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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:14:08 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Most recently updated answers by Joris Claeys</description>
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      <title>Joris, How did you find your job at The MARKETING VILLAGE (tm)?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/72143?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>The MARKETING VILLAGE (tm)
Your World, Our Village!

Business Service Community for the Emerging Markets
Facilitating Knowledge Convergence??
Collaborative Knowledge Platform - Resource Expertise Pool - Domestic Insource Pooling
 
I am co-founder and CEO(interim)
The service will facilitate collaborative expertise from across the globe, combined with domestic insource pooling, as best-fit consolidated business services to market.

Making use of global communication infrastructure and developments in knowledge mgmt technology, a shift is taking place from cross-industry to knowledge convergence across geographic boundaries, companies and individuals. The Marketing Village??? facilitates collaborative expertise from across the globe, combined with domestic insource pooling, as best-fit consolidated business services to market.
Marketing and collaborative SCM involve many fields of expertise, ranging from stakeholder relations-, knowledge-, project- and organizational change mgmt, product innovation and more.

Activities will span APAC, while providing service for domestic and international companies seeking expansion or entry in the developing markets.

The Marketing Village??? is a growing initiative under development. We are currently identifying synergies for knowledge clustering in different markets and disciplines.

You can contact me for more information.

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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:14:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joris, How did you find your job at ACCELERATE Global Supply Chain Solutions?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/72142?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Collaborative Supply Chain &amp; Marketing Mix Management for the Extended Enterprise (c)
Knowledge Management  -  Value Networking  -  Relations Management
Member of The MARKETING VILLAGE (tm)
International certified top executives (iCEO) - CEO-Europe  
Business Solutions  -  Interim Management  -  Consultancy

I am founder and managing director.
Accelerate is your partner in realizing true integration of your marketing policies, market and product-line strategies and stakeholder relations management, together with Supply Chain Management best practices. Contact us for further information on how we can realize the mix within your Extended Enterprise.

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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:12:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joris, What path did you take to your current career?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/184914?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>As a capacity builder I contribute significance to company's stakeholders, the team and equally important the customers.  My customer-centric approach has delivered results across continents.  My extensive business acumen stretches:
- domestic and international logistics
- collaborative supply chain and total value chain management
- project management, planning and resourcing
- business and project development
- organizational re-alignment and strategic change management
- business continuity and business process optimization
- customer-centric approach from innovation to market realisation
- marketing and product portfolio management
- stakeholder relations management and networking
- best practice, world-class and industry bench-marking
for global manufacturing, distribution and sales companies.
  
- Addressing supply chain design and leading innovative, yet practical, solutions for multiple sectors.
- Using methodologies, such as LEAN Enterprise, Crosby Total Quality Management, Hoshin, SCOR Plan-Make-Deliver and Project Life Cycle Management.
- Improving supply chain performance, while aligning internal processes and resources.
- Success proven in customer retention, cost reduction and avoidance, developing new markets, promoting innovation and motivating teams to make a difference.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:36:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joris, What special qualifications do you have for your dream job?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/161903?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>- Qualified and experienced executive and entrepreneur with a proven track record in management and corporate positions for multi-national and regional corporations, developing strategic visions, planning and program formulation.
- Extensive international and domestic supply chain experience, people skills, diversity awareness and leadership through relocation in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.
- Designed and executed strategic organizational realignments, leading project and business development towards new initiatives in industrial and market growth, using project life cycle management tools, from idea over planning, financing, development and marketing to realization.
- Founded ACCELERATE Global Supply Chain Solutions - consultancy and interim management in collaborative supply chain and marketing mix management, change strategy, knowledge management and value networking for the extended enterprise.
- Co-founded The MARKETING VILLAGE??? - a business service community and insource pooling, enabling knowledge convergence in marketing, stakeholder relations management and collaborative supply chain management for the emerging markets.

His extensive business acumen has delivered functional results across continents
- achieved the ability to influence organizational direction,
- accomplished creative and innovative strategies, and
- built teams, which empower others to exceed their goals.

Joris has contributed added value for stakeholders, teams and customers across the extended enterprise, through supply chain design, leading innovative, yet practical, solutions across many industries.  His learning and contribution curve have been of continuous growth. 

This experience and adaptability are his strengths.  Colleagues, partners and business relations phrase his skills as "Capacity Builder".
View professional endorsements on www.linkedin.com/in/acceleratejorisclaeys

SPECIALTIES:
- Collaborative Supply Chain Management (SCM), Total Value Chain Solutions
- Stakeholder Relations Mgmt, Value Networking, Knowledge Mgmt
- Organisational Development, Strategic Change Management
- Manufacturing, Logistics, Sourcing, Distribution, S&amp;OP, Outsourcing
- LEAN Enterprise, Total Quality Management, Convergent Engineering
- Customer-centric Market / Product / Service Strategy, Business Services
- PM life-cycle methodology, business development, contract negotiation
 
INDUSTRIES/SECTORS: 
Agri, Food, Pharmaceutical, Renewable Energy, Component Packaging, Semi-conductors, Electronics, Automotive, Transportation, eTrade, eServices.
 
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 
EMEA: EU, Morocco, Kenya, Uganda, Ivory Coast, South Africa 
AMERICAS: USA, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil 
APAC: Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:34:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joris, What are the three things that provide you satisfaction in your work?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/161904?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>- achieved the ability to influence organizational direction, 
- developed creative and innovative strategies, and 
- built teams, which empower others to exceed their goals.
PS: For a full profile or to sign up to my global network at LinkedIn = http://www.linkedin.com/in/acceleratejorisclaeys
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:29:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joris, What kind of job are you looking for?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/161898?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Senior opportunity as sustainable or interim manager, through contribution of experience, cultural awareness and leadership, driving your organisation, its operations and new business developments towards new successes.

Target Job:  Senior management, Interim Management, Consultancy, Director Supply Chain
Preferred Location: 	SE Asia - open for relocation US, EU, ME, APAC</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:45:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joris, What makes you a great coworker?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/161902?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Motivates people through recognizing their limitations, performing towards those boundaries, and ultimately setting the borders to higher / new potentials.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:44:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joris, What are the most rewarding aspects of your job?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/161901?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Along my career path, my learning and contribution curve has been of continuous growth.  This experience and adaptability are my strengths.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:42:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joris, How would your co-workers describe you?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/161900?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Colleagues and business relations phrase my skills as "Capacity Builder".</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:41:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joris, What path did you take to your current career?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/161899?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Professional Brief
- Proven record of accomplishment in management and corporate positions for multi-national and regional corporations, developing strategic visions, planning and program formulation.
- Business establishment using project life cycle mgmt tools, from idea over planning, financing, project development and marketing to realization
- Developing and executing strategic organizational realignments
- People skills and leadership through relocation in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. Managing globally located teams.
- Leading project development towards new initiatives in industrial and market development.
- Providing cross-cultural training &amp; diversity awareness.
- Founded ACCELERATE - Global Supply Chain solutions - collaborative supply chain and marketing mix management - interim management
- Co-founded The MARKETING VILLAGE??? - a business service community engaging in marketing, stakeholder relations management and collaborative supply chain management for the extended enterprise, combined with Insource pooling for the emerging markets.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:40:27 GMT</pubDate>
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