About Xavier
Seasoned and passionate Finance Business Partner, trilingual, with hands-on and cross-disciplinary approach, controlling and corporate finance. Expertise FMCG and production environments. Expertise in Consolidated GM set-up and analysis as well in transfer pricing policy implementation. Results driven, skillful in piloting risks as well as optimizing costs.
French
Native or bilingual
Dutch
Fluent
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Bruxelles (up to 50km)
Experience
- KARRASGeneral ManagerFebruary 2021 - February 2022 (1 year)1 year, from 2/2021 to 2/2022 General Manager ai, reporting to the owner, 8 direct reports, 2 plants (Belgium and Bulgaria) Main achievements:•Reorganization due to the splitting of a business•Increase sales by 20%•Refinancing the business
- ARTECHNOGeneral ManagerMay 2018 - July 2020 (2 years and 2 months)2 years, from 5/2018 to 7/2020 General Manager ai, reporting to the owner, 3 direct reports. Main achievements:•Reorganization of the structure and reduction of 2 FTE•Reduction of strategic raw material purchase price by 10%•Increase of production capacities by 2 with limited Capex•Increase Sales by 30% and conversion to positive EBIT
- NICOLSFinanceJuly 1996 - July 2007 (11 years)Groot-Bijgaarden, 1702 Dilbeek, Belgium100+ m€ sales, 10 years, from 7/2007 to 8/2017 Finance and Procurement Manager, 5 direct reports and 35 staff. Main responsibilities:•Controlling, Reporting, ABC Costing, Pricing and Transfer Pricing,•Accounting, Subsidies, Treasury, Cash pooling & FX coverage,•Tax and Legal,•IT/IS : Infrastructure, ERPs implementation (Navision & Dynamics 365) and Data mgt,•Merger and Acquisition (15 files),•Procurement, Team leader in charge of strategic raw Material, 50+m€ yearly Main achievements:•Improve the Working Capital position from 50% to 22%, an improvement of 25m€: Diagnostic, Top management and cross departmental awareness, sense of urgency, Training focused on action plans and execution follow up,•Implementation of Group Transfer Pricing policy, and successfully passed an authority audit•Restructure the Group legal, social, operational, back office and tax structure, from 14 to 6 legal entities: Management Shareholders conflict, Loi Renault (45 staffs affected) and CCT 32bis (transfer conventional, 10 staffs affected), Refoundation of Transfer Price & Management fees policy,•Introduced and obtained Subsidies 600k€, R&D Sponges Walloon Region DG06, 5m€ subsidy, plant for production of innovative of cellulose blocks, Poland/Lodz, PARP,•Implementation of a Financial Shared Service Belgium-France•Implementation of a group car leasing policy•Implement simplified budget process. PURATOS, Groot-Bijgaarden, family-owned business, 9.000+ staff, 2 b€+ sales, 11 years, From 7/1996 to 7/2007
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Education
- Commercial engineering,ICHEC1988Commercial engineering,
- Bachelor in Tax,Fiscale Hogeschool KU Leuven1996Bachelor in Tax,