Nivelles, Walloon Region, Belgium
Results-driven Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director, driving five world-class Operations Centers located in Belgium (Nivelles), Canada (Toronto), China (Beijing), Spain (Bilbao) and UK (Gloucester) - 500 people @ Group level. Executive MBA, MSc in Industrial Engineering, with 20 years of experience in General Management, Operations, Sales & Business Development for International Groups based in North America (Canada), Asia Pacific (South Korea) & Europe (Belgium). Final responsible for P&L, key actor in Corporate Strategy with a very strong international background. Director of Gantrex SRL. President of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Walloon Brabant (CCIBW). President of Agoria Walloon Brabant. Board Member of the The Walloon Union of Companies (UWE).
The Group COO within Gantrex Group entails the following 5 key responsibilities: 1. Supply Chain Management for all core products at Group level. This includes sourcing, manufacturing and logistics in and out of the existing Operations Centers in Belgium, Spain, Canada, China, UK and India but also inventory management of any of these products in Sales & Services Centers locations (e.g. Middle East, USA, South East Asia, Latin America, etc.). 2. Strategic Purchasing 3. Operational Excellence 4. Total Quality Management, focusing on the different processes active within the Group to improve overall quality of Gantrex products and services. 5. Human Resources Management at Corporate level. The Group COO position is part of Gantrex Group Executive Committee.
Gantrex SRL General Manager & Director. General management of the Belgian headquarters of the Gantrex Group (Group CEO: Maarten Impens). Gantrex SRL Sales Director. Sales management for Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, North & Western Africa, Lebanon, Israël (52 countries). Main areas of responsibility: - Budget - P&L - KPIs - Sales - HR - Quality Assurance - H&S - Purchasing - Customer Service - Production - Technical - Finance & Accounting Group Headcount: 450 people Group Turnover: 140M€
Management of the Supply Chain department, including three different services: Purchasing & Logistics, Sales Administration and Quality Control (17 people). Main tasks: o Definition and implementation of the strategic orientations of the supply chain. o Creation/development of the supply chain's management procedures. o Definition and follow-up of the supply chain's performance (Key Performance Indicators), analysis of the results and identification of the areas for improvement. o Definition and implementation of the continuous improvement's projects. o Reliability of the relations with the internal customers of the supply chain. o Definition of the evaluation's criteria of the suppliers, follow-up of the performances, implementation of preventive and/or corrective actions. o Definition of the commercial/quality targets to be attributed to the suppliers and check of their achievements. o Management of the high-level commercial negotiations with key suppliers. o Organization and regulation of the routing of incoming and outgoing flows. o Identification of the flow break's risks and implementation of preventive and/or corrective actions. o Follow-up of the creation/evolution of the quality control's procedures and of the implementation of their application. o Analysis of the results of the non-conformities, recommendation of preventive/corrective actions and control of their implementation. o Follow-up and analysis of the global quality data and determination of the areas for improvement.
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o In charge of all purchasing activities (±300 people, ±€ 320M turnover, ±€ 70M purchasing amount). Purchase of raw materials, industrial goods, intellectual services and subcontracting (transport, manufacture and assembly of some intermediate elements). o In charge of all globalization, localization and outsourcing projects. o Continuous improvement of QCD key indicators: PPM (Parts Per Million), OTD (On-Time Deliveries) and TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). o Continuous improvement of the purchasing processes. o Project management: PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), KANBAN, NPD (New Product Development), etc. $ MAJOR RESULTS $ $ Cost savings: ±5% by year $ Localization: Reduction of imports from Asia, replaced by local purchases: ±10% $ Globalization: Purchasing turnover decreased by ±10%