3. Personality Open minded Looking at the future Team builder (work with people and getting the best out of them) Strategist (more conceptual and less detail work) Concerned by creativity and innovation Social but determined by my targets
4. Professional statement I want to head a department or a group of departments with full P&L responsibility, preferably within the chemical, food or related process industry, where I want to add value through my 25 years relevant business experience and my energetic and dynamic personality
5. Positioning statement With an engineering degree combined with a financial masters degree, I had the privilege to work in many different departments. This experience makes that I understand the drivers of each department and that I am able to intelligently use this knowledge
6. Personal Target Independent decision maker position Entrepreneurial responsibility (incl. P&L responsibility) Multinational and international business People to work with “Tangible” products Innovative and creative business
7. Culture Play to win “It isn't over till it’s over” The past serves experience, the future is where we are working on Build from the best in people and organizations I am not always right – look around and listen Open for any personal culture and nationality Flexible and able to adapt
9. Company type I amlookingfor Public company or privately held with strong authonomy for non-shareholders International exposure Cultural match with my personal culture
10. Core competences Sales Industrial marketing Customer service B2B Work with people of any kind of education level
11. How to reach me… Cell Phone : +32 475324232 E-mail: alain.vanderstraeten@telenet.be I am living in Ninove, Belgium. This is the West side of Brussels