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Senior result oriented executive(CFO,COO,CEO)

Senior result oriented executive(CFO,COO,CEO)

Work Experience

Result oriented senior executive with proven leadership skills in finance, IT and manufacturing/distribution operations with a multi-country scope in multiple business sectors s.a. FMCG´s, direct selling and B-2-B.

Change management attitude, with succesfull achievements in major pan-european re-modelling and turn arround projects. As a business partner to the CEO, strategic management and M&A are part of the activity portfolio.

Professional experience :

October 2002 - May 2004 : Chief Financial Officer for a Healthcare company ( European HQ in Brussels, 300 mio € Turnover)

Reporting to the President of Europe,Africa and Middle East,and the Worldwide CFO (USA). Responsible for the development of the finance organisation covering a shared service centre, multiple sales countries and 10 statutory entities.

- restructured the accounting function from 4 countries into 1 shared service Centre, involving harmonisation of accounting processes, reporting structures and peripherals. Increased output per FTE with 15 - 20%.

- turned arround poor credit situation for the whole European area ( + 80 sales countries, + 6000 customers ) and reduced overdues with more than 50%.

- redesigned financial analysis department in order to improve business ownership of financial planning process and increase understanding of improvement opportunities in product - and customer portfolio.

- developed specific approach to screen M&A targets and benchmark performance.
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May 1997 - July 2002 : Chief Financial Officer for Tupperware ( European HQ, Geneva Switzerland, 400 mio € turnover, 25 countries, 5 production sites)

Reporting to the president Europe, Africa & Middle East, and the WW CFO (USA), covering 25 sales countries and 5 production sites.

- Built and lead the finance and IT organisations for the units in Europe, with focus on establishing a European data Centre and a European Shared Service Centre in Switzerland, involving multi-country standardisation and headcount reduction with 40 %.

- managed and developed optimisation strategies for the European production and distribution sites including the closing and sell off of a major production facility in Spain.

- provided the leadership to ensure the delivery of timely and accurate financial information to the CEO, the board of directors and the investment community.

- organised the business planning, budgeting and internal audit.

- acted as a valued member of senior management and participated actively in the strategic management of the business.

January 1992 - April 1997 : several executive finance functions for Tupperware in Belgium & Switzerland ranging from Plant Controller to Director reporting and Analysis EMEA.

August 1984 - December 1991 : UNILEVER - several finance functions with growing responsibilities. Including strong involvment in M&A and manufacturing related finance functions.

Education

University of Antwerp - Commercial Engineer 1979 -1984 - Magna Cum Laude

Attended several Executive Management Courses at IMD Lausanne, and internal development programs with Unilever and Tupperware

Skills

Managing all aspects of the finance function on multi-country and area level, with specific focus on change management, turn arround and M&A activities.

Strong background in manufacturing related projects, including location optimisation, closing of facilities, strategic cost reduction , investment analysis and process automation.

Demonstrated strong skills in developing up-to-date risk coontrol systems that provide the highest level of visibility to the business

Languages

Dutch (mothertongue), fluent in English and French, Conversational German

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