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Interim manager, bedrijfsadviseur

Work Experience

Oct 1999 – Present VDM Services bvba Brussels (B)
Free-lance Management Consultant
Performing business audits
Preparing analysis and recommendations reports
Writing strategic business plans and marketing plans
Defining and implementing integrated improvement trajectories
HR, quality & safety management, internal and external communication
Setting up management reporting tools
Preparing tenders and presentations
Preparing company presentations and websites
Interim office management
Interim sales and account management
Management coaching
Coaching family-owned businesses in succession process
Etc.

Mar 1998 – Sep 1999 SPI Technologies bv Meppel (Nl)
General Manager
Re-organizing and structuring following acquisition
Directing Marketing & Sales, Production, HR, FinAd, System, IT, and QC Managers
Strategic account management
Reporting to the group management in Manila (Philippines)
Setting up sales offices in Germany and the UK
Reducing headcount from 47 to 20 through efficiency gain
Phasing out existing location and preparing new operation in Amsterdam

Jul 1995 – Dec 1997 Crestec Amsterdam bv Amsterdam (Nl)
Managing Director
Directing Administration, Sales, and Production Department Managers
Key account management
Reporting to the group management in Japan
Established close working relationships with translation, localisation, pre-press (dtp, scanning, etc.) and printing companies throughout Europe and the US.
Doubling sales every year - building the organization from 6 to 30 employees

Jan – Jun 1995 Crestec Amsterdam bv Amsterdam (Nl)
Branch Manager
Directing Administration and Production Department Managers
Marketing, prospecting and sales activities
Reporting to the Director of European Operations in the UK

Jan – Dec 1994 Crestec Belgium nv Brussels (B)
Office Manager
Operational management of the Brussels office
Account management
Establishment of the Amsterdam office

Mar – Dec 1993 Crestec Belgium nv Brussel (B)
Sales Manager
Marketing, prospecting and sales activities
Project co-ordination, translation, and editing activities

Sep 1991 – Dec 1992 Pro Services sprl Brussels (B)
Project Co-ordinator
Project co-ordination and account management
Translation, copy-writing, and editing activities

Sep 1990 – Aug 1991 Belgian Air Force Sint-Truiden (B)
Military Service
Teaching English to pilots and computer usage to officers
Writing and editing manuals

Education

1982–1986 Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels (B)
Licentie in de Germaanse Filologie
Majors in English linguistics and Dutch literature
Dissertation subject: text cohesion in written speech products

1976–1982 Koninklijk Atheneum Lommel (B)
Secondary school
Modern languages & Latin

Skills

Business re-engineering, process-oriented quality thinking, change management
Strategic, international and multi-cultural management
Computer literate - good understanding of computer hard and software
Excellent writing capacities (Dutch and English)

Languages

Dutch Mother tongue
French Excellent active and passive command
English Excellent active and passive command
German Reasonable active, good passive command
Japanese Basic notions

Other

Sector affinity:

Translation, localisation, language technology
Graphic arts, pre-press, printing
Publishing, document and information management
STM (scholarly, technical and medical) journal production
Data conversion technology
Building sector (general contracting, earth moving, crane rental, heavy transport, maintenance, home automation, mobile networks infrastructure)
Affinity with IT matters in general

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