thierry jongen

general manager

About

More than 10 years of progressive experience in management of industrial companies and international commercial teams Trilingual French-Dutch-English High versatility and adaptability Result driven and customer satisfaction oriented Entrepreneurship and strategic vision Proven negotiation skills at all levels

Country

belgium

City

liège

Industry

executive office

Skill

management, strategy, business strategy, new business development, cross functional team leadership, international sales, entrepreneurship, budgets, negotiation, change management

Experience

special projects

bekaert

2011-6 - 2011-9 · 4 mos

general manager

bekaert

2008-7 - 2011-5 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Full P&L responsibility of a 28 million EUR business unit. Complete autonomy for the operations of 2 plants (Spain and California with a total of 200 employees). Management of the international sales team (15 sales engineers and agents around the world). Set-up of a new organization and new price strategy. Successful negotiation and conclusion of large contracts (3 to 15 million USD), bringing the company to the first place in this market. Re-organization and financial recovery of the Californian location thanks to cross-functional actions (commercial, production, quality, finance, R&D, HR, communication). Announcement and set-up of a closing plan for the American location in September 2010 due to a market over-capacity, followed by the sales of the business unit (2 locations) to the Japanese Arisawa Mfg Co in December 2010 ; Support role in the integration process with the Japanese Group until May 2011

product market manager polymer filtration

bekaert

2005-6 - 2008-7 · 3 yrs 2 mos

* Responsible for the development and the implementation of the worldwide strategy of the company main product line (12 million EUR). * Direct or indirect management of 18 sales engineers and agents around the world + the Belgian internal sales team. * Member of the management team and important role in the integration process into Bekaert.

sales manager - director

bekaert

1994-9 - 2005-5 · 10 yrs 9 mos

responsible for the planning of the engineering department

cmi

1992-8 - 1994-8 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Set-up of a system/software for the planning of the engineering department tasks (30 engineers, draftmen …) as a part of a global planning for all the projects of Heat Recovery Systems.

independant consultant

atelier de l'avenir ateliers du monceau

2012-5 - 2012-9 · 5 mos

* Financial audit * ERP implementation (stock management) * Technical studies * Organigram and job descriptions

general manager

bemac détection incendie

2012-12 - Present · 13 yrs 10 mos

Bemac is a Belgian company specializing in fire detection and alarm since 1973.With a strong R&D department, we develop and produce our own fire alarm panels Diana 3.We can offer a complete range of solutions to meet your requirements from the smallest to the most complex integrated fire and/or gas detection and alarm system, incorporating fire alarm, voice evacuation and fire suppression meeting the EN54 regulations.