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Procurement Director/Purchasing Manager

Procurement Director/Purchasing Manager

Work Experience

2004 – Jan09
Director Procurement NCI and T&L W-E
• Responsible for W-E Procurement of Non-Commercial Indirect categories (Transport & Logistics, General Services), Capex and Opex, and Global Seafreight
• Responsible for NCI sourcing strategy West-Europe, incl Global HQ Leuven
• Responsible for the development and implementation of outsourcing many non-core activities (Facility Mgt, Travel Mgt, IS/IT services, Warehousing/ Distribution/Transport, etc…)
• Addressable NCI W-E Spend approx 500 Mio EUR p.a., Total NCI W-E Spend approx 800 Mio EUR p.a.
• Achieved savings 2008 approx 12 Mio EUR for W-E zone, approx 2 Mio EUR GHQ, and approx 2 Mio EUR Capex W-E zone
• Achieved savings through development and implementation of European Transformation Project of 25 Mio EUR, excl. global seafreight
• Member of the EPLT (Procurement mancom W-E)
• Reporting into VP Procurement W-E
• Procurement team of 25 staff, with 8 direct reports manager level (W-E or Country Category Managers)
• Geographical scope: West-Europe (+Global HQ Leuven)

2000 - 2004
Director Global Procurement Engineering Capital & MRO
• Responsible for Global Procurement Strategy and Policy for Industrial Capital investments and MRO, Global Agreements with OEM’s for Spare parts
• Responsible for sourcing global seafreight (for export global brands)
• Achieved full alignment and buy-in on Procurement Strategy & Policy across all 5 zones at Interbrew, resulting into fully documented policies, processes & procedures & WI’s still applied today
• Achieved savings OEM spare parts approx 5 Mio EUR p.a.
• Member of Global Procurement mancom
• Reporting into Global VP Procurement
• Trainer for all 5 zones (Capex & MRO processes within Interbrew)
• Procurement team of 3 staff
• Geographical scope: Global

1995 – 2000
Corporate Internal Audit Manager CE & Supply Chain
• Responsible for the development and deployment of the Audit Strategy and Audit Program, in alignment with the Executive Board, Interbrew worldwide
• Main project: lead Business Risk and Control Self-Assessment and Compliance Program, using COSO/COCO models as guidance
• Leading or participating in projects for supply chain and logistics business process re-engineering
• Reporting into Global Audit Director
• Audit team of 6 staff
• Geographical scope: CE (All processes) & Global (Supply Chain processes)

1989 – 1995
Corporate Engineering Project Manager
• Responsible for Construction project coordination for the Industrial Deployment Program of the newly formed Interbrew Group, after the merger of Stella-Artois and Piedboeuf (Jupiler) breweries in 1988
• Ownership of total budget approx 100 Mio EUR
• Lead design (architects/consulting engineers), lead construction and coordination with industrial equipment, infrastructure, HVAC and other technical equipment, safety & security of the plants
• Reporting into the Industrial Deployment Program Director
• Responsible for other Project implementations for larger projects:
o Netherlands ; lead civil works for installation of a new packaging line
o France ; support building of a new water purification plant
o Belgium ; lead construction for High Bay Warehouse Leuven Plant (ASRS), greenfield development Hoegaarden brewery and water purification plants, etc…
• Reporting into the Corporate Engineering Director
• Geographical scope: Benefra

1987 – 1989
Project Engineer
• Responsible for structural design and coordination with architects
• Main project: new HQ for KBC Leuven (Overall budget 125 Mio EUR)
• Numerous other projects (Bank & Insurance office buildings, industrial warehouses, Laboratories, etc…
• Reporting into Head of Structural Design Department
• Design and Draftsman of approx 10 staff
• Geographical scope: Belgium

1984-1986
Site Engineer
• Responsible for supervision of construction activities for cooling towers at Kendal Power Station in Eastern Transvaal (quality control, planning & coordination with subcontractors, site meetings, etc…)
• Total contract value: 300 Mio EUR
• Reporting into DB Thermal Site Manager at Kendal Power Station

1982-1984
Design Engineer
• Responsible for design of heavy engineering structures, such as cooling towers, bridges, cool water piping (boiler house to towers)
• Based in Johannesburg (South-Africa head office)
• Main project: Kendal Power Station
• Reporting into Head of Engineering (Design Office)





Education

• Master in Civil & Structural Engineering, University of Ghent, thesis – “Terre armée” - Innovation in Soil Mechanics (1982)
• Master in Business Administration, PUC Diepenbeek, thesis – Finance & Accounting (1994)


Skills

• Broad international Procurement experience in >10 Bln Eur company
• Senior Management or Director level
• Expertise: sourcing WE Transport & Logistics, WE General Services, Global Seafreight, Global Engineering Capital Equipment & MRO & Services, outsourcing non-core activities, Export Logistics Admin & Procurement Shared Service Center, e-Sourcing & e-Procurement, Internal Auditing, Engineering & Construction project management and general supervision; Construction site supervision; Structural design
• Results driven, diplomatic, people manager, strong communication and negotiation skills, stress resistant, client driven, social, analytical
• MBTI profile: ENTJ


Languages

• Dutch Mother tongue
• French Good
• English Fluent
• German Notions




Other

IT skills
• All regular MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint…)
• Various e-Sourcing tools (Emptoris, eBreviate)

Training programs followed
• Leadership for Results, MCE Brussels (2003)
• Various trainings on eSourcing (RfI, RfQ, Auctions, Contract Management, Spend visibility)
• Purchasing Management Services, York UK (2001)
• Negotiation Skills (2001/Interbrew)
• Production and Inventory Management APICS, first module Supply Chain Management (2001)
• Brewing Technology, KUL Leuven University (1999)
• Environmental Management, EHSAL Brussels (1997)
• Internal Auditing, External Auditing, Computer Auditing, Cooremans Brussels, Master in Accountancy & Finance program (1997)
• Coaching skills & Middle Management training (1997/Interbrew)


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