Brussels Metropolitan Area
Transforming Manufacturing Through Strategy, Technology & People | Senior Leader in Operations & Industrialization | Ready for Global Impact. Senior Operations & Industrialization Leader with 20 years of experience driving transformation in complex manufacturing environments across Europe. I specialize in aligning technical depth with strategic leadership to deliver sustainable value, process excellence, and industrial mastery. Throughout my career, I’ve led multidisciplinary teams, built new departments from the ground up and delivered impactful results in various manufacturing domains. My work has consistently led to measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, and cost through process optimization. I thrive in both corporate structures and greenfield/start-up contexts, with proven impact at both divisional and local level. I’m passionate about building scalable systems, empowering teams, and shaping the future of manufacturing through innovation and standardization. Ready for opportunities where I can contribute at a strategic level, with international scope, visibility, and long-term impact.
I lead the global industrialization of fiber cement manufacturing focused on surface finishing, transforming complex processes into scalable, standardized systems across all our factories. By aligning product development, operations, and engineering, I ensure every site delivers consistent quality, efficiency, and innovation. My focus: building a global foundation for sustainable growth through process excellence and industrial mastery.
As Manufacturing Processes Manager, I led a dynamic and multidisciplinary team focused on elevating operational excellence across our biggest manufacturing site. Our department integrates training, engineering, process technology, digitalization, and Continuous Improvement to drive sustainable performance and innovation. We are proud to have: - Won the Etex CI Award for outstanding improvement initiatives - Received the Belgium HRTech Award for our forward-thinking approach to workforce development - Been selected as the global pilot for digitalization, setting the benchmark for smart manufacturing across the group My mission is to empower teams, optimize processes, and leverage technology to shape the future of manufacturing
start up new State of the art production and packaging lines integrating production, maintenance and QA as well as introduction of a working Management system. Performing FAT and SAT for all equipment
improvements on base site as Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Support 6 cluster sites in training and projects (Practical Problem Solving Toyota and Six Sigma).
functional split of production department in order to improve material flow and decrease WIP on site. designing/start-up and manage new organization.
In addition to my task as Production Engineer: Find opportunities concerning energy savings. Define projects: improving existing apparatus (steam, gas,elektricity) work out new/alternative equipement (drying ovens)
starting and Improving new department in new marketsegment. expand ISO-9001 and ISO-14001 into this department introducing OSHAS 18001 except improving efficienty working on cost reduction programs and businessdevelopement