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Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

Key responsibilities as program manager:* Coordinating and setting priorities for project deliverables within the overarching ERP initiative, ensuring they align with the organization's strategic goals* Establishing and leading project teams, providing direction and support to meet the program objectives.* Identifying and collecting detailed business requirements within the domains of Procurement, Finance, HR, and Operational Planning.* Developing and overseeing the strategic ERP roadmap, detailing phased development and implementation initiatives that guide the organization towards its envisioned future state.* Managing the adaptation and evolution of the application landscape to align with VRT's changing needs and operational context, ensuring the technology supports the organization's mission efficiently.* Documenting both functional and non-functional requirements, converting them into comprehensive specifications for development and implementation.* Setting priorities among various business needs, ensuring a strategic approach to development and deployment of resources.* Conducting thorough business analysis to map out process flows, data models, and the reporting framework necessary for informed management decision-making.* Performing high-level systems analysis to understand the interplay between current business processes and technological systems, identifying areas for integration and improvement.* Actively engaging with internal stakeholders based on validated business analysis, adjusting and enhancing the application landscape to meet and exceed the set expectations.* Developing a TOM that outlines the future state of operations, including detailed processes, organizational structures, and technology needs.* Managing the tender processes ensuring compliance with public procurement regulations and guidelines. This includes preparing tender documents, overseeing the bid evaluation process, and ensuring the best value for the organization.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Offering best in class strategic advice and project management throughout your digital procurement transformation journey. #Freelance #Consultancy #Project Management #Digital #Procurement

Brussels

Key responsibilities as interim manager:▪ Managing a portfolio of large digital (transversal) projects within the Procurement department.▪ Developing a strategic vision regarding Procurement's digital roadmap, based / inspired on best-practice experiences currently prevalent in the procurement world. Defining priorities for the next 5 years of the identified projects in the digital roadmap.▪ Representing Procurement in a Business role, i.e. drawing up (non-) functional requirements for, among other things, for a Source-to-Contract tool (including the following modules: Supplier management, eSourcing, Contract management, Guided Buying, Data Intelligence and Value Tracking).▪ Analyzing and proposing new technologies (such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, RPA, data mining, chatbots,…).▪ Managing a cross-functional project team.▪ Follow up and manage the phased implementation of the proposed projects.▪ Organisational Change Management, ensuring the digital resources are used by the various Procurement departments and business stakeholders.▪ Managing the alignment between Procurement, Finance and IT (Ypto and Tata Consulting Services).▪ Maintaining frequent contacts with colleagues within the Procurement department and internal customers as well as with suppliers who can offer possible (technical) solutions.▪ Preparing and managing action plans and budgets to achieve the expected results.▪ Subject Matter Expert for the Procurement workstream in NMBS SHERPA project (Strategic Horizon of the ERP Analysis)

Radisson Hotel Group™ (formerly Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group) is one of the world's largest hotel groups with eight distinctive hotel brands, more than 1,400 hotels in operation and under development around the world. The Radisson Hotel Group portfolio includes Radisson Collection™, Radisson Blu®, Radisson®, Radisson RED®, Park Plaza®, Park Inn® by Radisson, Country Inn & Suites® by Radisson and Prizeotel.Main responsibilities: Besides managing the global Source2Pay technology landscape, services and support organization around it, I became global category leader for Digital Products & Services, prioritizing a spend volume of +/- 20 MEUR with targeted suppliers and delivering NET sourcing value contribution (savings/revenue/cost avoidance) of around 3.2 MEUR during the first 6 months in this role. Implemented a holistic procurement strategy for the digital category. Creating new partnerships and renegotiating different corporate agreements related to “guest facing technology” products and service providers (e.g WLAN, HSIA, IPTV, Videoconferencing, Meeting Room connectivity, Digital wayfinding and signage solutions, …)

Main responsibilities: Managing the whole technology landscape (Source2Pay) within EMEA and Americas markets, supporting the vision and targets of the Global Procurement department. Due to new company ownership the Procurement scope has grown from primarily EMEA to include the Americas market as well. As a result, we have grown from +300 Business units to +1400 business units and a much larger supplier base as well, spanning 110 countries. In 2014, we made the decision to source a new technology solution (SAAS) to be deployed on a global scale, hence replacing the internally built solution which was primarily suitable for the EMEA market. I have led this transformation project from the RFP stage to final implementation across the different markets.

Main responsibilities: Project Manager and Product Owner of a custom-built eProcurement platform for the hospitality vertical. An award winning B2B platform deployed on a group level within EMEA (+300 business units). I have set the strategy and led the full software development of this B2B platform with an external development team (Netherlands/Malta/India) in an agile context. This solution, based on Intershop Enfinity, facilitated and automated procurement transactions between thousands of operational buyers and suppliers in over 70 countries, managing a spend of +/- 500 MEUR. The main modules developed were Contract Mgt, Supplier Mgt, eProcurement, Content Mgt, Vendor Portal, Catalog Mgt, Capex Mgt, Master Data Mgt, Spend Reporting and Analysis and various integrations with 3rd party systems (Invoice mgt, ERP, LDAP, Supplier ERP’s, BI, …). With the help of my team I was responsible for the implementation covering all business units within EMEA as well as onboarding all Corporate, Regional and Locally contracted vendors.

Main responsibilities: Creating an IT support organization for HQ in Brussels and the different Area organizations in EMEA was the first objective. Later on I have led many IT transformation projects , from implementing the first document management system in the company, the first invoice management system, Email system migration (on-premise to cloud), office moves (complete IT infrastructure), virtual server implementations, PBX implementations, mobile solutions, Client & Server OS/Application migrations, managed hotel system implementations during pre-opening phase, etc… Managed various contracts and vendors in this context. Implemented VIP support function taking care of C-level needs. Done IT audits across business units in EMEA. Setup various training programs for internal colleagues. Elected as colleague of the year in 2006.

Belgium

Norsk Hydro fully outsourced their IT department (+800 persons) in EMEA to IBM. As a result, I joined IBM Belgium for a short period before I joined the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group as Corporate IT Manager.During my time at IBM I was sub-contracted to Norsk Hydro.

Main responsibilities: Became the SPOC for the division called “Norks Hydro Energy” and supported the operations team with their dedicated IT solutions. Participated as project member in various IT projects e.g implementing the first online system for oil and gas trading. Implemented the first mobile communication tools for the division and took full ownership of the support organization, system/process documentation as well as end-user training.

Starting my career and grateful to learn from the best. In this role I learned so much about the ICT landscape in a very broad context. Learning while doing, building up my knowledge in LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, Backup solutions, PABX, Mobile, Client Operating systems, Server Operating Systems, System Administration, End User Support, Hardware assembly and repair (printers, PC’s, laptops, telecom devices,…), Network protocols, Security….and so much more. Obtained my certification as a Microsoft Certified Product Specialist.