Ghent Metropolitan Area
• Develop and drive the Procurement vision for, with and through the stakeholder community. • Developing the vision, strategy and implementation plan for specific key supplies to meet the strategies set forth by the Category Leads as well as meeting the long range requirements of the business partners and deliver the maximum value for JNJ • Interface directly with supplier leadership of key suppliers to assure alignment of JNJ’s objectives are met, including quality, reliability, innovation and cost. • Develop deep supplier relationships with key suppliers to include data review and analysis, performance management and development and improvement of end to end value, and bring innovation to the business • Understands operational considerations. Identifies business demand requirements and partners with Category Leads to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage. • Deliver on financial, service, reliability, quality, innovation, and growth commitments • Escalate issues that may impact the Global Procurement organization. • Manage supplier relationships, communicate changes to category strategy, execute joint collaborative initiatives, and monitor supplier performance • Conduct supplier business reviews; establishing cadence and agenda together with category lead and business lead plus other appropriate parties to be involved • Monitor and report risks in supplier relationships and utilize key insights in the development of the long term procurement vision and strategy • Facilitate the development, implementation, and maintenance of processes, policies, guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, and Business Operating Principles • Lead team meetings and provide updates to Global/Regional Procurement Leadership
• Adding the responsibility of coordinating the sourcing activities for Capital Equipment investments in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Production. • Setting up collaboration with the site Capex buyers to assure alignment with site leadership priorities and adoption of global/regional procurement strategies and benefit from globally centrally managed vendors. • Development of local and regional Master Service Agreement for engineering project mgt services.
• Manage the team of procurement assistants, buyers and sourcing specialists. • Optimize working processes, identify and stimulate continuous improvement initiatives within and beyond the department • Assure staffing, coaching, on-the-job training, learning & development opportunities of the team members. • Ensure maximum continuity in the procurement service offering by the team towards the business stakeholders.
• Taking the lead in the full day-to-day management of the Imodium portfolio • Defining priorities within the marketing initiatives aligned with company priorities • Assure that quantitative and qualitative objectives are being achieved • Develop, implement and coordinate the appropriate businessplans and marketing activities • Support the strategic development of the Imodium portfolio • Analysis of customer, market and sales data and the organisation of market research. • Development of integrated communication to customers, health care professionals and consumers • Planning and monitoring of marketing budgets • Forecasting in collaboration with demand planning • Excellent collaboration with internal and external stakeholders on local and international level
• Implementation of Procurement Service Request process in Janssen-Cilag Benelux and J&J Consumer Benelux : optimalisation workflow and harmonisation processes within Procurement Shared Service department (2009) • Implementation procurement aspects of Print Management project (Agency 2010) in Jansen-Cilag Benelux • Procurement Strategy development project J&J Benelux • Process Coordinator Mediabuying Johnson&Johnson companies Belgium (+ The Netherlands as from 2009) • Strategic spend analysis and optimalization marketing procurement Johnson&Johnson companies in Benelux • Change management lead Ariba sourcing implementatie Janssen-Cilag + McNeil Belgium • Projectleader optimalisation sourcing process printed materials, creative agencies and POS materials for all Johnson&Jophnson companies in the Benelux • Member of the Johnson&Johnson European Marketing and Sales procurement team, responsible for the sourcing of printed materials for Janssen-Cilag Belgium • Responsible for the development of vendor agreements with creative agencies • Coördinator TV-Mediabuying for all Johnson&Johnson affiliates in Belgium • Buyer market research in Janssen-Cilag België • Follow-up and monitoring compliance internal procurement process, …
• E-business projectleader for website launches (corporate site, B-2-B site to pharmacists, ….) added with the responsability for realising internal improvement processes (Actionweb, CRM (Siebel) platform extension), search engine optimization, internet compliancy, external hosting of websites, ….
• End responsible for the destillation processes in chemical production, central function between various departments, line management responsibility for the destillation unit operator team, optimalisation of production processes, responsble production planning and adjustement (in function of optimal quality and cost) in combination with external suppliers.