Brussels Metropolitan Area
RebELL(EN)ious Technical Innovative Creative Storyseller... Passionate about packaging solutions... engineering, technical challenges... Business partner...
Reporting to Global R&D VP, guiding the global R&D Packaging team and shaping the MDM-PLM Business Transformation project (20 mio€ invt, 5 yrs pbt). Appreciated across the company for future proof strategy building and influencing business decisions by a data driven approach on big bets projects, portfolio harmonization, innovation and sustainability/circularity.
Reporting to VP R&D, leading the regional R&D Packaging Expert team to develop and implement tailor made packaging and business solutions. Recognised as x-functional business partner building the global R&D strategy and wow (process, documentation, NPD stage-gate, KPI reporting).
Close collaboration with x-functional teams of strategic Global FMCG customers, creating future proof packaging strategies (define-design-implement-validate) and deliver unique packaging solutions that achieve real results: sales growth, lower cost and sustainable operations. Challenging at DS Smith and with customers/suppliers the ways of working, showing the strength of more 'rebellious' co-creation set-ups: x-functional and x-company, embracing ‘circular economy’, ‘industry 4.0’ and ‘wacko-self-created’ principles.
Central Innovation Team - Tour & Taxis, Brussels - project manager Support profitable growth of Strategic Pan European Accounts through packaging design and innovation. Holistic creative/technical approach, touching all packaging elements: from concept creation to implementation in the customer's plant and presentation in store.
Global Mr. Clean/AmbiPur - project manager Responsible for complex innovative/technical projects from design phase till plant implementation; touching all packaging parts (bottle, cap, wick,...) and packaging transformations (filling/capping/labelling/packing). Part of the multifucntional team (incl. marketing, design, purchasing, suppliers,...) to create the future packaging vision and initiative master plan.
Western Europe Fairy/Dreft - project manager Technical product expert and consumer expert. Build expertise in organization and analysis of big quantitative consumer tests (Habits & Practices, Bases etc.) to help R&D and business teams for critical decision making.
Eastern Europe Lenor/Bonux - project manager As business partner of Lenor/Bonux marketers co-created the brand strategy by creation and analysis of market and consumer data.
Thesis project: 'Comparison of random and oriented immobilization of antibody fragments on mixed self-assembled mono-layers'.