Chris Van Beurden

Angestellt, President, thyssenkrupp Steel France SAS
Duisburg, Germany

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Forward thinking energetic and open-minded revenu
Champion of sales growth through the creation of a
Developing a new economic cycle resistant busines
Improved operating revenue with 55% and operating
Orchestrated a significant cultural change program
Change Management
Creating a Strong Company Culture
Cross Functional Integration with Supporting Funct
Empowerment
Good Public Speaking Skills
Highly Skilled Negotiator
Over-delivering on Corporate Targets while Adding

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Chris Van Beurden

  • Current 6 years and 4 months, since Feb 2020

    President

    thyssenkrupp Steel France SAS

    Lead the activities of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe’s plants on the French market mainly towards applications in the automotive and industrial market segments Securing the processing of those products via our service centers in the form of strips or blanks

  • 4 years and 6 months, Sep 2015 - Feb 2020

    Member Board Of Directors

    thyssenkrupp Steel Heavy Plate Antwerp NV

  • 4 years and 9 months, Jun 2015 - Feb 2020

    Head of Export Division

    thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG Heavy Plate

    Building a global platform for niche products "Made in Germany" in the range of high alloy and quenched and tempered heavy plates, in close coordination with an ambitious and high performing team.

  • 2 years and 8 months, Aug 2012 - Mar 2015

    Vice President Wear Services EMEA

    Hardox Wearparts, part of SSAB AB

    • Orchestrate the building of a new business unit for SSAB, focusing on a business cycle resistant offering of value added services • Develop a business model which allows SSAB to take a significant market share of the currently very fragmented service market • Growing operating profit by 374% from 2012 to 2013 and by another 50% into 2014 • Provide strategic leadership to fulfill project goals within the agreed timeframe.

  • 2 years and 8 months, Jan 2010 - Aug 2012

    Vice President Sales

    SSAB AB

    Goals: Boost the sales of special steel products & Improve the employee-satisfaction scores Actions: Merged the former Plate and Strip sales organizations into one sales force, creating a common culture and securing a complete product and geographical coverage within EMEA Results: Grew the EMEA business from €1.8B to €2.8B in a two year time period & Historically high employee-satisfaction score after merger of sales organizations (85%)

  • 3 years and 6 months, Jul 2006 - Dec 2009

    Business Area Manager Northern & Western Europe

    SSAB AB, Plate Division

  • 8 years and 5 months, Mar 1998 - Jul 2006

    Area Sales Manager Commercial Grades

    SSAB AB, Plate Division

    I got the task to phase out the sales of the less profitable ordinary plate program in a coordinated way together with our customer base and without disrupting delivery performance. This was done in a transparent dialogue with all key customers who managed to find alternative suppliers in due time. During the same period, I increased our business with Caterpillar significantly in my responsibility as key account manager for that account.

  • 3 years and 1 month, Mar 1995 - Mar 1998

    Area Sales Manager QT Plate Benelux & France

    SSAB AB, Plate Division

    I was selected as the first SSAB expatriate to be based in Sweden and got the chance to share that experience to colleagues who would make a similar move a few years later. This was also my first experience of leading, training and coaching a regional sales manager’s team. We could record an annual increase of revenue of our QT products by about 10%

  • 5 years and 7 months, Sep 1989 - Mar 1995

    Regional Sales Manager Belgium-France

    SSAB AB, Plate Division

  • 1 year, Sep 1988 - Aug 1989

    Steel Trader

    Cargill NV-SA

    Trading of Steel Products

Ausbildung von Chris Van Beurden

  • 4 months, Mar 2017 - Jun 2017

    Leading High Performing Businesses

    thyssenkrupp Leadership Academy

  • 7 months, Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

    International Executive Program TIO-67

    Stockholm School of Economics

  • 9 months, Jan 2008 - Sep 2008

    Leadership through Personal Development

    Perlan Dialogue and Leadership

  • 2 years and 9 months, Oct 1985 - Jun 1988

    M. Sc. Commercial Engineering

    University of Hasselt

Sprachen

  • German

    C1 (Fließend)

  • English

    C1 (Fließend)

  • French

    C1 (Fließend)

  • Spanish

    B1-B2 (Gute Kenntnisse)

  • Dutch

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

  • Polish

    B1-B2 (Gute Kenntnisse)

  • Norwegian

    B1-B2 (Gute Kenntnisse)

  • Swedish

    C1 (Fließend)

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