Chris Van Limbergen

Supply Chain Specialist

Beerse, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

"Every disadvantage has its advantage." A high motivated dynamic personality with a professional structured and pragmatic attitude. Many years of logistics experience are combined with a healthy fresh and passionated mind-set. Expertise built in a range of supply chain modes: ° Sourcing & Procurement ° Sales & Distribution / Order-To-Cash ° Warehouse Management ° Inventory & Material Management ° Transport & Logistics Execution ° Invoice Verification & Spend Management Career objective: A managing job in an innovating world class environment with a service minded attitude towards internal and external partners. To be daily efficient through clear communication and structured pragmatic performance for an optimized supplier/customer relationship, in conformity with the company requirements and strategy. KEY SKILLS  Good communication and interpersonal & language skills o Dutch - C2 Native language o English - C1 o French - A2 o German - A1  Knowledge of various IT- & MS Office applications & systems (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP, JDE, Oracle)  Reliable & capable of initiating and adapting to changes  Commercial skills & fluent service minded attitude  Strong capacity to coordinate & cooperate  Ability to manage projects: o Implementation & transition to a 3PL - third partner logistics - for a World Wide logistics network o A variety of SC Projects based on sourcing & tendering activities and Quality (QA) improvements o Creation of a variety of agreements in view of Supply Chain projects o S/4HANA SAP Junior Consultant project

Experience

  • Manager Advanced Markets EU at Biocon Biologics
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    Manufacturing and Global Distribution Biologics

  • Senior Specialist Change Control PES Excipients @ Janssen Pharmaceutica at Randstad Professionals Belgium
    Apr 2023 - Jun 2023 · 3 mos

    Analyse and Facilitate the Change Control Process for Partners and External Suppliers (PES) for SM Excipients

  • Supply Chain & Logistics Contract Service Provider Quality Manager at Zoetis Belgium SA
    Apr 2022 - May 2022 · 2 mos

    • Managing global Logistics Contract Service Providers: 3PLs warehousing & transport companies (road, ocean, air, courier). • Quality lead for transferring 3PLs and transportation lanes & companies (NPI). • Performing Quality audits on transport lanes / partners & 3PLs, including issue & vendor management, risk analysis & logistics changes.

  • Senior Specialist Transport, Warehousing & Distribution EMEA / A'PAC / LATAM at LifeScan Belgium - a division of Platinum Equity
    Oct 2018 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Lead of the logistics implementation & management of the 3PL • Key stakeholder for the transition of the Supply Chain Management & large scale of projects in the SC network • Responsible for logistics budget for global customer services & distribution organization

  • Transport Cross-Sector Lead Health Care Medical Devices EMEA / A'PAC / LATAM at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
    Jan 2010 - Oct 2018 · 8 yrs 10 mos

    • Coordinate & align global transportation, distribution & warehousing operational activities for J&J, including operational Supply Chain processes, with the focus on finding synergies for all the J&J Medical Device organisations and other cross-sector affiliates. • Provide project management leadership for a variety of Supply Chain projects related to quality, performance & cost improvements, new lane & product implementations. • Responsible for logistics budget for transportation & distribution activities. • Be accountable for the operational follow up of the 3- or 4PL’s used in the sector, its relationship with the DC’s, hubs and the sector supply chain organization. • Negotiate & develop SOP’s, WI’s, SLA’s in line with J&J standards & GDP/GMP regulations. • Expertise on Cold Chain.