01/12/09 – Present

Lead buyer (automotive)

Responsible for whole packaging commodity, container park.
Recycling package for whole plant, sales of scrap bumpers or granulated materials

Set up new projects for automotive customers

Negotiations with suppliers about contracts, prices, volumes…

Seek for new potential suppliers

Improve existing prices

Regular contact with suppliers all over Europe, attending meetings, visit automotive related fairs, suppliers visits,…

Forecasting suppliers for yearly based products which are included in my package, mostly parts and commodity…

Re-new existing contracts, get better prices

21/04/08 – 30/11/09

Lead buyer commodity & chemicals (automotive)

Responsible for buying all paints, chemicals, recycling park products, technical or non technical equipment for 3 different plants in Belgium and 1 in Czech

Handle complaints, approving of invoices, arranging of transport for bought products that are ex works.

Negotiations with suppliers about yearly based contracts, prices, existing prices, transport cost negotiations

Regular contact with suppliers all over Europe, attending meetings, visit automotive related fairs, suppliers visits,…

Forecasting suppliers for yearly based products which were chemicals, paints, etc…

31/01/07 - 15/04/08
Purchasing–warehousing (industrial)

Placing and follow-up of orders (30.000 actieve products) with European suppliers and suppliers in the USA.

Input of all information regarding deliveries, complaints, quality issues and follow-up.

Regular contacts with customers in Europe and on worldwide level
Forecasting of marketing promotios of the products

Calculations of sales for our purchasing dept.

JIT deliveries.

01/07/2001 – 31/12/2006

Manager Purchasing – Logistics (Food)

Manage logistics and purchasing team

Purchasing raw materials and chemicals, food approved from worldwide level market

Negotiate price and volume

Gathering all kind of information regarding the food industrie using sources as the internet

Search for new possible suppliers based on samples, prices and quality.

Establish reliable statistics considering prices
Cooperating with production and sales department
Regular contacts with suppliers in Europe and on worldwide level
Regular reporting to the General Manager
Organize efficient logistics procedure for all parties

Controlling the import flow of goods ordered from overseas suppliers
Negotiation of transport prices, cost control and savings

01/01/00 – 05/06/01

Production – Logistic Responsable (distribution-montage)

Import and export of Furniture, preparation of all required documents for custom, invoices, etc…

Arrange that trucks are properly loaded for export to Ëurope to whole sale stores.

Arrange transport from and to Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, UK, Germany, Norway…

Communication with customers in person or by Phone.

Production planning for furniture in warehouse, planning for the workers in the warehouse, stock control.

Implemented a new barcode system for the warehouse.

Support sales team, process orders and follow-up of complaints and deliveries.

6/96–11/99

Dispatcher-planner (transport company)

Organizing transport routes

Receiving, processing and monitoring of customer orders (transport orders)

Ensuring that orders are sent on schedule both by rail and road transport

Checking of incoming and outgoing transports

Visit customers all over Europe

Collaboration with external transport companies in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, etc...

Attend meetings, indoor and outdoor

05/1998
Eveninclass corel draw

1998
Spanish for beginners

12/1995
DAB Course

06/1991
A2-kantoorautomatisatie + 7e specialisatiejaar

11/2001
Negotiation techniques specialization course

09/2009
Digital photography

LANGUAGES-SKILLS

French – spoken and written (good)

Engels – spoken and written (excellent)

Italian – spoken and written (good)native tongue

German – spoken and understanding

Spanish – spoken (basics)

The capacity to work in a team as well as independently and with personal responsibility
A definite desire for continuous personal development
Well-developed communication skills and high level of initiative
Flexible in any way
Effective problem solver with a team-oriented style
Knowledge of AS400/Navision, Office, Outlook and Lotus