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Kalmthout, BE

BE

Helping, advicing and replacing the CIO where and when needed.Helping, advicing and coaching the Head of ITISHead of ERP Business PartnersAs of 2 October 2023, the following responsibilities are taken over by the new Head of ITIS- Coaching the IT managers of the different entities- Head of IT security- Head of IT Infrastructure & Services

BE

To define, fine-tune and implement the IT strategy for the CFE Contracting groupRealisations:- IT strategy approved by the board and executed- IT Infrastructure outsourced: where feasible to PAAS and IAAS- NWOW office space, meeting rooms and technical tools are in use- High focus on IT security- Coaching of the different IT Managers to transform from cost.

Operational in the north of Belgium (Antwerpen, Limburg, Oost-Vlaanderen en Vlaams-Brabant) and south of The Netherlands (Zeeland, Noord Brabant) IT interim management services to guarantee continuity in your IT department - Day to day management of your IT organization. Bringing vision and taking full responsibility.- IT transformation management- IT.

Lembeke, Flemish Region, BE

To ensure continuity in the IT services and to further optimize and officialize the IT Governance.Main achievements- Ensured continuity of the IT operations- Improved IT Governance- Increased service delivery- Optimized the IT organization

Main responsibilities: - To define and to implement the long term IT strategy and related IT organization- To bring business and IT together - To act as a people focused manager - To put in place and to maintain the right framework to ensure that the demands for IT services are correctly defined and prioritized to realize the strategic plansMain.

Teaneck, NJ, US

Main responsibilities:- To define and to implement the long term IT strategy and related IT organization- To act as a people focused manager - To put in place and to maintain the right framework to ensure that the demands for IT services are correctly defined and prioritized to realize the strategic plansMain Achievements:- IT Strategy agreed by BOD and.

Uxbridge, West London, GB

• Main responsibilities:
• To guide CCE in the definition and development of global, state of the art CRM capabilities in order for CCE to reach its strategic business priorities. To work with and to influence strategic suppliers (SAP) to ensure.
• To deliver the CRM applications as standard as possible to ensure future smooth upgrade to newer releases, and to build add-ons or modifications defined in global validation workshops and Fit/Gap analysis to ensure CRM.
• To construct, develop and coach a global and diverse development team, to acquire and retain top talent and to deliver high quality solutions to the business.Main achievements
• Global development team raised
• Development strategy agreed according the North American and European deployment needs

Uxbridge, West London, GB

• Main responsibilities:
• To build and to manage a European support organization
• To define the application strategy for the European field sales force
• To build and to maintain the tools used by the European field sales forceMain achievements
• Converted the different involved IT people into one European team and reduced the dependency on contractors by increasing the internal competency.
• Changed from a sales force automation approach to a customer relationship management approach and selected SAP CRM as the application to support this strategy by guiding the senior European sales and marketing management

Toronto, ON, CA

• Main responsibilities:
• To have full IT responsibility (people, applications and budgets) for McCain Foods Belgium and for McCain Sunnyland Europe
• To work with the global and regional development teams to tailor the IT systems to fulfill the local business requirementsMain achievements
• Managed the IT part of the carve out from McCain Sunnyland Europe to the Chaudfontaine Group
• The definition, development and implementation of Vendor Managed Inventory and CRM solutions
• The build of a close relationship with the different management teams

• Main responsibilities:
• To project manage all the European initiatives in the area of responsibility
• To share best practices between the European countries
• To define and to deliver the European solutions to cover the local business needs
• To represent the European needs in the global development programMain achievements
• Selected a sales force management solution for Europe and implemented this solution in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece and Germany

• Main responsibilities:
• To define the IT strategy to cover the operations of the diverse independent operations
• To select and to implement an ERP solution
• To coach the local IT managers
• To guide the local management teams on IT
• To establish international contracts with the different IT suppliersMain achievements

Chairman of the belgian BPCS User Group working with SSA Benelux and partners to represent the needs of the belgian BPCS user community.Organization of user events to share best practices, to inform of upcoming software releases and to prioritize user demands for enhancements to the BPCS ERP application suite.

Houston, Texas, US

• Main responsibilities:
• To create the central IT department for both companies (Pumptech (Belgium) and OIES (Netherlands))
• To optimize the use of local and European IT resources
• To provide applications to support the local requirements
• To provide and to support the required IT infrastructureMain achievements
• Selected and implemented an AS/400 ERP system (BPCS) to move from home grown applications to standard software

Board member of the belgian IBM S/3x-AS/400 usergroup, working with IBM and partners to represent the needs of the belgian S3/x and AS/400 user community.Assistance with organizing events for the user group members

New York, New York, US

• Main responsibilities:
• To assist the regional IT teams with their S/36 technical needs
• To assist the project managers with their European projectsMain achievements
• Implemented an Accounts Payable solution at Upjohn Portugal and Germany
• Introduced procedures and standards for optimal S/36 usage, back-ups, test environment, program generation

• Main responsibilities:
• To act as system engineer for the complete S/36 environment of BP Belgium
• To participate in projects as project lead, analyst or programmerMain achievements
• Managed the application suite used to do the accounting for all petrol stations
• Managed the application suite used by the oil refinery in Ghent
• Developed a program generator used to speed up and standardize all S/34 and S/36 development work

Bachelor’S Degree, Informatics

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