Dieter De Smet

Plant manager Lichtervelde & Group purchase manager folding Van de Velde Packaging Group

Lichtervelde, Flemish Region, Belgium

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Experience

  • Van de Velde Packaging Group (Hybrid)
    • Plant Manager Lichtervelde / Group Purchase Manager folding
      Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Customer allocation & Group Purchase Manager folding
      Mar 2022 - Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      further develop central purchasing policy for folding boxboard plants final decision on the allocation of all new sales resuests folding cardboard division

    • Business Development & Group Purchase Manager folding
      Jan 2020 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      initiate and develop a centraal purchasing policy for the folding carton plants in the Benelux support for further development and growth of the group

  • General & Plant manager at Cartonnage Soenen
    Feb 2005 - Feb 2014 · 9 yrs 1 mo

    overall management of the plant (responsability of 30/35 FTE’s)

  • Account Manager at Trade Insure (ICBA)
    Sep 2002 - Dec 2004 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    launch & development of new credit insurance product (individual credit insurance) management of B2B customer portfolio’s such as Tessenderlo Group, Barry Callebaut, etc.