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Turnhout, Pharma&Care

Part of Logistics Solutions, Health&Secure.Sorting, transport & logistics of medical products in last mile ; 146 FTE’s60 own cooled trucks for hospitals and 40 subcontractor vans for pharmacists43 warehouse people sorting daily 16.000 colli and 900 palletsGood Distribution Practices (GDP) and Lean managementP&L responsibility, monthly Ondernemingsraad, CPBWPlanning, operations, sorting depot, CSR, facilities, …Hub&Spoke modelling

Hasselt, Quartier Bleu

Project management in construction & development, final delivery of in total 400 houses, apartments & shops.Retail management, contracts, finishing.Contacts with city of Hasselt and property manager Ceusters nv.Facility management with retail and horeca.Budgeting, real estate management software.

Edegem, Flemish Region, Belgium

• Construction of new clubhouse; final phase in 2020 & daily management• Offers, contracts, budgeting, planning, reporting• Follow-up on contractors ; finishing interior and surroundings

High Point, North Carolina, Us - Bladel, The Netherlands

BuzziSpace creates furniture, acoustic and lighting solutions that accomodate the demands of the changing workplace. Established in 2007 in Antwerp, Belgium, BuzziSpace has grown into an award-winning acoustics leader having an international presence with Sh’Offices in Antwerp, New York, Chicago, London and Aachen, manufacturing facilities in Europe and the US.After a change in management in the US plant, I was assigned as interim Plant Manager to improve the work procedures and bring people to a higher level. Responsible for Production, Facilities, Supply Chain, Customer Service and After Sales. Making the company in the US ready for the next steps in expanding production by coaching people and implementing lean management ideas in a strong related craftsmanship.

Proven, Belgium

EXTREMIS commercialiseert wereldwijd haar eigen collectie designmeubilair voor binnen en buiten en dit reeds sinds de oprichting door designer Dirk Wynants in 1994.Innovatieve ontwerpen en de uitbouw van een internationaal distributienetwerk leverden het bedrijf een unieke plaats op in de nichemarkt van trendsettend design.De sterke groei van het bedrijf in de voorbije jaren vraagt een belangrijke extra focus op-kwaliteitscontrole en het opzetten van procedures en instructies-people management om de medewerkers te blijven motiveren in veranderende omgevingen-efficiëntieverbeteringen door optimalisatie in process flows, planning en logistiek met toepassing van lean management

Beerse, Belgium

Continuous Process Improvement projects.CPI provides Business Performance Optimization services that are designed to become more competitive by increasing efectiveness, efficiency and agility.Defining, measuring, analyzing, recommending and implementing improvement actions.Optimizing end-to-end business processes. Redesigning or simplifying cross-functional processes.Delivering Business Process Maps in Swim Lane Diagram format (iGrafx).Demonstrating traceability from process steps to software functional requirements.Conducting Process improvement workshops.Going from current state/As-Is with pain points and challenges analysis to future state/To-Be with recommendations and implementation.

Flanders

o Building and chemical industry company, worldwide • Responsible for buying, production, quality and R&D - change manager• Responsibilities and achievements :• Day-to-day management of all my departments• Weekly meetings with production and R&D• Production with very technical installation• Frequent evaluation meetings with indirect reports• Daily reporting to headquarters in San Diego US• ISO audit 9001:2008 to 2015• Environmental, Health and Safety audit (EHS) Problem manager ; hiring new quality manager and site manager SAP

Beerse

• Responsible for buying, production, project managers and project engineers, planning and installation, 6 direct reports /42 indirect reports • Responsibilities and achievements:• Day-to-day management of all my departments• Setting a new organizational structure after daily analysis and departure of several key persons• Weekly meetings with production and project managers• Production with heavy machinery (sawing, CNC, …)• Frequent evaluation meetings with indirect reports Optimization of supply chain and stock Cost reduction in production and efficiency Tender and selection process for the new ERP software (Ridder IQ) Follow-up of existing and new KPI’s Problem manager Motivational coach

Antwerp Area, Belgium

As a freelance project consultant I advice the two founders in finetuning their project strategy, in budgeting, contact my network in search for new clients and stakeholders management and look for funding with investors and private equity.Start-up SaaS software for temporary personnel• Business manager a.i.• Advising young entrepreneurs in their start-up• Responsibilities and achievements:• Networking, budgeting• Coaching• Final funding recently by Adecco Interim

Brussels

• Mobility Change Manager a.i.• Responsible for the planning of 64 independent coaches who guided 850 employees of Bpost in their career planning, 3 direct reports• Responsibilities and achievements:• Strong excel skills• Daily planning• Congrats of coaches, HR manager and unions• All within budget

Heverlee

I managed a project on strategic business management with focus on customer intimacy in a company with 45 FTE’s-engineers. This exercise was followed by the implementation of a new organisational structure and coaching of the sales team.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

The Games of the Heart. September 13-20, 2014. Host Town Program : September 9-13, 2014.• Operational Readiness Manager a.i.• Responsible for integration of all departments, 6 direct reports/ 188 indirect• Responsibilities and achievements:• Being involved and aware of all actions and plans of all departments who were working on this event at 5 venues• Setting up roadmaps en critical points in planning• Head of Main Operation Center during the Games on a 24/7 permanence base for 6143 volunteers and 3000 athletes• Great performance with congrats of Special Olympics Eurasia and International

Edegem - Antwerp, Belgium

R.Victory H.C. is the biggest hockey club in Flandres and the second biggest club in Belgium. With a spectacular growth in members the past five years.64 youth teams and 20 teams of adults are managed by an operational team and a board of advisors.The number of members went from 650 to 1260. A professional organisation was needed and new structures and processes were implemented.Member of the Operational Team.

Edegem - Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp Area, Belgium

o Owner, CEO & Chief Operationso Part of every department (admin, finance, production, buying, sales b2c & b2c)o Responsibilities and achievements:• Day-to-day management of all departments• Autodidact in operational and technical aspects of a production unit• Daily follow-up of production and supply chain by “being on the floor” and• analyzing processes and procedures• Production with heavy machinery (sawing, CNC, laquering, …)• Lean management (ex.5S, Kaizen) : optimizing flow, efficiency, profitability • Tender and selection process for the new ERP software• Shutdown of production unit in Turnhout and relocate it to Wilrijk• Turnaround of production in Wilrijk• Implementing quality control, customer care management and KPI’s• Contacts with unions• Leadership by coaching

Antwerp

Dabo specializes in tailor-made and high-end laquering of high level panels for kitchens and interiors.Customers are kitchen companies, furniture shops, boat construction, …General management, sales and supply chain.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Self-employed head of regional banking office.Advice and sales of savings accounts, bonds, shares, personal loans,...Investment credits for small companies and self-employed people (doctors, attorneys, ...).Managing the offices in Edegem, Boechout and Mortsel.Human resources.

Master In Commercial And Financial Sciences, Major In Marketing Management

Activities and Societies: AIESEC Ehsal ; AIESEC Alumni

Root, Coaching, Certified

Aso, Mathematics