Xavier Darmstaedter

Effective Contract Manager | Effective Programme/Project Manager | Senior Procurement Executive | Effective Conflict Manager

Rixensart, Walloon Region, Belgium

About

- Recognized Senior expert in Contract Management : Procurement, Services and Projects ; in the financial, telecommunications, retail and public business environments - WorldCC Fellow : Certified in Procurement, and Supplier Relationship Management - Efficient and Effective Project Manager - Efficient and Effective “Contract” Manager : (1) from expectations / needs => agreement with commitments ; (2) from agreement => outcome - Facilitator in “Dispute” Manager : judicial expert – certified judicial mediator - Expert trainer in Contract Management, Service Level Agreements, Negotiation, Procurement, Project Management, Outsourcing. Specialties: - Contract Management - Project Management - GDPR Management - Judicial Expertise - Judicial Mediation - Procurement - Negotiation - Intellectual Property (copyright) - Bid Management - Service Contracts SLA - Outsourcing

Experience

  • GDPR Programme Manager at Various Companies
    Jun 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

    After an assessment, M. Darmstaedter sets up the GDPR compliance Programme with the customers (Elium (formerly Whatever), Multipharma, several non-profit organizations). he has developed a GDPR Implementation Plan, and a comprehensive GDPR training programme. He gives presentations and training sessions on GDPR content, planning and implementation. He has coached over 30 enterprises on their journey to GDPR compliance. He had developed a quick compliance methodology aimed at SME's and non-profit organizations, with all tools and documents. This includes a review of the Privacy policies, the Register of Processing activities, the contractual situation with the Data Processors, the Governance and Accountability, the Data Subject Rights, the DPIA and TIA with related mitigation projects, and the Data Breach process and procedures.

  • Judicial Expert in ICT and Purchasing at Federal Public Service Justice
    Sep 2000 - Jul 2025 · 24 yrs 11 mos

    Expert to the Courts of Belgium and Luxembourg : Trade Courts - Tribunals of 1st Instance - Courts of Appeal - Labour Courts Certified and Registered in the National Register of Judicial Experts (nr EXP2000523) In the Belgian judiciary system, the independent judicial expert gives his expert opinion to the judge with respect to technical cases. In the civil cases, he is paid by the parties ; in penal cases, by the Ministry of Justice.

  • GDPR Assessment at Sauermann Group
    May 2022 - Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    The Sauermann Group designs, manufactures and sells products and services dedicated to industrial and HVACR markets. The Group specifically focuses on the detection, measurement and control of indoor air quality (IAQ), under 2 mains brands : Sauermann and Kimo Instruments. Xavier performs a GDPR assessment for the Group ; this includes a review of the Privacy policies, the Register of Processing activities, the contractual situation with the Data Processors, the Governance and Accountability, the Data Subject Rights, the DPIA and TIA with related mitigation projects, and the Data Breach process and procedures.

  • EXIT Manager at U-NEGO
    Feb 2023 - May 2023 · 4 mos

    A multinational industrial organization has contracted with U-NEGO to assist them in the transfer of all their ICT outsourced operations to a new supplier. As SPOC of the customer towards the incumbent supplier, the role of Xavier was to monitor the EXIT activities according to the EXIT plan, with the least disturbance to the Customer's operations and with least Customer costs.

  • Service Level Agreement Training Consultant at TEC Liège Verviers
    Nov 2021 - Apr 2022 · 6 mos

    TEC is the public transport operator of the Belgian region of Wallonia, operating some 2.500 buses and tramways. TEC Liège/Verviers represents some 50% of the TEC operations. With the aim to prepare the arrival of the tramway in Liège, and to improve the bus maintenance operations, TEC Liège/Verviers needed a bespoke training program on Service Level Agreements. On the basis of his proprietary SLA Methodology, Xavier organized 4 training sessions adapted to the TEC environment, covering : the domains and services, the critical success factors, the indicators, the incentives, the invoicing, the governance (organization, metrics, reporting, improvements), the change and dispute management, the Entry / Exit and Termination issues, as well as an additional session on Negotiation principles.