Experience

New Valmar

• Belgium
• Consumer Goods
• 1 - 100 Employee

• COO - Operations Director

  • Apr 2011 - Present

  New Valmar has been working for more than 20 years as distributor of Nûby™ branded products which provide high quality and innovative solutions inspired by nature to make the lives of babies and parents easier, simpler and fun. The Nûby™ branded products cover feeding, weaning and soothing during play, bath and nursery times. The brand has patents for innovation in all its categories and is number one in cups and teethers worldwide New Valmar distributes this Nûby™ range in more than 65 countries all over Europe, Africa, Russia and some Asian countries. As Operations Director, I’m responsible for setting up the business strategy and implementing into operational objectives by further optimizing, digitizing and streamlining operational processes across the different departments. Member of the Board of Directors Departments under my supervision: • Warehouse • Logistics • Internal Sales • Purchasing • Quality • IT-infrastructure • Global infrastructure Show less



Simim cbva

• COO

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2011

  SIMIM manages the rights for the music industry. Our members are EMI, Sony-BMG, Universal, Warner and independent music producers. Since 1995, we collect fees for the public use of their repertoire and take care of the distribution (the repartition) thereof. As Operations Director I was responsible for: • Setting up our strategy and business plan for the next 5 years • The daily management of the organization of Simim, managing the groups: o Collection of rights o Repartition of rights o ICT-infrastructure and management • Setting up and developing the collaboration with Sabam for our mutual “Unisono-project” – music in companies. • Negotiating with lobbying parties as VBO, Unizo, UCM, Horeca Vlaanderen Member of the Board of Directors Results: increase in turnover quadrupled compared with the average of the previous 5 years. Show less



AeroSleep NV

• Sales and Marketing Manager Europe

  • Sep 2006 - Oct 2009

  My responsibilities as Sales & Marketing Manager: defining the business strategy and market approach in Europe - opening new countries - training, coordination and follow-up of new and existing distributors and agents - product development and innovation - defining, developing and monitoring the Sales and Marketing strategy. Results: Since my arrival late 2006, within 2 years sales increased by more than 60% and the EBITDA more than doubled My responsibilities as Deputy Director: controlling and optimizing the production process - recruiting new people - Profit / Loss responsibility - monitoring the billing and payment process - analysis of financial ratios - quality control of existing products and services - supplier’s process control - negotiating with new suppliers. Show less



Volkswagen Audi Brussels

• Systems Coordinator - Functional Analyst

  • Oct 2002 - Aug 2006

  My responsibilities: analysis and optimization of the information flow from the software systems of different departments (logistics, production, purchasing, HR, ...) to the SAP system of the financial department - further optimizing and digitizing of the accounting activities and processes. Some projects: • Optimization of the EDI Self-Billing process for accounts payable. • Analysis, development and implementation of the e-invoicing process for accounts receivable, preparing manuals and training of accountants • Stock analysis and optimization of logistics processes Show less



Sherpa

• accounting

  • Sep 2001 - Feb 2002