Antwerp Metropolitan Area
True innovation is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration to make it succesful. Specialties and interests: Circular economy, Sustainability, Product Development, Design and Engineering, R&D, creativity and problem solving, presentation skills, taking initiative, motivating people, flexible minded with a broad interest (T-shape thinking), new product ideation, business process management, manufacturing.
Leading the change in sustainable food packaging
deSter Design and manufacture of food packaging, serving both foodservice as airline customers worldwide AVIATION INDUSTRY: For the rear cabin, we design and manufacture innovative meal and drink concepts and food contact service items. For the front cabin, we offer a full range of prestigious chinaware, cutlery, glass and textiles - inhouse designed and conceived in partnership with world class brands. FOODSERVICE: deSter actively develops and produces packaging solutions for QSR (e.g. Mc Donalds, KFC...), Foodprocessors and distributors. Our in-house manufacturing is specialized in thermoformed and injection molded plastics, cutlery packs, condiments and aluminum products Heading the team of Product Management and Product Engineers. ● Product development: Development of new innovative products that help our customers to stay ahead of in the market. Margin improvement by finding new materials, new ways of producing, R&D. And bringing them to market (presentation tools, sampling...) ● Always taking up the challenge to find with design, sales, product managers and engineers the best solution for our customer: design, feasbility, cost, investments, materials.... ● Cost Calculation ● Product introduction: managing detailed design and engineering, mold development, meeting customer expectations on leadtime and quality. ● Technoloy strategy: connect market needs with new technology needs. ●...connecting the people
Responsible for the product portfolio of Beverage Solutions and Passenger Hygiene. ● Driving product development and bring it to market to enable sales to reach profit & revenue objectives in line with the DeSter strategy ● Acting as the primary knowledge source and problem consultant on product group level related matters of international scope. ● Responsible for answering request for quotations, make or buy decisions, mold investments plan ● Problem solving, product training, link with procurement. Major achievement: Revitalization of the total product range of disposable glasses by developing 2 new innovations that filled the gaps in the portfolio and brought margin improvement for existing customers and the gain of new major customers. Resulting in investments of new moulds and even a new machine. DeSter won the Innovation Game Changer award at Gategroup. (New product development, Design, Portfolio management, Presenting, Project Management, Business Process Management, Engineering)
Ormit (www.Ormit.be) Multi company traineeship During 3 years you are send out for 6 to 9 months for a project in different areas, each time in a different multinational company. During these projects the focus lies in acquiring experiences, management development and personal coaching (Due to internal state of affaires and the recent economic development we were economically out of work and my expectations of the job offer could not be fulfilled)