1> Welding Quality (GMAW manual and robot, TIG manual, Oxy-fuel brazing):Secure, improve and audit the activities within the welding department, together with the quality, welding, engineering, maintenance and purchase teams.- Documentation of welding parameters, symptoms, audits, ... in order to create welding data base.- Meet with welders on regular base to discuss welding related topics: safety and health, symbol reading, defect detection, use of gages, ...- With the support of VCL, start welding performance qualification according to ISO EN 9606 for all welders.- Crosscheck VDL Belgium welding quality process with customer specifications.2> Development (thermal isolation)based on previous tests, restart development for thermal isolation of exhaust systems. - Brainstorming and scoping. - Study of customer specifications. - Together with the tool making department setup workplace and create prototype.

Balancing sales demand in Europe and Russia with factory output in Japan and China for the Vaio laptop product group, from product launch till successor arrival.Coordination and set up of weekly procurement forecast to factories based on latest sales figures (country and dealer inventory, sell in, sell trough … ).Providing each country with an accurate product availability plan. Optimization of transportation costs by considering shipment type mix.Development of IT tools to enhance the forecast and planning cycle: from business requirement and project approval over UAT to production environment.