Meike Schweers

Leading product portfolio transfers & mould capacity expansions to assure business continuity, service level & cost saving initiatives.

Driving SC development for new business models and e-commerce. Agile project set up, x-funktional, E2E Senior SC project lead

Strategic optimization of supply chain processes within innovation management and of Supply Chain Project Leader Academy

- Leading Compounding Scale-up from lab via pilot plant to production on global level - Developing and improving the process - Building up Knowledge Management - Improving collaboration - Developing and implementing a regional organizational structure

Global Procurement of Raw Materials Spend: 255 - 400 Mio € - Definition of sourcing strategies securing global raw material supply - Price estimations for following year - Spend analysis, development & implementation of saving initiatives, identification of alternative sources - Own negotions of prices + conditions for different raw material categories (e.g. Palm Oil based raws)

- Developping and implementing a new innovation process at Beiersdorf within Supply Chain - Global Project Lead for Launch & Relaunch activities with different brand responsibilities - Team lead within Business Unit Make-Up for any scale-up & packaging development activities

Team Lead Global responsibility for all quality aspects within Business Leadership Unit 1: - NIVEA Visage, Body, For Men, Sun, Lip Care, Baby, Make-Up,… Fast job change due to the great opportunity building up a new innovation process at Beiersdorf while steering launch & relaunch projects within Supply Chain.

Finished Good Quality Manger for EUCERIN

Global responsibility: - to release new and alternative raw material suppliers - to define aligned specifications and delivery agreements with the suppliers - improving the raw material quality in case of deviations at production centers - of auditing suppliers

Former subsidiary of Nestlé producing frozen convenience food. - Lead of Quality Management System, In-Process-Controlls and microbiological pathogenic Lab - Lead of Research & Development for new products Change to new company based on move to Northern Germany due to private reason.

Subsidiary company of EDEKA - Design a concept based on a given budget and implement a quality management laboratory - Covering chemical and microbiological analytics - Considering documentation within QM system - Substitution of Head of Quality Management

Part 3 of internship, prerequisit for 2nd exam: - Analytics and writing professional reports for court for cosmetics, food, water and general objects like toys, pens, etc,,

Part 2 of internship, prerequisit for 2nd State exam: - Monitoring food companies and restaurants regarding legal Quality and Health Compliance.

Part 1 of Internship, prerequisit for 2nd State exam: - Specifying raw materials, developing fruit extracts, participating in sensory panels.

- Using the time by gaining knowledge in a company after university - waiting for the official internship as prerequisit for the 2nd State Exam.

Study supported by German government - focussing on food, cosmetics, water and divers objects as e.g. toys… - 1st State Exam equivalent to diploma of chemistry - 2nd State Exam entitles writing professional opinions for court

Basic studies of diplom chemistry