Koen Van den Bossche

Owner Orka Group & Chairman NGO Kookploeg Solidair (Ghent & Ostend)

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Dear visitor, Our purpose is to create a better tomorrow together by building close and long-lasting relationships with our partners by helping them to achieve their purpose and embody their mission. Change is the only constant therefore innovation and simplicity are crucial to tackling real-world problems. We work together to find the right SAP solutions to guide our partners in scaling sustainably. Our talent, experience and expertise allow us to create unique tailor-made SAP solutions but it is our passion that helps us to bring people together. Our passion for connecting with people from different companies, backgrounds, and industries; The passion to interact by helping and learning from all our partners and to become more resilient by working towards the same outcomes. We believe that diversity is what helps us grow and our people is the motor of change. Let’s create a better tomorrow together! Rgds, Koen

Experience

  • ORKA (18 yrs 6 mos)
    • Founder and managing director Orka BE
      Jan 2008 - Present · 18 yrs 6 mos

      Our wide and global experiences bring many lessons learned to (y)our projects since 18 years! The Orka Group ( me, my companies in BG, SP and my exclusive partners to my companies in BE, RO, PT and BG ) do end-to-end SAP projects in all SAP modules! We can supply senior developers, we have BW experts, SAP Basis experts and we support IBP. We have done S4 projects and are happy to share our adventures. We do your projects and we install your support. High quality for a fair price. VALUE FOR MONEY. MADE IN BELGIUM.

    • Founder and managing director Orka BG
      Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

    • Founder and managing director Orka SP
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

  • Chairman of the Executive Board at Kookploeg Solidair
    Aug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

    Chairman of the board, executive leader with approximately 150 volunteers. 20% growth per year in an organisation that is not supported by the government with alternative funding coming from corporate. USP: our product is for free for those in need.

  • Owner and managing director at KAMALOTTE
    Nov 2010 - Present · 15 yrs 8 mos

    KAMALOTTE is a real estate foundation in which the properties of Koen and his wife are stored. We invest in new apartments/houses in Ghent, for rent. KAMALOTTE is owner of ORKA BE, ORKA BG and ORKA SP, the management companies for supply chain and logistics, controlling and finances, in SAP.

  • Contractor: SAP support at Lotus Bakeries
    Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    We supply SAP support in multiple modules from BG, PT and SP

  • Contractor: Business Improvement Manager and SAP support supplier ( 1st & 2nd line ) at Vynova Group
    Jul 2016 - Present · 10 yrs

    I was responsible for the redesign of the Group authorisations due to the implementation of Vynova Wilhemshaven and PP lead and supporting the cutover and GoLive in Wilhemshaven ( 1st of Jan 2017 ). I was PP/IM lead for the implementation at Runcorn ( 1st of May 2017 ) and support PTP. My company ORKA to supply overall SAP first and second line support ( FI, CO, QM, PM, MM, SD, PP, PS and IBP ). Including all ABAP. We do the catch and dispatch since 2020. We take all change requests. We supply services from BG and soon SP. I was Business Improvement Manager for the Master Planning Project ( 2018 - 2020 ) and IBP implementation. And continued a new phase till 2022.