Summary
* >20 years of expertise in global sourcing, near-shore, offshore, far-shore outsourcing, 3rd party subcontracting.
* >16 years of expertise in vendor and supplier management, software factory management and managed services.
* >20 years of delivering professional and strategic management advice, guidance, training, coaching and support on starting up external sourcing or optimizing global (out)sourcing as a senior management consultant, interim manager, change and transformation manager, improvement manager, business process manager, process improvement manager, site manager, 3rd party manager, subcontract manager, supplier manager, delivery manager, programme or project manager, (outsourced) IT services manager, (outsourced) IT development manager.
* Experience with South-East Asia (including China, India, Japan, Philippines, and Indonesia), USA, Canada, North Africa (Morocco, Egypt, Jordan) and almost every European (EU) country.
* Worked with and advised large companies in various industries (electronics, consumer electronics, IT, telecom, ISP, ASP, finance, banking, publisher, medical equipment, public sector) including BNP Paribas Fortis, Barco, Alcatel-Lucent, Unisys, Philips, MCI WorldCom, Agfa-Gevaert, Altran Europe, Telenet, Wolters Kluwer, Belgacom, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, TechMahindra, Aricent, MindTree as management consultant, interim manager, change manager, subject matter expert on outsourcing, sourcing contract manager, or senior programme & project manager.
* Improves and optimizes the performance of large teams in a multi-site, multi-national and multi-cultural setting in terms of collaboration, delivery, performance, throughput, quality and cost.
* Sets up and manages subsidiaries, departments, partners, vendors, suppliers, subcontractors in multi-national and virtual teams.
* Combines a pro-active, hands-on, result-oriented approach with excellent communication skills, inter-cultural understanding and communication, flexibility, team spirit and a high level of commitment.
* Speaks 3 languages (English, Dutch, French) fluently, is able to express himself in German and Chinese (Mandarin), and has notions of Italian and Spanish.