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Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve, Walloon Region, Belgium

- Provide overall strategic direction for the site as a member of the Louvain-La-Neuve Board of Directors.- Lead the teams responsible for Production Planning, Inventory Control, Suppliers Management and New Product Introduction- Managing the the LLN Warehouse.- In charge of warehousing subcontractors.

Louvain-La-Neuve

- Provide overall strategic direction for the site as a member of the Louvain-La-Neuve Board of Directors.- Lead the team responsible for Production Planning, Inventory Control, Suppliers Management and New Product IntroductionMajor achievements:- Supply: Reduction of missing parts from 10 per month to less than 1 per month thanks to new processes and creation of adapted tools.- Inventory: Decrease of 1.5 M$ of obsolescence scrap in a 2 years time.- Scheduling:… Show more - Provide overall strategic direction for the site as a member of the Louvain-La-Neuve Board of Directors.- Lead the team responsible for Production Planning, Inventory Control, Suppliers Management and New Product IntroductionMajor achievements:- Supply: Reduction of missing parts from 10 per month to less than 1 per month thanks to new processes and creation of adapted tools.- Inventory: Decrease of 1.5 M$ of obsolescence scrap in a 2 years time.- Scheduling: Implementation of a robust Capacity management process in order to stabilize the Production Plan (average of 91% of scheduling accuracy in 2020).- NPI: Increase of collaboration with Corporate NPI teams and markets to better anticipate launch dates and real needs per market leading to 95% of on-time New Products launch.- 2020 opinion survey: 92% of engagement and 94% of leadership in the Supply Chain department. Show less

Beersel

- In charge of the Supply Chain team (30 team members)- Responsible for Supply Chain Long term strategy- Anticipation of future market needs- Optimisation of the operations- Performance improvement

• Managing the European and Chinese Supply Chain teams including 4 supervisors and 10 employees located in Belgium, Italy, UK, USA and China• Responsible for 50 customers located in Europe, China, Africa and Middle-East (order collection and acknowledgment, follow-up and shipment)• In charge of 250 suppliers spread across the globe, including major Caterpillar facilities (purchase orders/ schedules / follow-up)• Responsible for European Subcontractors (financials, KPI’s and… Show more • Managing the European and Chinese Supply Chain teams including 4 supervisors and 10 employees located in Belgium, Italy, UK, USA and China• Responsible for 50 customers located in Europe, China, Africa and Middle-East (order collection and acknowledgment, follow-up and shipment)• In charge of 250 suppliers spread across the globe, including major Caterpillar facilities (purchase orders/ schedules / follow-up)• Responsible for European Subcontractors (financials, KPI’s and warehouse optimization)• Managing the Worldwide S&OP process for the Industry Solutions Group• Responsible for ERP / RCCP / Production Plan / Detailed Scheduling of the Italian customization factory• Coordinating the Engineered Value Chain project for Special Machines worldwide (alignment of Product Availability to Customers lead-times requirements) • Responsible for New Product Introduction and transportation coordination Show less

• Managed the Components Demand team including 7 direct reports (managers and weeklies) and 3 indirect reports (hourlies)• Responsible for 12 different interplant customers by managing S&OP cycles to create an Executable Build Schedules leading the machining, assembly, and procurement activities • Responsible for the management of all components shipments for Caterpillar Gosselies’ customers• Accountable for the budget and expenses for the Components Supply Chain… Show more • Managed the Components Demand team including 7 direct reports (managers and weeklies) and 3 indirect reports (hourlies)• Responsible for 12 different interplant customers by managing S&OP cycles to create an Executable Build Schedules leading the machining, assembly, and procurement activities • Responsible for the management of all components shipments for Caterpillar Gosselies’ customers• Accountable for the budget and expenses for the Components Supply Chain division• Developed new scheduling techniques to stabilize the Master Plan to improve customer service and secure the procurement of suppliers• Initiated and maintained working collaboration through Common Goals Agreements with 10 Intercompany customers • Decoupled Demand and Production systems in order to allow a better demand smoothing and to make buffers management possible• Creation of proven successful ERP and RCCP tools for gears capacity management• Responsible for warehouse management Show less

• Certified Black Belt in March 2008 ($750,000 benefits, 3 Green Belts trained, taught 2 modules of the Green Belt training course)• Implementation of SAP-APO (new Prime Product scheduling system) in Gosselies defining minimum and optimum configuration of the systems• Supervisor of the SAP-APO tests and dry runs at Gosselies facility • Trained all SAP-APO users to the tool• Project Leader for External Suppliers Response Time (ESRT). Objective of the project was to replace the… Show more • Certified Black Belt in March 2008 ($750,000 benefits, 3 Green Belts trained, taught 2 modules of the Green Belt training course)• Implementation of SAP-APO (new Prime Product scheduling system) in Gosselies defining minimum and optimum configuration of the systems• Supervisor of the SAP-APO tests and dry runs at Gosselies facility • Trained all SAP-APO users to the tool• Project Leader for External Suppliers Response Time (ESRT). Objective of the project was to replace the supplier time by the true supplier response time to improve suppliers delivery performance, decrease special transport costs and avoid impacts of missing pieces on the assembly line. Class A consultant from Oliver Wight ranked ESRT project amongst the top 5 best projects of the factory • Optimization of airfreights thanks to a better process of special transports Show less

Gosselies

• Accountable for the Executable Production Plan for Excavators, Prime Product, Standard arrangements, Attachments• Improved the RCCP in place by consistent evaluation of capacity to supplier constraints• Super-User for the Gosselies SAP APO project

Gosselies

• Responsible for eight members• Managed the demand, procurement and factory planning for the Powertrain division: axels, drives, and gears at Gosselies.• Optimization of suppliers (packaging / lot sizing / production batches / VMI)

Gosselies