Pieter Cosyn Email & Phone Number

Bruges, BE

Lacosy can provide you the expertise in:* Strategic Consulting (specialized in turnarounds);* Executive Finance Consulting;* Change Management;

Carrollton, Texas, US

Integration of Dynaco and Albany in Entrematic North America a division of Assa Abloy

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

• Turnaround of worst performing country (ROS -4%) towards long term profitable entity (ROS +5%) in strong declining market (-5%/y over last 3 years):
• Company Culture of daily decision making based on thorough data analysis;
• Common strategy and focus of all departments to achieve clear company goals; assure alignment between all departments;
• Margin Management culture to keep margins in market under pressure while raw materials increases
• Installed PMO culture/methodology in order to have projects delivered on time and budget;
• Culture of focus on value adding activities and tasks;

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Pan-European project (UK, France, Nordics, Netherlands, Switzerland) to define the Blue Print of the Store entities back-offices in the view of ERP implementation of Microsoft Dynamics.Achievements: * Defined System and Process Blue Print for EMEA Stores;* Standardization of all Finance Processes across EMEA store entities;* Stores Credit Management.

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Achievements: * EBIT improvement program through optimizing processes, cost awareness and purchasing actions (20% Opex cost reduction) to become cash flow positive in 2017 and EBIT break-even in 2018.* Fixed the back office in 3 months’ time (2 negative internal audit reports - monthly accounting surprises) – full visibility and transparency on P&L and.

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

Achievements: * EBIT improvement program through optimizing processes, cost awareness and purchasing actions to maintain ROS of 25% in declining market.* Installed new controlling culture of business partnering and decision making process based on analytics;* Implemented Demand/Supply alignment methodology – corrective actions to reach all targets;*.

Bruxelles, Bruxelles-Capitale, BE

Achievements: * Blue Print: Integration and optimization of the back office of the group* Implementation of Activity Based Costing tool;* Blue Print Implementation of pricing committee;

Achievements: * Worked out & executed with the Country President the turnaround plan to move from negative ROS (-9%) to 10% ROS. - Consolidation & relocation of entities - identifying & realizing synergies - end to end process improvements - Identify & Resolve bottlenecks in Business process to optimize profits * Set up centralized National Support.

Stockholm, SE-102 26, SE

Responsible for Finance, IT, Procurement & Logistics.Achievements: * Realized turnaround of 10y loss making company into a structural profitable, finance driven enterprise;* Embedded a pro-active can do mentality within the company;* Business Transformation assesment: Redefined the Logistics & Planning model resulting in a workforce efficiency gain of.

Bonn, NRW, DE

Head of the Global Aviation Controlling team responsible for controlling, consolidating and reporting of global aviation data. DHL Aviation is amongst the top 10 airline companies globally operating over 325 aircrafts in 2008.Achievements: * Successfully contributed to the reorganization of Aviation during Economic downturn;* Implemented cost transparency.

New York, New York, US

Responsibilities: Capsugel division of Pfizer: daily financial management, control and reporting of monthly/quarter results in USGAAP, actual versus budget analysis, investment analysis, management of the yearly Business Plan, ad hoc ‘special projects’, cash planning and maintaining relations with auditors and bankers.

Belgium, Antwerp, BE

By starting my career in the audit I gained experience in Financial Auidits, Internal Controls, Due Dilligences, Consolidations, Tax and Environmental audits. The companies I have audited are in the following Industries: Retail (Brantano, Photo Hall, AS Adventure, Cardoen); Government (National Lotery of Belgium); Production (Brachot Hermant); Logistics.

Executive Mba, Distinction

International Business Leadership Program

Change Management Expert

Master In International Accounting And Auditing

Master, Applied Economics

Bachelor, Applied Economics

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