Yvan Baert

Yvan Baert has extensive experience in sourcing and purchasing, currently serving as the Sourcing Manager EMEA within the Global Sourcing Team for DeLaval since May 2006, with a focus on chemicals, packaging, and private label products for MQAH factories in Belgium and Poland. Prior to this role, Yvan held the position of Assistant Purchasing Manager for raw materials and chemicals at Stora Enso from October 1991 to April 2006, managing the procurement of recycled paper, woodchips, and bleached pulp for a production facility in Langerbrugge. Yvan's career began at MICROFIBRES Europe, where responsibilities included dyeing and bleaching textiles from September 1983 to October 1991. Yvan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Textile Chemistry from HOGENT and has further education from Scheppersinstituut Wetteren.