
Commercial Finance Manager at Fluke Corporation (a Danaher Company)
Liège Area, Belgium

Commercial Finance Manager at Fluke Corporation (a Danaher Company)
Liège Area, Belgium
Financial Professional with broad experience in all aspects of (top) business and financial management.
A solid financial background combined with an commercial / business mindset makes me the ideal link between finance and other departments to drive the business results forward.
With a clear vision, great analytical and good communication skills to support all levels within an organization.
°Policy Deployment leader for EMEA Accounts Receivable reduction
°Master black belt in Root Cause Counter Measure trainings
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Responsible to balance both sales growth and profitability. Supporting the sales organization in forecasting & planning and drives margin & process improvements in the related areas.
Commercial Finance role is instrumental in managerial decisions through profitability, Net/List and Margin Analysis.
Drive pricing decisions of new and existing products and financially modeling with the sales organization on 'Go to Market' strategies including promotions. Work with Management team to decide on, implement, analyze and execute price increases (changes).
Support terms reduction and drive consistency & continuously improve payment terms.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DHR; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
May 2006 — April 2008 (2 years )
Provide the European Management team and Headquarters a weekly status / analysis / forecast on incoming orders, realized revenue and backlog. Advise and support the EU MT on actions to be taken to achieve the targets. Support the European CEO on all business insights. Assist the Ops Director in steering the European sites on maximizing revenue and minimizing expenses. Amongst this is participating in kaizens, countermeasure writing and control on execution and budget.
Act as a finance manager for the European Service Organizations and support of the EU Service Director on all operational / financial issues (Budget, expense and revenue control).
Built up the Operations / Financial KPI’s and Dashboard to combine all information to make supply chain / Operations issues and opportunities visible. Simplify Information flow into understandable management information.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Consumer Services industry)
June 2005 — April 2006 (11 months)
As a member of the local Management Team responsible for setting up the new department Planning & Control. Focus of the department is on functional maintenance of the Telephone system and Email system, reporting / information flow towards customers, call center management and the finance department. Further more on financial and operational planning and invoicing towards customers.
An advising role towards (operations) Management to achieve and improve efficiency and affectivity within the organization. Also a deciding role regarding capacity questions as a part of answering “Request for Proposal / Information” from new prospects.
Achievement: (co) responsible for the development and implementation of an hour registration tool in collaboration with the IT Navision – specialist.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Automotive industry)
July 2001 — May 2005 (3 years 11 months)
Report on a monthly base to the Management Team the performance of the company, through the Balanced Scorecard. Perform root-cause analysis and develop plans to improve the performance.
Coordinate the execution of Customer-, Market Performance Centre- and Dealer satisfaction surveys in order to support the development of the strategy. Analyze results and develop proposals for improvement of the satisfaction. Control and coordinate the implementation of the proposals.
Perform account management and consultancy to the Company and Service Management team, (Regional) Operation Managers, Finance & all internal customers. Manage and/or participate in project teams representing reporting requirements during the development, implementation & improvement of the CAC (new) Services.
Train internal users and the users of the Market Performance Centres on the use and content of the operational reporting system (Cognos Powerplay).
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)
January 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 6 months)
Bachelor , Economics , 1994 — 2000