Antwerp Metropolitan Area
All-round manager with strong experience in Business Development, Sales, Finance, HR, Operations, Supply Chain, M&A and General Management in companies in growth. Strong negotiator, fluent in 4 languages, with a wide network and customer base in and outside Europe.
Responsible for building an international customer base for the Industrial and Traffic Surfaces division.
• Integration of the sales functions of RPM Belgium Group and Vandex in Central and Eastern Europe with a sales budget of €30 million. • Double digit growth achieved with less sales engineers • Key Account Manager for 2 multinationals. Growth rate of more than 100% in 3 years with increased margins. Development of a network of installers on all continents. • In cooperation with external consultants, starting of Business Development activities to identify acquisition targets, making contact and holding introduction talks. • Quality management in cooperation with an external service provider to maintain and renew the ISO 9001 certification.
After leading the acquisition process in 2010, taken the role of Managing Director after 2 years to strenghten the growth process. Hermeta GmbH, was a manufacturer of waterproofing and flooring materials based on Polyurethane and Epoxy technology. full budgettary responsibility over sales, marketing, manufacturing, finance and R&D. Turnover grew by 130% after the acquisition. In december 2018, the company was integrated in Tremco Ilbruck GmbH.
• Initially hired to restructure the financial department . Full financial responsibility including strategic planning, reporting, investment policy, acquisitions. Later the role became more operational. • Redefinition of R&D, EH&S, logistics and production. • Member of RPM’s EMEA Sourcing Team for 10 years, during which responsible for the epoxy product segment. Conducted significant cost savings by combining negotiations and producing some raw materials internally. • Key role in the construction of the new factory of Alteco Technik GmbH: negotiations of the budget release with RPM Inc, coordination of the technical design activities of Oneira (Canadian engineering team) etc. • Actively involved in several acquisitions amongst which Hermeta GmbH. • Setup of different cost saving plans following the banking crisis • Quality management in cooperation with an external service provider to maintain and renew the ISO 9001 certification.