Thibaud Dedier Email & Phone Number

Brussels, BE

Ghent

• Co-founded the new company together with two experienced associates, matching freelance sustainability experts to companies struggling with the lack of knowlegde and resources to comply to the legal requirements.
• Main focus on general management and business development

• Next to several management assignments (see below) succesfully implemented a variety of management consulting assignments at the following clients:
• Several (external) board member mandates (advisory board and board of directors) (Dec. 15-present)
• AB ELECTROLUX (€ 11.761 M turnover, 52.000 FTE): GLOBAL PURCHASE DIRECTOR (Aug. 11- Dec 11) One of the 4 members of the “Global Indirect Purchasing” project team having identified and renegotiated € 15M savings in.
• AB ELECTROLUX (€ 11.761 M turnover, 52.000 FTE): GLOBAL PURCHASE DIRECTOR (Aug. 11- Dec 11) One of the 4 members of the “Global Indirect Purchasing” project team having identified and renegotiated € 15M savings in.
• Selifin NV: GENERAL MANAGER (Nov. 04-April 07)Restructured and de-familiarized the organization, enabling the shareholders to start over the operations together with external investors.
• CEI Europe, division of PPG Industries: STRATEGIC CONSULTANT (Feb. 04-Dec. 04)Assisted the US Managing Director in developing and implementing a strategic feasibility study for a new pan-European service proposal. Show.

Brussels Metropolitan Area

• Member of the management board of the Flemish liberal party
• Succesfully rolled out and streamlined the liberal party operations

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Belgian DirCom member and member of the Global Group Leadership, full P&L responsible for large accounts department (approx. 245 M euro turnover)
• Revisited the delivery approach for large clients by reviewing the operational processes and implementing lean methodology resulting in a far more profitable business
• Installed a more focused sales strategy and reinforced the sales team

Leuven, Flemish Region, Belgium

• Co-founded the most successful Mobility venture which will become one of the leaders in the MaaS landscape. Vaigo has won the Fleet Europe Smart Mobility Start-up of the Year Award.
• Co-developed the winning strategy and business plan of the missing link in the mobility requirements for large corporations: clients are Danone, Unilever, Engie, De Watergroep, VRT, Proximus, BDO and even Nike.
• Brought BDO as early stage reference shareholder on board and secured the… Show more
• Brought BDO as early stage reference shareholder on board and secured the further development by facilitating the strategic take-over by Nederlandse Spoorwegen Show less

United Kingdom

• Co-developed the strategy of the Traxall International partnership (4 Bn euro managed assets): Traxall International has been incorporated by several fleet outsourcing experts and is meant as an operational and.
• Convinced shareholders to actively participate in the deployment of the international concept into a… Show more
• Convinced shareholders to actively participate in the deployment of the international concept into a well-structured company.
• Co-leading the company towards a significant market position in Europe. Show less

• Restructured the company into a profitable business by reviewing the operational and financial processes and leading new business development: tripled the turnover in less than 5 years
• Gained market leadership in fleet process outsourcing in Belgium
• Firmly positioned the Benelux company within the international group as one of the key partners

Leuven

• Built a complete new sales structure focused at midsize companies as well as large corporations selling the complete Acerta HR-portfolio.
• Introduced professional relationship management and account management techniques, pushing the group towards an integrated customer-driven delivery process.
• Turnover increased with € 23 M (18%) and brand awareness with more than 10% over four years despite difficult market conditions

• Founded together with the Deloitte partnership Fleet Logistics, a business process outsourcing company supplying consultancy in relation to company car and offering outsourcing solutions in respect of the internal.
• After having grown the companies, actively guided the spin-off of the FL companies towards the building of one pan-European corporation with one single US based shareholder (FCE… Show more
• After having grown the companies, actively guided the spin-off of the FL companies towards the building of one pan-European corporation with one single US based shareholder (FCE Inc., holding company of Wheels Inc..
• Personally accountable for one of the major successful projects: Customised and managed the deployment of the Johnson & Johnson “SAFE Fleet” process within the complex J&J environment for the Europe/Middle-East/Africa.

• Re-acquired several lost key accounts back into reference clients through improved service levels and development of the client relationships.
• Developed and maintained relationships with key corporate customers specialized in mid-size fleets.

• Gained solid financial knowledge and professionalism.
• In charge of medium sized audit assignments.
• Achieved annual promotions, despite 10 month leave to fulfill mandatory military service.