Vice President & Managing Director CEVA Ground Europe at CEVA Logistics
Antwerp Area, Belgium
- Current
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- Vice President & Managing Director CEVA Ground Europe at CEVA Logistics
- Past
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- Global Manager Transport Strategy at CEVA Logistics
- Managing Director at Exel European Managed Transport Services
- General Manager at Exel European Managed Transport Services
- Logistics & Customer Service Manager - Europe at Imerys Mineraux (former ECC)
- Head of Logistics - Northern Europe at Heidelberger Zement (former CBR Cement)
- Head of Sales Administration - Belgium at Heidelberger Zement (former CBR Cement)
- Education
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- Institut Catholique de Hautes Etudes Commerciales - ICHEC
- Vlaamse Economische Hogeschool - VLEKHO
- Connections
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- Industry
- Logistics and Supply Chain
- Websites
Wouter Coppens’s Summary
• Over 18 years of professional experience of which 15 years in transportation and logistics in various roles and at various levels. Experience gathered in both industrial companies and logistics service provider organizations
• Main experience build in the domain of European road transportation but also gathered experience in the area of Inland Waterways (CBR, Imerys) and Rail (Imerys)
• Involved in the development and implementation of programs and projects with both customers and suppliers as such acquired in dept knowledge of commercial contracting, purchasing, relationship management and the development of new business (CBR, Imerys, Exel, CEVA)
• Developing and leading customer service and logistics organizations, including the development of teams, people and all associated HR activities (recruitment, set-up of training and development programs) (Imerys, Exel)
• Proven entrepreneurship by introducing new concepts (CEVA), starting up new operations from scratch and delivering growth to the business (Exel)
• Results delivered throughout career so far are linked to: ability to make people enthusiastic for a project, being a fair and challenging colleague, being able to explain difficult processes or concepts in a very simple way and being a strong communicator.
Wouter Coppens’s Experience
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Vice President & Managing Director CEVA Ground Europe
CEVA Logistics
(Privately Held; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Global Manager Transport Strategy
CEVA Logistics
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
November 2005 — August 2008 (2 years 10 months)
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Managing Director
Exel European Managed Transport Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
October 2004 — September 2005 (1 year )
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General Manager
Exel European Managed Transport Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
July 2001 — September 2004 (3 years 3 months)
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Logistics & Customer Service Manager - Europe
Imerys Mineraux (former ECC)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Paper & Forest Products industry)
September 1998 — June 2001 (2 years 10 months)
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Head of Logistics - Northern Europe
Heidelberger Zement (former CBR Cement)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Building Materials industry)
September 1994 — August 1998 (4 years )
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Head of Sales Administration - Belgium
Heidelberger Zement (former CBR Cement)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Building Materials industry)
June 1992 — August 1994 (2 years 3 months)
Wouter Coppens’s Education
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Institut Catholique de Hautes Etudes Commerciales - ICHEC
Master , Marketing , 1988 — 1990
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Vlaamse Economische Hogeschool - VLEKHO
Master , Commercial and Financial Sciences , 1986 — 1990
Additional Information
Wouter Coppens’s Websites:
Wouter Coppens’s Groups:
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VLEKHO HW -
Inspired Supply Chain & Logistics Executives
Wouter Coppens’s Honors:
Holder of the official Belgian License of Transport Commissioner/broker
