Flexmanager - Plant Manager

Plant Manager

Work Experience

Working experience

2009-04/2011 Plant Manager (Turnhout – B) ; LEAF
Holland BV (Oosterhout - NL)
(Turnover € 30 mio/yr – 110 employees – 14.000 mton confectionery/yr)
- accomplishment of awareness and support at the
organization and the board
- development and execution of “Full Recovery” plan for the
plant in Belgium

2008-2009 Business Consultant ; Rockwool Lapinus
Productie BV (Roermond - NL)
- analysis and mapping of relevant business processes
- optimization plan for its Fysical Distribution

1999-2008 Plant Manager (Weert & Helmond) ; Vion NV
(Eindhoven - NL)
( Turnover € 170 mio/yr – 300 employees – 120.000 mton fresh pork/yr)
- p & l accountable / optimization of business processes
and results
- several restructuring operations and structural reduction
of costs
- restoring confidence in the relation with MAF
- during food & mouth crisis granted permission of MAF to
operate in two shifts

1998-1999 Operations Manager; Gebr. Benedik BV
(Landgraaf - NL)
(Turnover € 150 mio/yr – 250 employees –100.000 mton fresh beef and pork/yr)
- improvement of relation and corporation between
management and the board
- development and implementation of HACCP system

1995-1998 Deputy Production Manager; Dutch Railways
– Network South (Eindhoven - NL)
- introduction and implementation of more efficient
operational procedures

1994-1997 Self employed; Assec BV (Maastricht – NL)
- interim management / Food & Business (Heerlen - NL)
- interim management / Venex LTD (New Zealand)

1990-1994 General Manager / Veloso Game LTD (China)
(Turnover € 5 mio/yr – 8 employees (directly) – 3.000 mton frozen game meat/yr)
- resolving problems, and restore confidence, in
corporation with different COFCO’s
- management of joint venture company; transfer of
knowledge and know how
- recruitment, selection & training of local team of Chinese
managers
- initiation and implementation of necessary strategy
changes
- establishment and management of a Representative
Office in Beijing
- start up and management of a subsidiary production
company in Tianjin
- crisis management ( 3 months) at Infriba SA (Argentina)

1987-1990 Production Manager / Johan van Leendert BV
(Maastricht - NL)
(Turnover € 20 mio/yr – 45 employees – 10.000 mton fresh and frozen game meat/yr)
- management of the production department as a profit
center

1985-1986 Trainee / Appenzell Deer Farms LTD –
Snowline Venison LTD (New Zealand)

Education

2008-2009 Post Bachelor Process Management;
NCOI
2002 Financial Management;
NCOI
1996 Initiation and Implementation of Change;
Mansal
1989 Marketing (Nima-A);
ISW
1982-1987 BSc. International Agricultural Marketing;
HAS (Deventer / NL)

Skills

Competences:
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- Overview - Independent
- Targeted approach - Analytical
- Well considered - Leadership

Management style and - approach:
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results driven; authentic; critical; assertive; acceptable; eye for the human; involved; thinking in causal relationships; bringing back problems to its essence; proactive; concentrating on what is really important and urgent; maintaining the right balance between measurable business results and the responsibility for employees and organization

Knowledge and experience:
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direct change processes; resolve problem situations; restore relations and confidence; balance various attitudes & different perspectives; improve common understanding; change culture; develop vision & strategy; generate involvement; raise ambition; accomplish successful and sustainable results

p&l accountable; budgeting; optimization of business processes; continues improvement; investment projects; safety, health & environment; quality; security; lean manufacturing; operational excellence; organizational development; HACCP; BRC; ISO 9001; ISO 14001; TPM; VDM; RI&E; Atex

Languages

Dutch Mother language
English Very Good

Other

Profile
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From 1987 I have been successful in various (international) management jobs, primarily in the food sector. Often in complex (change) situations requiring an unconventional approach and matching solution. Hereby strongly depending on my analytical- and problem solving skills, creativity, ability to improvise, persistence and determination, independency, initiative and sometimes personal courage. I am fascinated by the wherefore of the company and the functioning of its business processes as well as the behavior and the motives of its people. I possess the skills to restore order from chaos and further find the best way onwards. See through connections in complex situations. I dare to take decisions and leave nothing to chance. I get the best out of people, encourage them to push their own limits and provide the necessary trust and room. I involve people in my business approach, bring calm and structure, and form a reliable factor within the company.