Belgium
As a Senior Program Manager (Enterprise Program Management Office 'EPMO') at Kellanova, I lead and support strategic business transformation initiatives across Europe, leveraging my MBA (University College London, School of Management), engineering (degree educated chemical engineer, MSc from Imperial College London), and project management skills (Prince2 Practitioner certification). I have over 14 years of experience in the consumer goods industry, working for global companies such as Kellanova, Kellogg Company and Procter & Gamble, in various roles including project & program management, process engineering, research & development, and computer modelling & simulation. My core competencies & experiences include mergers & acquisitions (M&A), business transformation, people & change management, digital transformation, engineering & capital management, process design and optimisation, computer-aided modelling, people development and capability building. I am passionate about delivering strategic and innovative technical solutions that enhance business performance, while also committed to fostering a diverse & inclusive culture within my organisation, as evidenced by my involvement in the Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (ED&I) activities across the region.
- Regional Integration PMO (January 2024 to date) - Top Projects/Programs include: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) - Top Projects/Programs include: Business Transformation, Data & Analytics, Digital Marketing, Packaging Waste Fees - Other Responsibilities: Enterprise Masterplan Portfolio Process including People Change & Stakeholder Management
- Senior Engineering Manager, Technical Services PC&IS (Power, Controls & Information Systems) Europe at Kellogg Company - People Manager for the PC&IS Team and Member of the Engineering Leadership Team - Led the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) Power Team within Supply Chain
- European Category Engineering Department - Extrusion Global Technology Owner - Dry Raw Materials & Flour Handling Technology Owner for Europe - Engineering Single Point of Contact for Extrusion End to End Supply Chain Platform - Feasibility scope analysis for new initiatives and capacity increase projects
- Regional Engineering Department for Latin America - Equipment and process design for product initiatives and capacity increase projects - Led feasibility analysis and scope discussions towards project establishment and funding
- Regional Engineering Department for Latin America - Promote and actively use modelling & simulation tools to impulse Computer-aided engineering (CAE) designs and developments - Led consultation sessions to increase awareness and knowledge of available methodologies
- Brussels Innovation Centre, Research & Development Department for Western Europe - Developed CFD models to predict heat transfer through radiation, conduction and convection, including design of numerical experiments to reduce product variations due to operating conditions
- Manufacturing Department, Vallejo Perfume Plant - Work focused on capacity increase projects for the manufacturing plant - Led scope discussions with the logistics, production and warehouse teams to define a progressive capacity increase plan based on budget and timings