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Purchasing & Supply Chain

Work Experience

Interim Manager Purchasing MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) from Feb 7th to Dec 31st)
Electrabel GDF Suez, Business Unit Generation, based in Liège, Belgium

• Determine purchasing strategy with multifunctional teams: facilitate team, pick up internal requirements and translate into specifications and conduct RFP. Analyze offers and run negotiations. Apply total cost of ownership models.
• Assignment focused on projects in renewable energy such as wind, biomass and solar power but included also tasks in thermal & nuclear power plants.
• Supplier relationship management & improvement initiatives.
• Follow-up on results and analyze KPI’s in relation to targets.


2005-2010 Global Commodity Director
Philips Healthcare, Best, the Netherlands
• Lead, direct and coach a group of commodity managers, with a total of 11 head count and establish a cross-functional working environment for a yearly spend of 100M€ (Displays, User Interfaces, Cables)
• Develop and implement the global commodity strategies, explore market trends and introduce new technologies & products in line with business strategies.
• Maximize value by lowering total cost of ownership, assure long-term supply, improve internal efficiency, optimize inbound supply chain and support new product development.
• Manage the relationship with key suppliers and drive supplier development through a structured annual program. Negotiate global contracts with key accounts.

2001-2005 Manager Strategic Purchasing & Industrial Support
Philips Electronics, Consumer Electronics Peripherals & Accessories, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
• Develop purchasing strategy, supplier development and industrial policy for 10 business lines, with a total turnover of 500 M€, for 25 factories in China and other Asian countries. All product lines are on ODM/ OEM contract manufacturer basis and driven by a purchasing manager. Product lines included wireless communication, home automation, headphones, PC accessories (webcam,...)
• Definition of processes in purchasing and cost management. Drive the cost reduction process, lead cost workshops with suppliers and manage a quality improvement team to create fast, reliable and accurate business information.
• Strategic sourcing, supplier and technology evaluation. Contract negotiation with key technology suppliers such as high tech start-ups.
• Intensive teamwork with Chief Technology Officer, marketing & product management to introduce new product lines and to define product roadmap and scouting activities.

1998- 2001 Purchasing Manager
Philips Electronics, Consumer Electronics Set Top Box, Sunnyvale (Silicon Valley), USA
• Managed 3 direct reports (buyers).
• Head purchasing department; supply base management of all component groups in cooperation with Supply Base Management Teams (Commodity Management).
• Teamwork with development and outsource assembly of WebTV and TiVo product lines to contract manufacturers in Mexico.
• Lead global purchasing team hard disk drives for Set Top Box business. Work with product management to define storage road map of products.
• Analysis of the North American supply chain (USA – Mexico), devise methodology to derive inventory positions and transactions from SAP.
• Business process analysis and participation in software implementation teams to improve the outsourcing process and supply chain management. (Agile, SAP).

1995-1998 Initial Buyer
Philips Electronics, Consumer Electronics Set Top Box, Audio-Video & Optical Storage,
Hasselt, Belgium
• Commodity Management of a package with a yearly turnover of 100 M USD: discrete & passive components and power supplies. Participated in global negotiation teams. Before I managed tuners, remote controls, IC’s, discs and semi-finished products.
• Implemented a Component Management system in purchasing, procurement and development that reduced cost and improved customer service levels.
• Data warehousing using downloads from the ERP system (MFG/PRO). Assistance in purchasing process improvement and installation of EDIFACT.
• Participated in project teams to develop and industrialize new products such as CDR audio, DVD, CD rewriter and set top box.

H1
1995 Product Specialist
Icos, Leuven, Belgium
• Support and installation of capital equipment for the semiconductor industry.
H2
1994 Product Marketing
GE Power Controls, Ghent, Belgium
• Promotion of electrical distribution & control equipment to distributors, importers and agents worldwide in an export department.



1991-1994 Customer Service Manager Electronics
Picanol, Greenville, SC, USA
• Responsible for electronics service in the USA & Canada, assisted in start-up of capital goods projects (1M to 50M USD). Regular contacts and visits to Latin American customers and sales agencies.
• Managed an electronics repair shop and turned it into a profit center.
• Provided product training to customer technical staff, pre and post sales support.
1985-1991 Development Engineer Electronics
Picanol, Ieper, Belgium
• Design of electronic circuits and software in C and assembler.
• Successfully designed computer controlled functional test system that is used in production and service facilities around the world and contributed to the creation of a profitable service network.

Education

• Leading global virtual teams, Philips, 2006
• Team Leadership, Philips, 2004
• EFQM assessor training, Philips, 2003
• Finance for non-financial managers (FAME), Philips, 2000
• International Professional Training Course for Purchasing (CIPS Purchasing Certification), Philips, 1997
• Master Electrical Engineering (MSEE, specialization in Electronics) at the University College West Flanders, Kortrijk, Belgium, 1980-84 ()

Skills

• Expertise sourcing Electro-Mechanical components & devices, EMS services and finished products in a multinational environment (Europe, Far-East, USA, Latin America).
• Leading local and remote teams, including multifunctional groups. Motivate, influence and persuade, handle conflicts and resolve. Provide fair and timely feedback. Balance people and process management.
• Result-oriented, problem solving, creative, diplomatic, driven, social, analytical, seasoned negotiator, customer focused, long term orientation, all-round experience in engineering products and with functions beyond purchasing.
• Purchasing management:
 Commodity strategy development & Total Cost of Ownership analysis
 Contracting
 Supplier relationship management, supplier development and evaluation
 Negotiation, Outsourcing EMS/ODM/OEM, Low Cost Country sourcing
 Procurement E-tools
 Inbound Supply Chain Optimization, integral supply chain analysis & IT (ERP, PLM, DW)
• Improvement/ change management
 Purchasing Excellence
 Business & operational process re-engineering, KPI development, management reporting

Languages

• Dutch: native language
• French: good working knowledge
• English: very good
• German: spoken
• Spanish: fluent

Other

• Microsoft Office
• SAP, PLM
• Energy expert for buildings (officially registered for EPB, EAP & EPC certification)

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