Karel Minne Email & Phone Number

Ghent, Be

As branch manager I am overall responsable for the 4 shops of Santens. Together with our suppliers I organise product trainings for the shop sales staff. I guard, rethink and organise the changes in our shops and try to optimize a common approach. In my function I represent the voice of the retail channel to the management level.

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

As Branch Manager of the shop in Ghent I have a P&L responsibility of the main shop of Santens Metaalwaren. i recruit, plan and motivate my team of 13 sales people, 3 logistics and a cleaning lady. Together with the team we alter the customers journey by continously transforming the shop to better serve our clients.

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

Santens Metaalwaren is a one stop shopping supplier for B2B & B2C customers in professional construction and furniture equipment and fittings. At Santens Metaalwaren we don’t only provide products to our customers but also professional knowledge & expertise. We have 4 shops in Ghent, Bruges, Sint-Niklaas & Herentals as well as a webshop. Our logistics operate from our centralized logistic centre in Merelbeke where we have a vast stock of products. The department Masterdata is owner of all non-transactional data regarding products, suppliers & customers. As responsible of the department I was the link between Masterdata and all other departments from purchase over sales, logistics to accounting.

Zedelgem

dataplan is an IT company which activities are to set-up, maintenance and support the IT departments of SME customers in Flanders. In my function of Sales & Office Manager I was responsible for the sales & marketing department and the back office optimization. On the other hand I was responsible for the contracting and several facility functions.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Lineas is one of the largest private rail freight operators in Europe offering premium rail products and total door-to-door logistics solutions.As a market leader I was responsable for a team of 5 Key Account Managers and 1 inside sales. With our team we provided the Chemical Industry of fast, reliable and sustainable connections between European economic hubs through rail. Our clients were located in Belgium as well as througout Europe.Together with the project team for the introduction of a new CRM I delivered input and did UAT testing.

Gentbrugge

GOM is the biggest entity of the Facilicom Group providing facility solutions to their clients. GOM is the cleaning branch of Facilicom, delivering clean working places in offices, government buildings, industrial sites, schools and others.Together with my team of 2 Area Managers, 8 Supervisors & 4 Administrators we managed the end-to-end after sales of our clients.Operational organisation & follow-up of the cleaning teams, invoicing to collecting and full customer care were part of our core activities. As a full P&L responsible I monitored the profitability of our client accounts.

Sodexo provides to companies a range of motivation & rewarding solutions. With my team we helped our clients to improve the engagement & motivation of their employees. As Sales Manager Major Accounts I was responsible of a sales team of 6 Major Account Managers & 3 Inside sales. The ambitious sales targets covered hunting & farming activities in order to sell Lunch Pass, Gift Pass, Eco Pass, Sport & Culture Pass and Vivabox. My team managed companies between 50 and 500 employees in Belgium.

As Senior District Manager I managed a team of 8 regional account managers.By means of active coaching and supporting my team, I assured that the complete complex portfolio of postal products were sold to the SME market in North Belgium and that our challenging targets got realized.In addition to that I had a Sales Expert role on the important parcels segment. My expertise knowledge of the market allowed me to corporate in developing products and services that are adapted to the market.Since the launch of new CRM tool of bpost in 2007 I had a key-user role in the governance of that tool. I was responsible for the acceptance of the tool by the Business Market sales people and since the the start I was part of the team that tested the tool and submitted recommendations for improvals and new features of the tool.

During 12 years I managed my own company.I was active as a sales agent for several shoes brands from Belgium, France and Spain. Moreover I imported several handbag collections.All these products were sold to independent shops and multi-shop companies.Common type mismatches in the search for my profile:Carel, Carl, Karl, Mine, Karle, Carle

Education record

Master, Master In Applied Economics, T.Ew.