Roger Ritz

We don’t advise – we optimize! Infrastructure parks, office buildings, data centers, gravel pits and chemical/biological production plants – we’ve worked on a lot of optimization projects. >20 years of expertise prove us right: Using resources efficiently and in an environmentally-friendly manner have made us successful over the long term – and will make you competitive over the long term, too. We’ll help you reduce your energy consumption, your emissions, or simply your costs or increase your capacity.

Full responsibility of 4 operations sites in CN, EU and US manufacturing products for different industries (Agro, high performance materials, consumer and personal care, pharmaceutical). Around 150 intermediates and final products. Driving the asset strategy and the transformation of the manufacturing platform as well as coordinate and oversees all projects and secure right level of cross-functional resources allocation. Representative of the company in various interactive teams with government involvement.

Coordinate and oversee the transformation of the asset park in our main site in Switzerland to sustainable secure and improve the competitiveness and EHS footprint. Co-creation and execution of new business model and marketing concept as basis of the transformation. Coordinate and oversees all projects and secure right level of cross-functional resources allocation as leading strategic asset manager. Furthermore, acting as the Senior Project leader in selected strategic key projects.

Leading strategic interdisciplinary teams to further improve and develop the global Operations network. Creating new innovative business models and concept for existing and new manufacturing plants in collaboration with the Business Units. Using scenario based approach, old and new manufacturing and business opportunities have to be created, challenged and assessed before realizing. Actively influencing the future of the largest Lonza site and the global operations network.

Full responsibility for an operations group manufacturing products for different industries such as Agro, high performance materials, consumer and personal care as well as pharmaceutical intermediates. Around 100 intermediates and final products with several hundreds of million in sales volumes are manufactured 24/7 with a group of 295 employees in manufacturing and maintenance. Member of the site leader ship team and representative of the company in various interactive teams with government involvement.

Operational responsibility for the largest small molecule manufacturing plant of the Pharmaceutical division within the company. Scheduling of products and planning of chemical and 24/7 operating staff. Leading of multiple task forces in a GMP environment. Responsible for a labour restructuring program.

Establishment of a local operations organisation consisting of Production, EHS, instrumentation, engineering, logistics, QC and QA. Responsibility for determining user requirements, performing risk analysis and start-up of a brand new 150m3 manufacturing plant of API’s in a GMP environmental. Leading of multiple technology transfer, acting with the local team and direct reports from Switzerland.

Operational responsibility for production of diketene derivates and various multipurpose asset products for different industries. 24/7 shift rhythm and responsibility for 40 operators. Leadership of interactive teams consisting of QC chemist, engineering, EHS representative and logistics. Various direct technology transfer projects from lab scale to manufacturing scale.