Responsible for export of qualitative meatproducts within the Sigma-Campofrio Group.

Lecturer: strategy, consumer psychology, visual merchandising, category management. Coaching Student Business Projects

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Managing a network of retailstores and staffP&L responsibleReorganise and restructure towards a more consumerfriendly format

After 13 years as an employee in several functions and experiences I decided to start my own business.In cooperation with the Marketing agency Wildstream NV, I created several new retail and restaurant concepts for various clients: Onafhankelijk Ziekenfonds, Panos, Partena, Coffeeroots, GSK, HoGent, Texaco, EP, Chiquita, E5 Mode, ECI,... The uniqueness was at that time to combine retail and etail next to optimising consumer experience. We created A to Z starting from a consumer study and customer briefing to a finished store or outlet with training for the operating staff and management.Next to this I trained salesteams, customer relation teams and management teams in various companies: ECI, Panos, Atel, Pidpa Antwerpse waterwerken, Eurotuin, this using my former experiences/education and holistic view, spiced with an good EQ and a friendly but resultdriven approach.

Managing the franchise activity in Belgium means searching and selection of franchisees, looking for interesting real estate to start a new point of sale, coaching the operations, defining the marketingplan and strategy, assuming the general managementtasks and making the activity profitable for the franchisee as well as for the organization.

Shell has an international Retail organization for its fore-court (fuel and shop) business.I worked within the Belux region which was part of the Benefrux cluster.Category manager at Shell was a function that covered all domains: purchasing, supply chain, category management, marketing and sales.In this function I grew through all categories from food to non-food. In addition I was responsible for the supply chain for a 124 million € turnover and for the building and rebuildings of the shops in the Belux.My main realizations were the working out of intensive collaboration with the category captains such as Coca Cola, Kraft, Unilever, Pepsico, BAT, Carrefour....Turning the mindsetting from these companies from desinterest to vast investments, through extensive networking and testing and measuring.An adapted supplychain to the shopsvolumes and range (dry, chilled, frozen) which was new for the sector.New layout of the shops based on customerresearch and testing.

Product management at Eurostar, Cross Channel Catering Company for First class and Standard class (buffet bar). Main tasks: product sourcing&development, marketing (plans and realisation), pricing, supply chain organization and purchasing in Paris, London, Brussels.

Restorail is taking care of the supply chain of all international highspeed trains in Brussels Belgium. They buy in store and pack food and non food products which are loaded and unloaded on the trains.The company just started when I was recruted for my first job. Starting in dispatching of the loadings and production I gradually grew in the function of ware house responsible managing the buying in, storing and delivering out the goods towards the different productionarea's. Introducing IT systems to manage the stocks and drawing up working procedures to facilitate and fine tune the operations were my first merits.