Olivier Kunz

Current

• Sr Corporate HR Director at Ferring International Center S.A.

Past

• Owner at HumanR
• HR Director at SICPA
• Senior HR Manager at Siemens

• HR and Vice Managing Director at Bon Génie les Boutiques
• Researcher at MHConsulting
• Research and administrator at ICRC

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Education

• CRQP
• CRQP
• CRQP

• University of Geneva
• Collège de Candole

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Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Olivier Kunz’s Summary

Human Capital professional with business education and background. Ability and interest for:
Business partner and member of the board
Strategic contribution
Company Culture management
Change agent
Business-oriented competencies
Ability to focus on long-term goals of the organization
Broad business experience and exposure to other functions outside of HR
Business and financial aptitude
Results-orientation and ability to demonstrate bottom-line impact of programs and goals
Understanding of both corporate- and line-level issues
Understanding of business strategy and its link to people management
Global mindset (multi-lingual and multi-cultural)
Leadership Competencies
Ability to lead and obtain buy-in of executives and HR team
Commitment to developing self and others
Courage and conviction
Demonstrated drive and ability to “get things done”
Act pro-actively in the organization
Embraces risk and innovation
Personal credibility through strong human being values

Olivier Kunz’s Specialties:

Global HR Strategy based on "customers'" needs
Added value orientation
International Succession planning & Talent management
HR management system implementation
MbO and follow up
BsC/metrics
International team leadership
Massive hiring actions / Redundancy management
Merger & acquisition

Olivier Kunz’s Experience

• Sr Corporate HR Director

  Ferring International Center S.A.

  (Privately Held; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

  HQ in Switzerland, over 3'800 employees in more than 46 entities worldwide
  Leading the group HR strategy, organisation and services.
  Define, implement and monitor implementation of the HR Corporate strategy to respond to business situation and client needs.
  Act as business partner for Group Executives and Senior Employees.
  Initiate, monitor and support the design and implementation of key organization effectiveness processes
  Provide leadership and development of the HR network
  Due diligence and acquisitions.
  Wages and incentive packages

• Owner

  HumanR

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  September 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 7 months)

  Reengineering of HR and Finance processes
  Recruitment of Executives
  Assessment of Managers and Executives
  Implementation of Competency reference
  HR training
  Team Building

• HR Director

  SICPA

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Chemicals industry)

  January 2002 — August 2004 (2 years 8 months)

  HR Director for 3 of the SICPA Group's organisation.
  Implement and lead all HR processes
  Lead a team of 7 HR employees
  Member of the board comitee
  Implementation of job descr., ranking, AC, talent pool, etc.

• Senior HR Manager

  Siemens

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1998 — December 2001 (4 years )

  Lead the HR team for 3 major Siemens departments: Fixnet, Mobile (UMTS) and Telecommunication Services

• HR and Vice Managing Director

  Bon Génie les Boutiques

  (Retail industry)

  January 1994 — January 1998 (4 years 1 month)

  General Services Manager
  •Reception, internal good’s transfers and mail, building maintenance and personnel restaurant.
  •P&L and forecast for these services.
  •Book-keeping for real estate business.
  •Analysis, decision and implementation of a new phone system.
  Assistant Managing Director for the Geneva’s area (8 shops)
  •Assisting the Managing director for all budget issues.
  •Managed customer, buyer and suppliers relations.
  •Organised and led Buyers-Sales meeting.
  Human resources
  •Hiring and induction plan for new employees.
  •Organised and standardised the recruiting tests and the follow-up for apprentice salespeople.
  •Competency assessment for all sales employees.
  •Implementation of new training programs (customer orientation, total quality, monthly sales training, etc.).
  •Analysis, assessment, selection and implementation of a new time management system.
  •Dismissal management
  Three weeks in the US (Dallas, Houston and New York) at Neiman Markus.

• Researcher

  MHConsulting

  (Government Relations industry)

  May 1993 — January 1994 (9 months)

  Macro economical research on unemployement statistics at world level

• Research and administrator

  ICRC

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  June 1992 — June 1993 (1 year 1 month)

  Study on financial flow within the organisation and local use of budget
  Presence in South Sudan, South Africa and Somalia

Olivier Kunz’s Education

• CRQP

  MRH 1999 — 2000

• CRQP

  GFP (HR) 1998 — 1998

• CRQP

  TFP (HR) 1996 — 1996

• University of Geneva

  Master , Economic and HR , 1990 — 1993

  Working during Education period at Geneva's Hospital and as swimming teacher

• Collège de Candole

  Bac , Scientific , 1983 — 1987

Additional Information

Olivier Kunz’s Interests:

Marathon runner, family, humanitarian actions, sport.

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