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Liège, Wal, Be

Alleur

Grâce-Hollogne

Financial auditERP implementation (stock management)Technical studiesOrganigram and job descriptions

Sprimont, Belgium

Vista, Ca (Usa)

• Full P&L responsibility of a 28 million EUR business unit. Complete autonomy for the operations of 2 plants (Spain and California with a total of 200 employees).• Management of the international sales team (15 sales engineers and agents around the world). Set-up of a new organization and new price strategy. Successful negotiation and conclusion of large contracts (3 to 15 million USD), bringing the company to the first place in this market.• Re-organization and financial recovery of the Californian location thanks to cross-functional actions (commercial, production, quality, finance, R&D, HR, communication).• Announcement and set-up of a closing plan for the American location in September 2010 due to a market over-capacity, followed by the sales of the business unit (2 locations) to the Japanese Arisawa Mfg Co in December 2010 ; Support role in the integration process with the Japanese Group until May 2011

Sprimont, Belgium

• Responsible for the development and the implementation of the worldwide strategy of the company main product line (12 million EUR).• Direct or indirect management of 18 sales engineers and agents around the world + the Belgian internal sales team.• Member of the management team and important role in the integration process into Bekaert.

Sprimont, Belgium

Owner - Director (2002-2005)• Management Buy Out of the company in September 2002.• Sales and Administration Director for the Belgian site (50 pers. – Turnover: 8,2 mio EUR).• Sales Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Americas.• Creation of a new visual identity, with new logo, motto, brochures, website.• Sale of the company to Bekaert group in June 2005 after one year of due diligence and negotiation.Internal Sales Manager (1997-2002)• Set-up of a new price strategy and an improved cost control.• Recruiting of internal sales employees. • Project manager for the implementation of 2 ERP systems.• During this period, the turnover increased from 6 to 8 million EUR and profitability also increased thanks to an efficient coordination through the entire organization.• Responsible for the budget and the follow-up of the sales in Europe and Middle-East.Sales Engineer France, Wallonia, Luxembourg (1994-1997)• Development of a wide variety of customers, from small companies to large petrochemical groups like Shell or ExxonMobil. Contacts and negotiation at all levels (general managers, purchasers, engineers, technicians …).• Increase of the turnover from 0,4 to 1,2 million EUR in 2 years.

Seraing Area, Belgium

• Set-up of a system/software for the planning of the engineering department tasks (30 engineers, draftmen …) as a part of a global planning for all the projects of Heat Recovery Systems.

Master, Business Administration

Bachelor, Economics Of The Firm

Master, Industrial Engineer