Zaventem, Flemish Region, Belgium
Transformational leader with 25+ years of international experience in corporate finance, strategy, M&A and digital & data within Fortune-500 / FTSE-100 global fast moving consumer goods, human and pet healthcare, B2B and life sciences & bio-pharma companies. Passionate for inclusive and diverse talent development, strategic business partnership and game-changing digital/AI transformation leading to sustainable profitable growth and value creation.
Leading all local and regional finance teams (sales, innovation/launches, capital allocation, ROI, operating profit and operational cash flow), global FP&A, controllership and digital transformation including GenAI. Strong support of business development and investor relations preparation. Member of global finance LT and global commercial LT.
Leading finance for the Vaccines and Global Health businesses: including strategic planning and forecasting for all brands, manufacturing and supply finance, R&D/Innovation finance, global divisional FP&A, Controllership and related digital transformation (SAP S4 HANA, IBP/OMP, GenAI, Celonis,,,). Strong support of business development and investor relations preparation for the division. Member of global finance LT and global vaccines and global health LT.
Responsible for the sales, marketing, manufacturing and innovation finance, procurement and E2E transformation for US and Canada, including the SAP rollout across the region and the carve out of the business into Hygiene (Home Care + Hygiene) and Health (Consumer Healthcare + Nutrition) as well as the integration of the newly acquired infant nutrition businesses. Directly responsible for Finance, Procurement and Transformation for Consumer Healthcare and Nutrition. Member of Global Health FLT.
Responsible for creating and developing a new global supply team, including manufacturing controlling for all divisions/categories/technologies, logistics and warehousing control as well as global procurement finance and global supply FP&A. Responsibility for global gross profit margin expansion program and margin variance analysis digital capabilities. Member of Global Supply LT and Global Finance LT.
Finance and Procurement head of all products and categories in the Iberia cluster, including sales, marketing, manufacturing and procurement. Leading a team that excelled at performance and planning, including game-changing capabilities in trade spend forecasting and control.
Head of finance for SCA in South America, based out of Philadelphia, USA. This business area includes hygiene and personal care categories and various manufacturing facilities across South America and the Caribbean. Supported the relentless organic and inorganic growth throughout the region for eight consecutive years, including fully owned as well JV partnerships.
Responsible to implement the SAP Change Management concept worldwide in order to secure a solid business processes harmonization, prepare the local organizations resources and advice the line management in the different countries and business divisions. Projects rolled out in over 15 countries within Europe, US and Canada. Responsible for accounts receivables and payables master data administration and related global blueprints worldwide.