This document provides a summary of Karl Vroman's experience as a plant manager with proven people and operational excellence skills. Over his career, Karl has held several plant and operations management roles where he specialized in lean production, quality management, and engineering. As plant manager at his current role at Trislot NV, some of Karl's accomplishments include improving on-time deliveries from 85% to 92% and reducing production time by 12.5%. Previously at Greif Belgium BVBA, he helped transition the company to self-steering teams, improved line operational efficiency from 60% to 75%, and reduced full-time employees by 15%.

1. Karl Vroman Mail karl.vroman@hotmail.com
Dorpsstraat 80/3, GSM. 0032 474 483163
8340 Damme
Experienced plant manager, with proven people skills
From a clear vision, working with people in an international technical, process or
production oriented, I facilitate solutions.
Knowledge en compentences
Lean production management, operational excellence, coaching, self-managed teams,
quality, safety, maintenance, engineering, business process improvement
Career
2012 – actual Plant manager Trislot NV
Trislot NV is a world player in wedge wire filters and filtration systems.
Responsibilities:
 supply chain management, from purchase of raw materials over production to
delivery at customer.
 Investment project management,
 SHE,
 IT management.
Realizations:
 Reengineering the leadership structure, to speed up flow. (vision, coaching, follow up): Rate
of on time deliveries from 85 to 92%
 Order flow reengineering, to improve admin flow (QRM based): upgrading ERP package:
Customer complaints due to communication errors down with 60%, production time down
with 12.5%
 Project management in case of renewal of production equipment (600k€)
2007 – 2012 Plant manager site Gent at Greif Belgium BVBA
(previously known as Blagden Packaging NV)
Greif is world leader in the production of metal drums (200 tot 250l) and has about 80
production facilities worldwide. Gent is one of EMEA’s best production plants.
Responsibilities:
 Responsible for site operations: from budgetting to rapporting
 Translation of group safety policy on the workfloor
 Opex improvement plan
 Investment projects,
 quality and R&D management,
Realizations:
 Reengineering and implementing the leadership structure in transition to self-steering
teams, coaching of people involved: from 12 to 5 shift leaders
 Culture change to a lean company, with advanced focus on results (agile): line OEE from 60%
to 75%
 Reengineering the production line, to become lean: 15% FTE reduction

2. 2000 – 2007 Maintenance and Engineering manager (discrete production)
Blagden Packaging Belgium NV (Wondelgem)
Before the Greif acquisition, Gent was the largest production site of the Blagden Group.
Responsibilities:
 Reorganization of the maintenance department,
 Purchase, installation and maintenance of all technical installations,
 Product engineering,
 Assistance / coaching of the Quality and Safety manager.
Realizations:
 Oven project: investment project over 3 years, budget over 1 million euro.
 Reorganization of the maintenance work force: 20% FTE reduction
 Proposition and successfully installation of strategic pilot projects
• First robot, 3 to follow
• First Arplas drum welder: reduction of cycle time from 6.4 to 5s
1996 – 2000 Maintenance manager (proccess industry)
Fuji Oils Europe NV (Desteldonk) (Former Vamo Fuji Specialties NV)
Vegetable oil refining, to produce technical fats and oils for the food industry.
Responsibilities:
 Start-up of preventive maintenance,
 Shaping and upscaling the maintenance team,
 Yearly Shut Down planning,
 Utilities exploitation (steam, compressed air, cooling, high tension voltage).
Realizations:
 Coaching and cultivating the maintenance force
 Smoothly ran shutdowns: on time start up.
 Sustained preventive maintenance: reduction of unplanned short stops on utilities
1993 – 1996 Maintenance supervisor – prevention officer
Usines Saint Brice NV, dpt Unigro (Sint Niklaas)
Mail order company, specialized in furniture, electro and linens.
Responsibilities: prevention officer, security expert, maintenance and purchasing of
technical equipment, utilities management (high tension, heating), energy purchasing.
STUDIES
1987 - 1991 Electromechanical Engineer (KIH Oostende)
1994: Prevention officer II (PVI Antwerpen)
Operational Excellence: Greif school of OPEX
VSM: introduction by P&M Productivity Improvement
Effective leadership: coaching traject, a.o. situational leadership
Three Plato projects ‘general management’,
VOKA learning networks HR en self-coaching
OTHER COMPENTENCES
Languages Du: Mothertongue E: VG Fr: G D: B
Informatics MS Office, JDEdwards, Infor maintenance software
VARIA
Belgian, born at Tielt on 22th August 1969 Hobbies: running, volleyball, sailing