Yves Alfons Frans Bekkers, Senior Manager Projects & Business Development

Yves Alfons Frans Bekkers

Senior Manager Projects & Business Development

Alfred Talke

Location
Bahrain - Manama
Education
Master's degree, European & International Law
Experience
22 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 2 Months

Senior Manager Projects & Business Development at Alfred Talke
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • My current job since July 2012

• Overall responsibility for project logistics in the region Middle East & Asia
• Develop and execute short- and long-term marketing strategies
• Project lead of multiple projects (multi-million USD) in the UAE, Asia, South East Asia
• Lead for project and business development in South East Asia
• Monitoring of project capex and KPI conformity
• Develop and analyze financial reports to determine progress in achieving business objectives
• Assume profit and loss responsibility for the company
• Develop and implement strategies for revenue and profit growth
• Plan and implement processes to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness
• Develop and monitor budgets and forecasts
• Develop high-level key client relationships to grow customer base
• Oversee processes for quality- and efficiency management
• Identify, drive and support change management to ensure continuous improvement
• Recruit, develop and performance manage staff to establish a top performing team
• Performed all necessary administration including staff selection and development, budget administration, financial administration, planning, organizing and scheduling work and performance measurement
• Management of logistic processes and strategy with company shared services

Project Manager at Al Majdouie De Rijke Logistics
  • Saudi Arabia - Yanbu
  • September 2011 to June 2012

Manage overall project and team related activities, developing work plans, managing deadlines and
coordination of team and sub-teams. Project skill requirements, defining and agreeing on deliverables,
milestones and scope, communicating status and vision to client management

• Managing the supply chain project (-/+ 270 fte’s) ensuring key processes and operations (warehousing, bagging, shipping) for an on-site refinery project
• Responsible for data management, analyzing performance, identifying problems and developing recommendations that support logistics for the Yansab project
• Develop a yearly budget and maintain all cost models
• Maintain relation with the customer Yansab (Sabic affiliate) to ensure full client satisfaction
• Manage implementation of SSHEQ to ensure full compliance (ISO, SQAS, general safety analysis)
• Conduct and manage employee performance evaluation and observe their daily performance to ensure they are giving their best performance (tracking by individual performance indicators)
• Interact with high-level communications, verbal, written, customer complaints, near-miss / incidents and root cause analysis
• Promote and motivate the development of the operations team performance through training
• Ownership for cost and resource utilization relating to the project, evaluating return on expenditure
• Analyzing daily activities, customer interactions, meetings regarding operations
• Demonstrate safety leadership by performing as a role model for Behavioral Based Safety and demonstrate practical knowledge of the instruction procedures of operation
• Analyzing and processing tenders

Site Manager at De Rijke Europe Group
  • Belgium
  • January 2008 to January 2011

• Responsible for data management, analyzing performance, identifying problems and developing recommendations that support logistics for the De Rijke Meer
• Develop a yearly budget and maintain all cost models
• Contract holder with customers (Total, Shell, ExxonMobil, Huntsman, etc.) to ensure full client satisfaction
• Manage implementation of SSHEQ to ensure full compliance (in coordination with SSHEQ department)
• Develop and implement procedures as a benefit for operations
• Interface with line management and ensuring availability of staff to ensure key operations are effectively resourced and managed
• Management meetings with customers on a weekly basis
• Updating job knowledge and developing educational program

Operations Manager at De Rijke Group Europe
  • Belgium
  • September 2000 to January 2007

• Managing the operations and the key processes in warehousing
• Developing work plans, managing deadlines and coordination of teams
• Analyzing daily activities, customer interactions, meetings (toolbox/workshops/coordination meetings/staff meeting) regarding smooth operations and take proper or corrective actions
• Ensuring fleet equipment is operational and avoiding misuse
• Conduct and manage employee performance evaluation and observe their daily performance to ensure they are giving their best performance (tracking by individual performance indicators)
• Interact with all high-level communications, verbal, written, customer complaints, near-miss / incidents and root cause analysis
• Manage the SSHEQ policy and standards of the company

Education

Master's degree, European & International Law
  • at Katholieke Universiteit Brabant
  • June 2000
High school or equivalent, Business
  • at Hogeschool Provincie Antwerpen
  • June 1998

Specialties & Skills

Availability
Goal Orientation
Customer Interactions

Languages

Dutch
Expert
English
Expert
French
Intermediate
German
Intermediate