Summary

  • WMS consultant
  • Committed professional with a strong drive and an analytic and pragmatic mind.
  • Specific experience:
    • WMS implementations worldwide: Europe, Russia and US
    • Traditional to highly automated warehouses
    • Different roles in WMS projects: consultant, project manager, architect
    • Different WMS applications: Dynaman, Locus
    • Integration with
      • MHE systems as AS/RS, AGV's, mobile racking, picking robots, ...
      • other business applications: MES, ERP
      • Customers and vendors (EDI and web portals)

Experience

July 2014 - Present : C&W Logistics, Stasegem

Sr business consultant

  • Business Consultant
  • Project lead
November 2017 - Present : Decospan, Menen

WMS project lead

Dynaman WMS implementation of 2 production plants with distribution :

  • Lageweg : traditional production plant & distribution warehouse
  • Ringlaan : highly automated production plant with AS/RS, conveyor and AGV integration & distribution warehouse
October 2016 - Present : Conhexa, Steenvoorde-Dunkerque

WMS project lead

Dynaman WMS and EDI implementation of 2 pallet and case pick warehouses:

  • Frigo A25 Steenvoorde: traditional freezer warehouse
  • Dunfrost Dunkerque: freezer warehouse with conveyor and mobile racking integration
July 2014 - Present : 2XL, Zeebrugge

WMS project lead

Coordination of all projects, enhancements and support

Main projects:

  • 2014: Skimming installation: skim robot integrated in existing automated lowbay warehouse
  • 2015: R5: automated staging installation by means of shuttles
  • 2015: Integration with TMS software
  • 2016: New highbay warehouse
July 2006 - June 2014 : UNILIN, Wielsbeke

Feb 2011 - Jun 2014 WMS architect

Global responsible for WMS architecture at Unilin:

  • Architecture strategy, design approval, life cycle management
  • 20+ warehouses in EU, US, Russia with 1100+ business users

Major achievements:

  • WMS roll out from 4 to 20+ warehouses worldwide
  • Implementation of a logistics communication platform


Feb 2011 - Dec2013 WMS team lead

  • 5 functional consultants as direct report
  • Multiple developers (on site and near-shore) from our software partner Centric

Major achievements:

  • Evolution from an outsourced application to an insourced centre of excellence (from 2 to 6 internal consultants)
  • Standardisation and knowledge sharing database


Oct 2008 - Jan 2011 WMS & logistics consultant

  • Planning of 2 functional consultants and multiple developers from our software partner Centric
  • Lead consultant/project manager for WMS projects in Belgium, Netherlands, UK and US


Jul 2006 - Sept 2008 WMS project lead

  • Lead consultant for WMS projects in Belgium
  • Support engineer

Organisations

1996 – present: Megavelo – organising cycling events– founder and chairman

2014 – present: Unizo – organisation of entrepreneurs

2017 – present: Wiel in wiel vzw – organising cycling events

Education

2006-2018

  • PICS: Advanced warehouse management (2018)
  • Value chain: Supply chain innovations 2012-2014 (guest speaker in 2012)
  • IFBD: Efficient order picking in warehouses and distribution centres
  • Other: Microsoft Excel,...

2006-2006

ENSGI Grenoble: MSc in Civil Engineering - Electromechanics, Industrial engineering and mgt (Magna cum laude)
Internship at 1Point2 – simulation in program ExtendSim

2004-2006

Ghent University: MSc in Civil Engineering - Electromechanics, Industrial engineering and management (Cum laude)

1999-2004

Howest Kortrijk, MSc in Engineering - Electromechanics, Automation (Magna cum laude)