Tervuren, Flemish Region, Belgium
Senior Purchasing Professional with 20+ years of global experience driving transformational strategies. Expert in sourcing across diverse markets including Capital Equipment, Marketing/Media, Real Estate, Telecommunications, Finance, and Consulting leveraging strong capability in TCO and Digital Procurement. Consistently surpassing financial metrics and foster organizational health. Recognized as a passionate and effective people manager across diverse cultures and locations worldwide.
Europe Focus Markets Media, Marketing and Sales related spend categories for all Business Units. Responsible for partnerships and alliances with Media Houses, Broadcasters and Agencies to deliver strategic communication plans for France, Netherlands and Belgium.
Global Strategy Owner for Purchasing Marketplace. Responsible for the Design, Develop and Resource the program to define the tools for global purchasing usage. Manage finance, IT and sourcing teams in US and Asia to bring solutions to life for the purchasing function. Global Delivery Director for external workforce management tool.
Responsible for cad-designing and building a Helicoidal Petroleum-Gas separator for PDVSA. Manage a team of 2 lab technicians for construction and fine tuning for testing purposes.
Global Purchasing leader for Material Handling Equipment covering all P&G Product Categories and Regions Global Capital Purchasing leader for Oral Care Category, managing full capital plans and equipment investment strategies Internal Purchasing Relationship manager for Global Physical Distribution and Global Supply Chain Engineering Supplier Relationship manager for key Strategic partners on Site Material and Finished Product movement, Molds and Bristling equipment Managing team across the globe on Focus and Enterprise markets for Strategy Execution Direct Sourcing Responsible for ~500MMUS$ and oversee of ~650MMUS$