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Retired
Portugal
2011 - maintenant
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Interim Managament for Asia and Greater Europe
- Director
2010 - 2011
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A Dutch Logistic Group / French Branch
- General Manager
2010 - 2010
Mission of reorganization there to help to improve the profitability of the company.
I have set up and prepared a Management Team to work in a new functional structure within the Group; I have also prepared and proposed the measures to take in order to turn around the company.
Activities are Operations oriented and in the logistic sector (pallets renting) ; customers are FMCG marketed mainly through the Retail (Carrefour, Auchan, Leclerc, Casino, etc...).
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Radio Holland China
- General Manager
2006 - 2008
I led the China Mainland Operation (35FTE’s) to achieve a 'beat the market' growth.
Accomplishments:
1. Multiplied 4 times order intake of Project Sales 2007 compared to 2006.
2. Created separate entity, enhanced team spirit and a created new trading company
3. Reoriented Sales to profitability (pipeline, prospect planning, proposal automation and control).
4. Improved by 25% Service Sales turnover, improved margins and quality.
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Radio Holland Netehrlands
- Controller
1999 - 2006
Job Description: to lead the F&A department, to understand and manage all financial aspects, to manage completely budget and control cycle, and to be a major decider in the Management Team.
Accomplishements:
Reconstruction of the Finance and Admin team
Improved substantiallly account receivables ratios and implemented On Guard package.
Reduced importantly Work In Progress
Revamped stock obsolescence calculation to reduce provision
Reduced operational expenses by use of ERA
Improved drastically the reporting package and spread its use by responsible managers
Introduced teamwork-efficent budgetting and planning techniques
Managed a seamless Y2K conversion.
Managed efficiently two ERP conversions (for F&A department).
Implemented advanced hedging techniques saving substantial amounts of money and improving strongly predictability of costprices.
Managed during two years the ICT department and led it through transformation from outsourced to a self-managed structure.
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Radio Holland Belgium
- Controller
1998 - 1999
Same as for Radio Holland Netherlands above
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Vache Bleue - Valio Oy
- Finance Director
1997 - 1998
Job Description: to lead the F&A department, to understand and manage all financial aspects, to manage completely budget and control cycle, and to be a major decider in the Management Team +to manage the ICT department and Personnel Administration.
Accomplishements:
- restructuring and collective lay-outs due to down-sizing of activity
implemented international reporting from a local accounting structure
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FOURCROY S.A.
- Finance Director
1993 - 1997
Job Description: same as job descriptions for Controller above + to manage the ICT department and Personnel Administration.
Accomplishements:
- restructured finance and control functions
- improved transparency and enlighted key drivers of the business
- improved substantially receivable situation.
- developed numerous in-house IT programs to run the business, with a team of programmers who I directed myself.
- improvement of stock counts
- general management of one of the affiliates active in the diplomatic sales
- closing down one of the companies of the Group.
- restructured hedging (pre EUR period)
- in HRM, selected and hired high level positions like Commercial Managers, branch managers, ICT specialists, financial professionals,…
- successfully managed layoffs when necessary.
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C.P. Bourg
- Group Controller
1992 - 1993
Job Description: to assist directly the President of the Group in all top controlling activities, consolidate reporting and perform special missions in affiliates
Accomplishements; to implement better budgeting and control systems in affiliates.
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Chamebel N.V.
- Finance Director
1991 - 1992
Job Description: Responsibility for Finance & Administration, Personnel, and IT (AS 400).
Accomplishements:
restructuring and collective layouts to save the profitability, with negotiation with the unions
reduction of receivables and of claims exposure
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T.D. Williamson Inc.
- Regional Controller E.A.M.
1988 - 1991
Job Description: entire responsibility for financial function, including accounting, banking, budgeting and reporting, respondant for internal and external audit, responsibility for IT.
- considerably improved the financial function and brought it to high level of professionalism.
- leading member of the steering committee for implementation of total quality system under Crosby.
- converted old ICT systems with implementation of advanced accounting and management softwares (PICS).
Responsibilities of Finance Director for Begian affiliate (Nivelles) and UK affiliate (Swindon).
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Norsk Hydro Agricultural Division
- Assistant to the General Manager for Controlling Matters
1984 - 1988
Job Description: responsibility of Financial Control under direct supervision of the General Manager.
Accomplishements:
- integration of the US affiliate in the budget/reporting system (with frequent travels to Tampa)
- integration of German producer of the Group in the budget/reporting system.
- improvements in the cost accounting system, related to the production processes.
- economic optimization of some production sub-processes through linear programming.
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Chevron Oil Belgium
- Economic Analyst / Budget Controller
1979 - 1984
Job Description: to prepare strategic planning, budget and reporting for Chevron Oil Europe.
Accomplishments:
- integration of budget control from economic forecasts to monthly reporting.
- complete market study of implementation of ATM cards in Service Stations (later implemented).
- automation of the Belgian pricing formula in order to anticipate pricing decisions with wholesale customers.
optimization of distribution of oil products from the refinery and 5 local depots to 1000 service stations.
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VITA - ZURICH
- Commercial Representative
1978 - 1979
Job description: to teach sales techniques to sales personnel and to sell in idle areas
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Universite Libre de Bruxelles
- Assistant
Bruxelles
1975 - 1978
Accomplishements: set up teaching mission in Algeria, teaching operation Research and Marketing
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Universite Libre de Bruxelles
- Free Lance Research Associate
Bruxelles
1973 - 1975
Accomplishements:
Market Studies in de motor industry (Leyland, Toyota,...)
