Nicola Penfound

Responsible for IT, Procurement, Property & Site Services, Health Environment & Safety alongside the integrated Local Supply Chain comprising of Quality, Product Supply, Order to Cash and 3rd party logistic warehousing for UK and Ireland region. Healthcare and Crop Science.

Responsible for Commercial Business Management, Product Supply, Quality and Customer Service for UK and Ireland. Leading across UK and Ireland, with the additional responsibility of the Healthcare Quality function, the Commercial Business Management team and Crop Science Customer Service and Logistics team Nominated as Bayer PLC Apprentice Ambassador Local work stream lead for global transformation project SAP migration, delivering full SAP end to end functionality, work stream of Logistics and Sales and Distribution During comprehensive office site move in 2017, took on additional role introducing the concept of cross functional change agents, led this team (~20 employees) focusing on the culture aspects of the move and embedding a new “ways of working charter” less than 5 resignations from overall organisation of ~500 employees Led the Supply Chain, Customer Service and 3rd party logistics work stream for the Merck acquisition Developed concept for end-to-end film to demonstrate the high performing supplier partnership and internal working processes to support patient and customer requirements Highest results across the region for team engagement and culture as part of the external Great Place to Work accreditation

Responsible for Product Supply and Customer Service for the Healthcare business (team size ~30 employees), moving from the Consumer Health division to the Corporate platform. Led and embedded key culture initiatives across the region, creating more inspiring workspaces and new ways of working Led the Supply Chain, Customer Service and 3rd party logistics work stream for the Schering business acquisition Led comprehensive project to move 3rd party logistic warehousing suppliers alongside developing change and mind-set program to ensure success (£44.5m stock moved / 6250 pallets / zero write off and saving of £375k/3% on previous contract terms) Key Account Manager for 3rd party Logistics supplier developing partnership approach Introduced the first apprentice scheme between Bayer plc and West Berkshire Consortium in 2013, which continues to go from strength to strength and is still in place now working alongside West Berkshire Consortium. (15 apprentices, 2 achieving ‘apprentice of the year’ and 1 employee awarded ‘mentor of the year’ at the annual WBTC awards).

Responsible for the combined Roche and Bayer plc Supply Chain team post Roche integration. Manager of a team of ~14 including ex Roche employees as part of the transition Led the post implementation Supply Chain work stream following Roche acquisition Additional project responsibility, led a cross functional and business wide project to establish combined UK and Ireland Supply Chain and Customer Service team, consolidating teams from each business function on to a Corporate Platform

Various roles within the Pharmaceutical division culimating in Supply Chain Manager Commenced work at Bayer as Customer Service Representative, working for Pharmaceutical, Dental and Consumer Health divisions. 2003: Led the Supply Chain and Customer Service work stream within the Roche acquisition 2000: Part of cross-functional team to change from an internal warehouse set up to 3rd party supplier 1998: Assumed responsibility for the supply chain function, re mapping all processes