Antwerp Metropolitan Area
Specialties: Analyse Logistic Processes
ICO is one of the leading stowing companies in roll-on/roll-of cargo which offers vessel and terminal Services as Vehicle Processing, Agency and logistics services. ICO is a 100% subsidiary of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and handles a volume in a excess of 1 million vehicles annually Website ; www.icoterminals.com My task Operational Management of VPC centers In Antwerp and Zeebrugge This means managing day to day operations together with incorporating new projects into the business.
APRS nv is a full subsidiary of Autologic (visit www.autologic.co.uk) and was the handling agent for the produced vehicles at the GM Belgium plant in Antwerp. Our service to the client included Quality Checks, apply protecting foil and insure timely and correct shipment of the produced vehicles to their final destinations, either by Truck, Rail or Sea I was responsible for the daily operational, as well as commercial business of this company. Operational; Overseeing daily activities and aiming through continuous improvement to establish a lean but strong organization. Also the ISO certification was a crucial component. Commercial; developing year budget in co-operation with the European Management, budget control, and acquisition of new contracts. Latest acquisition is at Audi Brussels since July 2010
Responsibilities, : From Oct 2000 until April 2003 as Vehicle Shipping Specialist. In this capacity I was responsible of organizing transport of all produced vehicles at GM Belgium Antwerp as well as vehicles produced at other GM plants en route via Antwerp. This meant creating a daily/weekly “action” plan for shipments in consultation with Opel Russelsheim, GM Antwerp, carriers, shipping companies and the Belgian rail Company. As key user of the GM mainframe programs , the yard parking system steering was under my control. Furthermore, a detailed report of mentioned items was discussed throughout the day in several conference calls on a European level. Special transports (prototypes, exceptional destinations, etc) also occurred. From April 2003 until May 2007 I held the position of Site Manager with the same responsibilities as described in the previous paragraph with APRS. In 2007 the site was acquired by Autologic.
Radionics inc. was a company specialized in Computer Generated Imagery in support of brain surgery. The purpose of my appointment was to establish a stable Technical Department. However, in the beginning of 2000 Radionics was taken over by TYCO, and the Belgian European field office was closed
Responsibilities; manufacturing of automatic machines for diamond cutting Also I was regularly involved in projects manufacturing parts for the space agency’s ESA and NASA in subcontract of the company Bradford, currently situated in Heerle, Holland