Independent CapEx governance advisory for pharma and biotech companies in Switzerland. Budget control, forecasting, and contract/vendor management — from the same person, on the same project.
Capital projects usually split into two disconnected disciplines: the numbers (budget, cashflow, cost and schedule variance) and the paper (tenders, vendor contracts, negotiations). Over 7+ years across CSL Behring and Turner & Townsend, I've run both sides — often on the same project — which means fewer handoffs and fewer blind spots between finance, procurement, and engineering.
I work as an independent advisor to pharma, biotech, and CDMO companies across Switzerland, covering CapEx governance from budget approval through to contract close-out.
Budget steering, cashflow forecasting, KPI and variance reporting, cost governance for CapEx projects.
Tender documents, vendor selection, contract negotiation, CDMO/CRO and facility-services governance.
SAP Ariba, FI/CO, Concur, BPC, QlikSense, and Power BI — spanning procurement and financial systems.
Pharma, biotech, and CDMO companies across Switzerland.
From a low-risk first look at your CapEx setup, through defined projects, to ongoing coverage.
A 1–2 week fixed-fee review of your existing CapEx process, contracts, or reporting setup, ending in a findings deck.
Build or repair budget, cashflow, and cost/schedule variance tools.
End-to-end RfX: tender docs, vendor selection, contract negotiation.
Links budget approval, vendor contracts, and KPI reporting into one governance model.
SAP Ariba, FI/CO, QlikSense, Power BI — SOPs, configuration, training.
Ongoing CDMO/CRO and facility-services contract management, renewals, invoice control.
Full interim coverage during transitions, restructuring, or ramp-up.
Owned CapEx governance and application process; led contract management for CMC-CDMO and CRO suppliers incl. Eurofins; built standardized forecasting/reporting structures.
Budget and cost control for a CHF 500M+ biotech production capacity expansion and a CHF 40M site upgrade; change-order and variation management; cost/schedule forecasting.
Defined and negotiated scopes, tender documents, and service contracts; owned procurement processes <CHF 4M p.a.; SAP Ariba Key User and SAP Concur approver.
Monthly OPEX/CAPEX reporting; ran the cashflow forecast process linking cost control and department leadership.
Available for diagnostic reviews, project engagements, retainers, and interim mandates across Switzerland.
baur@baurcapex.ch