Arne Vermeulen

Proven track record in operations, processing & projects

Kortrijk Metropolitan Area

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Experience

  • Unilin (On-site)
    • Plant Manager
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Continuous Improvement Manager
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Project Manager at RENSON Ventilation - Sunprotection - Outdoor
    Oct 2021 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Management of Strategic Projects Outdoor. Management of Product Development Projects Outdoor. Supporting Renson US-project. PMO-allignment BU-wide.

  • Purchase and Engineering Manager at Mowi Belgium
    Sep 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Multi-site function: Bruges + Ostend Management Team – member HACCP - member 3 direct reports Responsible for Purchase Non-Food Responsible for Engineering, Infra + Equipment incl. Capex-budget Responsible for Technical Department

  • Recticel (Full-time · 9 yrs 11 mos)
    • International Start-Up Manager + Project Manager Industrialisation
      Jan 2016 - Sep 2020 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      Operational feasibility of potential expansion markets/projects, both greenfield & brownfield. Responsible for successfull start-up of new production plant in Finland from Greenfield. Liaison with Sales&Marketing to define needed equipment to produce right products. Responsible for new product development for new markets. Responsible for achieving permits and liaison with (local) authorities. Responsible for P&L budget during first 2 years of start-up, perform recruitment, training and guidance to local management team during start- up, on time and in budget. Aftercare of new plant towards Sales&Marketing and local operations management. Managing specific R&D Projects in all plants and crosslink them to Industrial Execution. Managing new products development with focus to Nordics market. Managing upscaling current production plants to maximum, from detecting bottlenecks to defining Improvement and Investment Projects and Coördination of the Projects. Managing International Projects concerning big processing, safety, fire and environmental issues.

    • Process Engineer
      Nov 2013 - Jan 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Responsible for complete process from unloading chemicals to finished goods in warehouse. Responsible for budget, process improvement, product improvement, new product development in operations, cost reductions, output improvement, execution of investment projects, complaint handling and solving. Defining yearly operational budget and setting KPI’s on product performance operational

    • Production Manager and Process Engineer
      Nov 2010 - Nov 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for complete production division in 3 shifts + weekend. Responsible for complete process from unloading chemicals to finished goods in warehouse. Responsible for budget, process improvement, product improvement, new product development, cost reductions, output improvement, execution of investment projects, complaint handling and solving. Defining yearly operational budget and setting KPI’s. Working with KPI’s, TPM, management of change, 5S, Kaizen, improvement projects, new product development, investment projects,...

  • Labtechnician Quality Control at Ajinomoto OmniChem
    Sep 2010 - Nov 2010 · 3 mos