance Manufacturing Network). Trusted Leadership Partner for the Global Networking Head as well as the Network Leadership Team. Leadership development, moderation of strategic business and network development opportunities. Design and implementation of strategic organizational development plans.

Strategic and tactical HR Management for the fast growing Business Unit Biopharmaceuticals including Central Functions, Technical Operations and Development. Management of the significant organizational growth from 400 up to 2000 associates including strategic personal planning, staffing, organizational design and change measures. HR Lead for significant Drug Product and Drug Substance Greenfield projects.

Strategic and tactical HR Management for Technical Operation and Central Function part of the fast growing Business Unit Biopharmaceuticals. Management of the significant organizational growth including strategic personal planning, staffing, organizational design and change measures. Part of the local HR leadership team for Kundl/Schaftenau as one of the biggest production and development footprints of Novartis. Lead of several HR standardization and excellence projects.

Change-Management • Organizational Development Leadership-/Team-/Personal Development including Personal Assessment Coaching & Mentoring HR-Consulting

HR responsibility for the Zumtobel sites Lustenau/AT and Morbach/DE. Cross-divisional HR Projects: HR Standards, Employee Engagement, Talent Attraction & Employer Branding, Organizational Development. Design and implementation of a specific leadership development program. Ramp-up of the Zumtobel LED Division as well as the reintegration of the Zumtobel LED Division into the Zumtobel Lighting Division including site closures.

HR responsibility for Slovenia, Serbia & Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania and Turkey. Accompaniment of a significant organizational scale up (400 up to 1.400 associates in Austria and South East Europe). Employer Branding and Retention Management Austria and South East Europe. Talent Acquisition and HR responsibility for all Austrian sites and the headquarter. Implementation of the sales concept "BAU" in Austria including divisional restructuring and site closures.

Project Manager „Linz gibt Gas“ Conception and Implementation of Marketing measures for the positioning of petroleum gas as fuel

Special Project Assistant / Reorganisation of the sales system Marketing, Sales, Administration

Pubic Safety Office Assistant, Administration, Parking Office

Assistant to the Managing Director Administration and Translations, Export-Logistics

Export - Logistics - Warehouse

Export - Logistics - Warehouse

Export - Logistics - Warehouse

Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen und Internationales Management

Human Resources, Controlling

International Management, International Business Relations, Strategic Leadership and Management Marketing,