Consulting in the field of steel making and continuous casting, as well as quality improvement in steel factories. Have already done assignments in China, Sweden, Russia and the Middle East. Clients include the Chinese group HBIS, the refractory company Vesuvius and MET/Con (the consulting division of SMS Siemag). One assignment entailed residing full time in Tangshan, China for one year.

Quality manager of the factory which produces steel plate from purchased slabs.Responsibilities included the technical aspects of customer enquiries, determining and prescribing metallurgical production parameters, metallurgical testing of samples and technical interaction with customers (techical advice, customer claims). The team managed consisted of 3 engineers, 12 white collar employees and 22 blue collar workers. Most of the workers worked rotating shifts (24h) in a… Show more Quality manager of the factory which produces steel plate from purchased slabs.Responsibilities included the technical aspects of customer enquiries, determining and prescribing metallurgical production parameters, metallurgical testing of samples and technical interaction with customers (techical advice, customer claims). The team managed consisted of 3 engineers, 12 white collar employees and 22 blue collar workers. Most of the workers worked rotating shifts (24h) in a workshop for machining the steel samples for mechanical tests.The working language in this factory is French. Show less

Responsible for continuous process improvement of the casting operations at Duferco Carsid. This factory stopped producing due to the oversupply of steel in Europe.

Plant Manager of the factory, rolling and heat treating steel plates from purchased slabs.Responsibilities included production and maintenance (including automation) with 409 employees in this department.Two major installations (cold leveller and accellerated cooling, fully automated) were commissioned during this period. Technical inputs for decisions on placing orders for projects of 100 million € had to be given.

Plant Manager of the plate mill, a "factory within a factory", being a part of the integrated steel mill. The full cycle of rolling, cutting, heat treating and despatching of plates to customers were done by the plant organisation.Responsibilities included production and all internal engineering services.The department had around 350 employees, most of them on rotating shifts (24h per day 7h per week).During this period the teams doing the cutting and conditioning of the… Show more Plant Manager of the plate mill, a "factory within a factory", being a part of the integrated steel mill. The full cycle of rolling, cutting, heat treating and despatching of plates to customers were done by the plant organisation.Responsibilities included production and all internal engineering services.The department had around 350 employees, most of them on rotating shifts (24h per day 7h per week).During this period the teams doing the cutting and conditioning of the slabs had to be incorporated into the department as well as the workshop doing the grinding of the rolls. Show less

Responsible for the quality management of the complete production chain and for all products of the Vanderbijlpark integrated steel factory.The factory had more than 4000 employees , producing plate, hot and cold rolled coils , tinplate , galvanised and painted strip. The customer base included automotive customers, principally Toyota, Mercedes and BMW.The Product Quality Department consisted of 24 engineers plus the workers staffing the laboratories.Assuring product… Show more Responsible for the quality management of the complete production chain and for all products of the Vanderbijlpark integrated steel factory.The factory had more than 4000 employees , producing plate, hot and cold rolled coils , tinplate , galvanised and painted strip. The customer base included automotive customers, principally Toyota, Mercedes and BMW.The Product Quality Department consisted of 24 engineers plus the workers staffing the laboratories.Assuring product quality, doing product development, customer technical advice, resolving customer claims plus the managing of the outsourced R&D services were part of the scope of the function.This central function had to be performed in close collaboration with 8 Operations Managers, each responsible for a manufacturing unit of between 200 and 400 people. Show less

Responsible for Production Planning and Delivery Transport (supply chain management) of the Vanderbijlpark factory described above.

Responsible for the continuous improvement of the Vanderbijlpark factory as described above. The department had 5 senior specialists to cover the scope of the factory, one each for steel making, hot rolling, cold rolling, production planning and finance.Was team leader of the product portfolio team and a member of the core team during a major McKinsey re-engineering of the factory.

Plant Manager of the Electric Steel Plant consisting of two 125t Arc Furnaces, Ladle Treatment facilities, a Continuous Caster and a Slab Yard.The plant had a staff of more than 500 people which performed the production and all internal engineering services (maintenance).During this period, converted the plant from carbon steel production to stainless steel production by installing three major installations (oxygen converter, vacuum treatment station and a slab grinder).

Production Manager of various production units as the manager of the shift foremen. These units typically consisted of between 80 and 120 operators, working rotating shifts 24 a day, 7 days a week.

Engineer, firstly in the Quality Department doing product improvement and then at the Steel Melting Plant doing process improvement.