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About me

After 20 years in the pharmaceutical Industry I decided in 2018 that I would like to use my knowledge and experience in Supply Chain Management, Quality Management, Supplier Management including national and international Audits (ISO 9001, ISO13485, ISO 15378, GMP, cGMP) and Project Management to provide support as an independent Management Consultant in various industries.

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Mario Merwald, MSc MBA
Founder & Owner

Why Merwald Consulting?

You will get from me a solution and support that is tailored to your organization. This is necessary in order to address specific issues and not to burden your organization unnecessarily. Your organisation should gain experience from the topics, understand the issues and thus develop further.
Together to success!

 

Stations of education expirience:

1998 Start of career in the pharmaceutical industry (United Group)

2001 Completed training as industrial clerk

2007 Training as Quality Manager according to ISO 9001

2008 Training as Auditor according to ISO 19011

2012 Degree Master of Science Executive Management with focus on General Quality Management

2017 Degree Executive Master of Business Administration

2020 Training as Riskmanager according to ISO 31000

2020 Training as Business Continuity Manager according to ISO 22301

2022 Training as Systemmanager Safety and Healthcare

2022 Training as Facility Manager 55001/41001

Career Stations:

2021 -            Networking partner Qualifyze GmbH

  • Auditor for ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 15378, GMP, GDP, IPEC

2019 -            Networking partner Austrian Certification Body

  • Auditor for ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 22301, ISO 31000, ÖNORM EN 15224, ISO 15378, GDP Medizin

2019 – 2019  Lead Buyer API-Rawmaterial (Pharmaceutical Group)

  • Negotiation management

  • Supplier Development

  • Project Management

2018 -            Owner Merwald Consulting (various Industries)

  • Project Management 

  • Consulting and support in the areas of Quality Management & Supply Chain Management 

  • National and international Audits according to ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 15378 and GMP

  • Network partner of a Certification Organization for ISO 9001 & ISO 13485

2016 – 2018  Local project manager Italy for the implementation of SAP at one site (Pharmaceutical Group)

2014 – 2014  Integration Manager Quality Assurance, Russia (Pharmaceutical Group)

  • ISO 9001 preparation and status check at three Sites

  • Internal Audits

  • Trainings (GMP, Validation, ISO 9001, Hygiene)

  • Organizational Development

2013 – 2019  Director Supply Chain Management (Pharmaceutical Group)

  • Personnel responsibility (34 employees)

  • Responsibility for the processes and key figures in the Supply Chain

  • Cost center responsibility

  • Project Management (national / international)

  • Performance of internal and global external audits

  • Member of the management team of the site

2006 – 2012  Head of Staff Unit Production / Quality Assurance (Pharmaceutical Group)

  • Personnel responsibility (17employees)

  • Hygiene officer

  • GMP-training officer, performance of trainings

  • Performance of internal, global external audits

  • Interface for GMP-topics to other departments

  • Performance of personnel qualification (visual check of infusion Solutions)

2004 – 2008  QM Support Q-department Documentation (Pharmaceutical Group)

2002 – 2012  Responsible for production documentation (Pharmaceutical Group)

2001 – 2002  Purchaser (Pharmaceutical Group)

 

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