Welcome to Kristoffel's freelance profile!
Location and workplace preferences
- Location
- Brussels, Belgium
- Can work onsite in your office in
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- around Brussels and 50km
Preferences
- Project length
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- ≤ 1 week
- ≤ 1 month
- Between 1-3 months
- Between 3-6 months
- ≥ 6 months
Verifications
Freelancer code of conduct signed
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Languages
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English
Native or bilingual
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Dutch
Native or bilingual
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French
Fluent
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German
Conversational
Categories
Skills (9)
Kristoffel in a few words
A few examples of work I have done in the past:
- Market research for the geographical expansion of a Fitness Chain
- Research of possibilities of implementing RFID for a Fashion Company
- Consolidation of Purchasing Strategy and Renegotiation of Supply Contracts for a Natural Stone company.
I am a BUSINESS GENERALIST with a strong CREATIVE personality with the unusual combination of being ANALYTICALLY & NUMERICALLY SKILLED.
BOARD-LEVEL EXPERIENCE:
- Board member LACO NV, an IT Consultancy
- Board member SPES VZW, a charity
Currently I run my own steel agency representing CARGILL METALS, LAMINOIRS DES LANDES and EUSIDER TRADING SA.
Experience
Katoen Natie NV
Chemical
Commercial Manager Grinding Services
- Full responsibility for contract negotiations and development of new investments and business opportunities
- € 3 million Profit and Loss responsibility
- Achieved 15% annual growth in customer portfolio
- Hands-on “on-the-floor” experience operating heavy equipment
GDF Suez Trading - Suez
Energy & Utilities
Energy Trader
- Market Maker Crude Oil (Brent, Dated Brent and WTI) – responsibilities: pricing, quoting, and hedging of oil contracts for internal and external customers
- Desk P&L: + 30 million USD
- Limited Proprietary Trading book
Coal and Freight Derivatives Trader • Brussels, Belgium • December 2006 – December 2010
- Market Maker for Coal Futures and Dry Bulk Forward Freight Agreements: pricing and quoting coal-indexed contracts for internal and external customers
- Designed, executed and managed hedging strategies for the Physical Coal exposures (12 million tonnes annual volume).
- Proprietary Trading account with € 1 million VaR – average annual P&L: 2.4x VaR
Buy-out Candidate
Banking & Insurance
Freelance - As a freelancer
- Hands-on experience in market analysis, deal sourcing, company analysis and valuation, transaction structuring and negotiations
Wijngaard Natie Terminals NV
Logistics & Supply Chain
Business Development Manager
- Project development of on-site logistics solutions for steel handling
Jims Fitness NV
Sports
Consultant - As a freelancer
- Identify potential take-over targets
- Identify strategic locations for expansion
- Establish relationships with key commercial property brokers and developers
Van Den Weghe NV
Architecture & Urban Planning
Purchasing and Logistics Consultant - As a freelancer
- Design and execution of cost-cutting program for consumables and services
- Implementation of KANBAN system for warehouse management
Kips Bay Metals & Commodity Agency
Import & Export
Founder
- Northern European Agent for CARGILL METALS – HRC
- Independent Agent for prime and non-prime steel products
- Broad network of industry contacts: Steel Service Centres, Traders and Large End-Users
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Education
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Masters in Economics
KU Leuven
2003 Industrial Economics and Finance