Mentoring leaders for a better worldAMBITS fosters business mentoring journeys that enable individuals, groups, and teams to achieve their goals and create a lasting impact in their organizations, communities, and ultimately on society.Ambits builds a diverse and unique mentor community and matches outstanding mentors with a proven leadership track record and mentees to achieve their leadership potentialAs a freelance mentor of this valuable group I offer:*my business experience*my coaching skills*my cooperation and support to find solutions that workhttps://www.ambits.eu/

Balancing Act supports organisations by coaching, training, and mentoring individuals and teams. Personal development is key to success and it makes a big difference. Together we explore what is to develop for what difference to make. Tailor-made is one of the key ingredients.✨COACHING:*based on the legacy of Jef Clement's “inspirational coaching” (certified)*combining the power of appreciating and challenging all in one go*realizing a development/action plan for a sustainable impact – individual or team*can be based on a DISC® or a Reflact® profile (certified)✨TRAINING:*all skills/insights related to LEADERSHIP (setting targets, delegating, feedback, communication skills, building a team, storytelling, creating a vision, mission, strategy,…)*how to make use of the goodies of improvisation in LEADERSHIP*Improvisation workshop as a teambuilding activity*for bigger assignments, I work together with Happy Mondays where I work as a freelance trainer✨MENTORING:*share experiences and best practices*searching and finding together*challenging and exploring*I work for Ambits as a freelance mentor✨STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION:*creating an inspiring vision & mission*workshops to facilitate the process of developing a strong and promising strategy*session to establish a clear action plan to implement the strategyALWAYS USING THE BALANCING ACT AS AN INSPIRATION.

Fly Consult is an independent adviser and implementer on Strategic, Organization & HR matters.It is active in the areas of Strategy & strategy implementation, Talent & leadership development and training, Organization development and change projects, HR consultancy & projects, Executive coaching and team coaching, Executive search.As an associate partner, I was part of the management team (2 owners and 3 associate partners) and able to gather a strong experience during activities @ customers:-HR support on an interim basis-Leadership trainings-workshops improvisation-assessor in Assessment Centers / Development CentersI feel grateful for the vaste experience and know-how of Fly Consult being an inspiring source to my development as a senior consultant.After my time as associate partner, I stay connected to Fly as an freelance.

I am truly greatful for the 32 year @Henkel filled with rich & diverse experiences and colored by many unforgetable colleagues all over the world. I took time to study at the University of Hasselt the program Consultancy in Groups and Organizations. It is a program of 15 months to learn how to support organizations in their search for suitable solutions to any possible questions. I learned how to focus on all elements that influence the process and improved my skillset as facilitator. We learned several techniques and methods and had the opportunity to do work in organizations te exercise. I had the opportunity to work for “Opgroeien” together with 4 other colleagues and we were able to deliver a concrete recommendation based on the input from employees. We have also been @ the Cleveland University for an exchange program with US students following a similar program and could exercise different techniques together.

Responsible for the P&L Team of +600 employeesCountries included in the region: Germany, France, Italy, UK, BNL, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Greece.Find new ways of regional synergies and best practice sharing.Pursue strong innovations as the Beauty market is very much driven by novelties.Conquer market share in a highly competitive market.

Leading the global HR Business Partner team for Henkel Beauty Care.Member of the HR executive committee.+7000 employees ww.Connect with all affiliated companies and take care for the talent pipeline and development.Organize development talks to increase retention and enhance clarity on next step of career, principle based promotion & compensation management, ww transparency on hiring, boosted use of social media in connecting to potential talents, development of a vision for future of work (corporate), new Henkel employer branding (corporate).

Responsible for the division Henkel Beauty Care in BNL combined with the Presidentship of Henkel BNL (3 business units: adhesive, laundry&home care, beauty care).P&L responsible.Team of +80 employees running +90m€ of revenue.Leading the local Henkel Excom (+500m€ of revenue).Realizing a LT profitable growth strategy competing with Unilever, L’Oréal, P&G, Colgate, BDF, …Creating a culture where people feel encouraged to speak up and take initiatives realizing increased motivation and retention.

Responsible for worldwide sourcing team for raw materials and packaging for Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care.Reporting to Senior CVP Purchasing and member of the Purchasing ExComCovering the worldwide spend of €2,7 Bn, responsible for the management of the supplier base, cost development, and innovation development together with R&D and Supply ChainKey achievements: leverage supplier base of newly acquired Dial business in the USA to the benefit of Henkel and vice versa, starting using auctions for defined buckets of spend (cardboard, …) triggering significant savings.

Responsible for Beauty Care professional in BNL (hairdressers) combined with the responsibility for Global Sales (out of Hamburg)Full P&L responsibility for Beauty Care professional BNL (+€20 m revenue) and member of the BNL ExCom. +100 employees.Responsible for Global Sales professional (based in Hamburg, Germany) reporting to the EVP for professional ww and member of the global professional ExCom.Key achievements: BNL: realized a turnaround in B and a strong growth in NL with the acquisition of one of the biggest customers. Changing significantly the leadership team leading and creating momentum. Strong progress in working more BNL and creating a base for LT growth.Global sales: create a platform to share best practices amongst the countries/regions, develop a training for sales reps to acquire new customers, and standardize KPIs and measurements across the globe.

For the Beauty Care division in BNL.Brand building responsibilities (designing marketing plans and executing the measures) in alignment with the local management team and the international marketing unit including some local brands like Junior and Vogue, where BNL is leading.Key achievements: revolutionizing the body care markets with Fa body splash, local advertising development for Junior and Vogue, strong market share growth in coloration, introducing Taft in B and Diadermine in NL, sustainable market share growth in B and NL.

Responsible for planning, master data, customer service desk as well as for optimisation projects in logistics for Henkel Beauty Care BNL.Responsible for planning, master data, customer service desk as well as for optimization projects in logistics for Henkel Beauty Care BNL.Pioneering work by creating the first dedicated Beauty Care SC organization by redesigning the SC as an end-to-end process. Manage the acquisition of Schwarzkopf logistically.Key achievements : create a process oriented organization with the support of a consultant, define metrics, improved the service level as well as the cost structure of warehousing and distribution, created a new blueprint with the acquisition of Schwarzkopf and moved over time from 2 warehouses to 1 without major service level impact, realized the ISO 9001 certification and had a leading role in the closing of the Schwarzkopf factory and moving the production to other European plants.

Henkel Beauty Care.Scope: responsible for 10 Key Accounts – 1 also managed BNL.Key achievements: strong growth fueled by a successful innovation pipeline. Learn how to manage all types of customers – broad responsibility.

Responsible for softeners, cleaners, and dishwashing in the division Laundry & Home Care.Team of 3 brand managers.Key Achievements: concept creation, testing, and introduction of Bref magic including advertising development.

Responsible for Dixan (heavy duty) in the division Laundry & Home Care (at that time 20% of the revenue of Henkel Belgium).Key Achievements: introduction of Dixan Liquid, Dixan 2000, and Dixan Phosphate free. Strong promotional campaigns. Positive market share development. Strong cooperation marketing – sales.

Coaching Master thesis students in the domain of marketing combined with guest lectures and workshops.

Responsible for Lipton tea, Ice tea, and herbal infusions.Developing the marketing plans.Creating an advertising for Lipton Tea.Realising a low budget, high impact promotional squash tour for Lipton Ice Tea.Defend successfully the marketleadership in tea.Taking care of the innovation pipeline together with R&D and production.With a state of the art tea factory on site, there was a fruitful innovation cooperation.