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General Manager - COO - Plant Manager - Operations Manager

General Manager - COO - Plant Manager - Operations Manager

Work Experience

Operational generalist:15 years of relevant experience in operations, technology and quality in the metal & engineering industry
Solid experience with leading teams (ranging from teams of 10 to 160 people) through periods of change and through stable periods delivering results on time and with the right quality.
Top-down approach combined with bottom up: deployment of global targets into team and individual targets, incorporating harvested improvement proposals from the teams & from the individuals.
Broad experience with improvement tools like 6SIGMA, continuous improvement, lean, KAIZEN, 5S, process re-engineering.

COO Atcomex (10-'12 - 10-'13):
Responsible for operations, purchasing, design & engineering, HR, quality and safety
KPI's on reaching operational and financial targets (gross margin of the projects, time to market, efficiency management)
Responsible for 85 employees in 2 sites (Gullegem & Hamme)

Plant Manager Betafence (1-'11 - 10-'12):
Responsible for all operational activities in plant 1 (productivity, quality, safety), leading 160 employees (6 direct reports)
Leading the social dialogue (works counsel, CPBW, …) with the unions
Prepare, execute and post calculation of investments, policy deployment
P&L responsibility

Technology manager Bekaert (5-'5 - 12-'10):
Introduction of new products & processes, stabilisation of existing products and processes
Transfert of Technology: training in house and abroad for our Chinese plant in Shenyang.
Auditing
Leading a team of 18 employees

Quality manager Bekaert (10-'03 - 5-'05):
Responsible for the quality management (ISO9001)
Lab supervision
Link between technical commercial organisation and operations

Senior Process Engineer Bekaert (1-'03 - 9-'03):
Process optimization and stabilisation in the own plant and in other plants
Maintain global process specifications & auditing of European plants
Responsible for 20 blue collars & 3 white collars

Operations manager Bekaert (5-'00 - 12-'02):
Managing of a production department (±70 blue collars en 8 white collars)
Daily management of the department
Preparing, deploying and follow up of year plans
Preparation of investment files

Junior Process Engineer Bekaert (1-'99 - 4-'00):
Process optimisation and stabilisation of the thermal treatment processes and the electrolysis processes

Product- & Application Development Assistant ERTA/DSM EPP (9-'96 - 12-'98):
Technical support of the market
Technical support of the plant

Body Engineer of the PVT-Team Mondeo FORD (5-'95 - 8-'96):
Responsible for some body parts for cost reductions and quality improvements
Solving squeak & rattle problems

Education

6sigma green belt (Bekaert '07)
ISO9001 (Amelior '03)
coaching (Bekaert '01)
Finance for non-financial managers (CEDEP '00)
Civil Engineer in Material Sciences (KU Leuven '94)

Skills

6SIGMA, continuous improvement, lean, KAIZEN, 5S, process re-engineering, union negotiation, policy deployment, operational finance, ISO9001

Languages

Dutch, English, German, French

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