CV:

Michael Ruck has proven experiences in executive presence, strong customer & business partner focus, structured analysis, governance & decision making, strategy, deployment & delivery, problem focus, vendor & 3rd party provider management, along with a strong sense of humour. He shows excellent people management skills driving performance of teams through strong engagement, empowering and accountability.
Michael expertise is building on his strong leadership in IT Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Commercial, and Reg. Affairs/QA, in highly regulated environments (e.g. FDA: GxP, 21 CFR 11; Sarbanes & Oxley Act; Health Care Compliance), incl. “Good Program Practise” in management of complex change e.g. M&A, divestitures. Furthermore, he has extensive business experiences in the Glass-Technology, ICT, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Consumer Healthcare & Pharmaceutical industry worldwide, based in Germany, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, and Ireland;
Michael is accountable for budgeting, a team of ~70 internal associates, and running the IT of manufacturing networks for up to 25 internal J&J plants.

The Pop in your Job: What drives you? What is your passion?:

Politics is a practical craft requiring factual passion, sense of responsibility, and distant sense of proportion” (according to Max Weber, Politics as a vocation); b) To manage this challenge every day is driving me; c) and is my passion (apart from my 1) family, 2) ½ and full Marathon, 3) Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Law.

Caring for the world, one person at a time... inspires and unites the people of Johnson & Johnson. We embrace research and science - bringing innovative ideas, products and services to advance the health and well-being of people. Employees of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies work with partners in health care to touch the lives of over a billion people every day, throughout the world. Our Family of Companies comprises: The world’s premier consumer health company. The world’s largest and most diverse medical devices company. The world’s third-largest biologics company. And the world’s sixth-largest pharmaceuticals company. We have more than 250 operating companies in 57 countries employing 120,200 people. Our worldwide headquarters is in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.