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From Aug’11: Production manager, Food production,
Antwerp, Belgium, 100.000 tons, Fats & margarines for Bakery solutions
• Build quick practical experience in manufacturing
• Delivering on or above standards on safety, quality, delivery, costs, people
• Implemented new organisation design (putting & dedicating a process improvement & OPEX team in place at zero cost), merging operational logistics and repair staff within production for more flexibility & coaching
• waste cut by 50% on the worst production line
• redressed relationship with unions and put economical unemployment in place smoothly

Apr’10-Jul’11: Planning & logistics manager Europe, Food manufacturing Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 countries+ export
• Report to Supply Chain director Europe, team 60, report 12
• Created the team, regular exchange of best practices. Stocks -10%, OOS -25%
• Installed basic S&OP processes all European companies, created process scorecard
• Implemented new forecasting system & process for Europe (forecast accuracy+5% in 6 countries)
• Led process redesign and system solution in SAP
• Delivered and agreed a 2015 strategy for planning & logistics, including reorganisation
• Interim role waiting for manufacturing opportunity (see next)

2009-2010: INTERIM MANAGEMENT ROLES

Nov’09-Mar’10: Sales director, Frozen Logistics, Montigny le Roi, France
• Brought a frozen distribution platform in North East France (>20000 pallets) back at break-even
• Delivered growth plan (center of consolidation & openings/new contacts in French retail chains)

Aug’09-Dec’09 : Product development & projects director a.i., pet food private label production & sales in Europe; 29 countries, 250m€, Hungary
• Responsible for product portfolio, research & development and special projects
• Led a European complexity reduction exercise (SKU count -40%), led the product development function and delivered restructuring & savings projects

May’09-Jul’09: Chief Operations Officer a.i. Pet Food
Budapest, Hungary, pet food private label production
• Responsible for manufacturing (10 plants), supply chain, procurement, research & development and quality assurance
• Created the team and delivered competency matrix for all my directors & managers
• hired a new procurement director, developed & agreed interfaces with holding
• Implemented new forecasting system & process for Europe (forecast accuracy+8%)

Jan’09-Apr’09 : Director supply chain & procurement a.i., Global Sourcing Hilversum, Netherlands, import/export China/Europe; start-up
• Drive profitability and sales expansion. Best practice with food service Europe


2006-2008: Director procurement & supply Chain EMEA, Retail, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1300 stores; 24 countries; 1300m€, team 100, report 12
• Head of shared services for UK, Ireland and Germany, member of local management teams
• Responsible for procurement (400m€), forecasting & planning, distribution (40 people centrally, budget 30m€). EMEA SC coordination plus shared services for biggest markets (UK&I+ Germany: SC operated from Amsterdam). Managing various retail supply chains: coffee, ambient, fresh & frozen food, furniture, design & electrical equipment
• Opened 8 countries, 1 new store every 24 hours, a new European DC, a new licensing channel
• champion of savings: above 5% sustainable year on year
• Professionalized the demand agreement process, KPI, SLA & scorecard
• Led the reorganization for the EMEA supply chain teams including shared services, new functional competencies model, new salary classification…

2004-2006: Key Account Manager (Information Systems), FMCG France
Information Systems Head-Office, Paris, France
• Key account (=CRM) for SAP shared services delivering business solutions. Aim: maximize value realization (sales, profit, cash, organization, processes, people, training). Responsible for global contract & service level agreement for Dannon USA, Danone Canada, Germany & Belgium and the Jacobs biscuits divisions in UK & Ireland. Adviser for SC evolutions (processes & systems solutions)
• Increased customer satisfaction by shorter response time in problem solving, better communication and budget control.
• Value realization goals met or exceeded. Increased efficiency for customers through better system usage and in the support centre through synergy and anticipation in business needs

2000-2004: Supply chain director Benelux & Export, FMCG Belgium
• Installed the new Supply Chain function, culture & organisation for 3 factories: from suppliers procurement to distribution to customers. Installed cross-functional processes, tools, KPI and scorecards
• Improved customer service (95 to 99%), reduced inventory (-15%) & distribution costs (-8%)
• Initiated and implemented harmonised products (till -40% SKU in some ranges)
• Delivered wide restructuring at Benelux and European level (19 production lines in & out)
• 2002 to 2006: designed, created and given the planning course (Supply Chain University), I trained +/- 100 SC and planning managers & directors.

1998-2000: Procurement & planning manager, FMCG Belgium
• Responsible for procurement (80m€), inventory management (distribution network & contracts, supply chain costs optimisation with suppliers, etc. Central deliveries to top 2 customers (VMI, consignment stock)
• Co-led European Transport buyers team
• Designed and implemented new forecasting process and system, bringing demand agreement process at the core of the company, forecast accuracy +5%
• 15% saving on storage & transportation through creative network solution, truck fill rate and auctions
• Led introduction of SAP-MM for contract management, eliminated 10 isolated product files

1996-1998: Procurement manager FMCG Belgium
• Responsible for all frozen food finished goods buying, 50m€. Suppliers’ selection & management, make or buy, market intelligence, total cost of ownership.
• Delivered important savings & innovations, introduced Total Cost Ownership model
• Training for next step: Extended Supply Chain Management Course with IMD, Lausanne

1993-1996: Management accountant Belgium, FMCG
home & personal care, 320 employees, 100m€
• Controlling, Budgets & reporting, investment & profitability analysis, Standard costing, promotional expenditure & advertising control, automatisation
• Restructuring (merge), co-developer of European Chart of Account & project manager for SAP-CO

1990-1992: Information analyst, FMCG Belgium
• Report to IT manager (local), team 1, direct report 1
• Delivered new integrated Stock & Invoicing Management, VAX-VMS system admin/security, reports, telecom, disaster recovery planning, PC park and network management, users hot-line, training…
• Followed the management trainee program and career path for high potentials

Education

Master in Economy, Brussels

Multiple management courses from Top 500 companies during >15 years

Advanced Supply Chain course, IMD Lausanne

Skills

end to end supply chain management, forecast to produce, order to cash, total cost of ownership, ...

Languages

FR, NL, UK trilingual+ average German


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