Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Region, Belgium
Manufacturing and Operations Leader, with both field and corporate experience and a strong management background in various countries. Result-oriented, expert in optimizing the bottom line through technical and non-technical solutions.
On top of the leadership of the Procurement and Supply chain organizations for Europe, I engage in creating and leading a new European Technical & Manufacturing organization for Europe, encompassing Capex and Engineering for large and strategic projects; Mining; Maintenance and Manufacturing expertise to support the 30+ plants in Europe.
Create and lead a fully centralized Procurement organization for Lhoist Europe, covering a spend of 800+ MEUR. Implement new processes, tools and ways of working to leverage our purchasing power and deliver concrete financial performance. Create and lead the Supply Chain organization for Lhoist Europe, to minimize the cost-to-serve to all customers in Europe, with a strong focus on the Strategic long-term and the S&OP mid-term horizons.
Lead the transformation journey of Lhoist into a learning, effective, global and standard Manufacturing organization. Lead the Supply Chain tools and systems for the Lhoist group, and supervise Supply Chain optimization studies for all strategic projects