Hans De Waele

Hans has over 30 years of work experience and is since 2011 a self-employed Interim-Manager.

He guides companies with growth, change and cost improvements, and is an agile negotiator of business affairs, supplier development and strategic partnerships. He adapts easily to changing business needs and has a strong background in managing both executive-level and operational tasks.

He gained a broad business understanding by positions in General Management, Operations, Sales and Procurement within various industry, globally.

Hans operates company specific, with a pragmatic approach in structuring and handling challenging environments. He is hands-on, result driven, with a clear strategic direction, persuasive and creative problem solver, with a broad technical understanding & interest.
Excels in enhancing employee engagement, mentor & coach and good communicator.

Various implementation projects – M&A, carve-out, new product & business set-up, out- / in- & resourcing, cross border category mgt, supplier quality systems, field warranty program, production scale-up, etc.