Stefaan Springael

Seasoned Facility, Workplace & Security Director - with a genuine heart for Safety and the People behind it.

Belgium

About

Experience

  • Sanofi (3 yrs 11 mos)
    • Head of Workplace Experience R&D Gent
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      Leading the Workplace Experience services for Sanofi's R&D center in Gent. Responsible for creating an innovative, efficient and employee-centric work environment that supports Sanofi's R&D activities and aligns with the company's global Workplace Experience strategy.

    • Facility & Security Manager
      Sep 2022 - May 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Firmenich (6 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Workplace Manager / Security Lead
      Jul 2020 - Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Managing responsibility for all (administrative and laboratory) workplaces in Belgium and Germany. Secondary role to support the Chief Security Officer on global security projects and initiatives.

    • Senior Facilities Manager
      Jun 2016 - Jul 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Managing the Facilities Services of 7 Firmenich sites located in Belgium, Germany and France, together with both internal and external colleagues. Combining both soft and hard services for the admin and laboratory areas of Firmenich affiliates.

  • Johnson Controls (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Facility Manager
      Jul 2014 - Jun 2016 · 2 yrs

      Facility manager for the Deutsche Bank account in Belgium. Managing +33'000m² together with a team of 17 FTE's. By adding more structure to existing way of working; the goal is to gain easily in efficiency. Coaching the helpdesk function which is the motor behind our service to the customer is therefore defined as priority. My focus, as always, is constantly envisioning our customers' end users. Taking the lead in the Safety & Security Services of the account is based on my past experience and will add on to the value the Johnson Controls bring to Deutsche Bank as a first class FM provider. Serving this account means a great boost to me in learning a wide range of hard services where before I was lacking experience.

    • Facility Manager
      Oct 2010 - Jun 2014 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      Facility Manager for the Novartis account in Belgium and The Netherlands. Managing +/-9000m² with a need of +/-20 different services like technical maintenance, cleaning, catering, reception services, safety & security, vending, courier services, MAC projects, ..

  • Cobelguard (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Team Leader
      Oct 2009 - Sep 2010 · 1 yr

      As part of the Operations Management in Cobelguard NV: central contact between the colleagues on the field, our clients and management.

    • Brigadier
      Sep 2008 - Sep 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Team lead of a small group of security guards/receptionists.