Laetitia Vanden Balck

IT Project Manager

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I am a curious and dynamic Project Manager
with 5 years of experience in multi-cultural and multi-lingual projects,
with quality and bio-engineering backgrounds.
Do you want to know more?

My Work
Experiences
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I started my career journey as a Project Manager in Belgium, leading various projects in both pharmaceutical and food industries.
Since I moved to Portugal in December 2017, I had the opportunity to adquire more knowledge in project and quality management.
In December 2020, I decided to enter in the IT area as a Scrum Master / Project Manager, combining my interest in Agility, Technology, Process Improvement, as well as Team and Project Management.
Also, all these multi-cultural experiences enabled me to improve my fluency in Portuguese and English.
Explore my work experiences on the timeline below.
12/2020 - today
IT PROJECT MANAGER / SCRUM MASTER
TechFirm Portugal
Function executed in Portuguese, English and French.
Managing Nearshore IT projects for different clients (Healthcare software, WebApp), executing functional tests, working in virtual and multilingual teams (EN, PT, FR).
Analyzing KPIs and reporting to PMO.
Scrum coaching and ceremonies coordination.
09/2019 - 11/2020
QUALITY MANAGER
Horto do Campo Grande
Function totally executed in Portuguese.
Managing quality and legal compliance (ISO 9001, 14001 & 18001/45001), by continuously improving processes and procedures, running internal and external audits and analyzing data.
Reporting KPIs and non-conformities, and identifying improvements, directly to the Direction.
02/2019 - 08/2019
SERVICE & OPERATIONS QUALITY
Galp
First professional experience executed in a national company and exclusively in Portuguese.
Creating and improving procedures and work instructions to match with current work practices.
12/2017 - 12/2018
HSE & QUALITY MANAGER / SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Jungle Concept
Function executed in Portuguese, English and French.
Managing quality, HSE and legal compliance and preparing to GLOBALG.A.P. certification.
Collecting and analysing data, reporting trials results to the Direction and Master Grower.
Managing stock, orders and suppliers; participating in growing trials and production planning.
Involved in software procurement for production and traceability management.
10/2016 - 11/2017
JUNIOR PROJECT ENGINEER
IPS Belgium
Managing autonomously various projects on the client site for Lotus Bakeries (Food industry) and GlaxoSmithKline (Pharmaceutical Industry), reporting directly to the client.
Managing suppliers procurement, planning and budget, changes requests.
09/2011 - 09/2016
BIOENGINEER GRADUATION
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Bachelor and Master in Bioengineering.
Master focused on Chemistry, Bioindustries and Bioinformatics
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My Skills
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Thanks to my studies, work experiences and curiosity to learn about new subjects,
I could develop or reinforce the following skills:
Soft skills:

Agile
Scrum
Process improvement

Team management
Project management
Quality management

Autonomy
Proactivity
Technical skills:

Advanced Excel
Word
PowerPoint

Data Analysis
MS Project

HTML, CSS, JavaScript
LaTeX

JIRA, Trello, Todoist
Teams, Discord

My Interests
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My Interests:

Reading
Art Exhibitions
Listening to podcasts

Pilates
Personal Development
Plant care

Sustainability
Innovation & Technologies
You can enter in contact with me by e-mail or via LinkedIn.