
Jens Geets
I thrive on finding ways to maximise value, in ways that allows for continued improvement after the initial change. Guiding the path for products, businesses, processes and people to be the best they can be.
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Salary / Daily rate
3 people recommend
Brussels, Belgium
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
Work experience
Founder
Impact Match
Jun 2025 - Present
1 year 5 months
Building the future of how those looking to positively impact the world find the tools, knowledge, resources and the partners that can help them scale their impact sustainably. Enabling synergies and untapped potential by using AI to match needs with opportunities. NO reinventing the wheel, but using AI to find and lean from each others experiences skills, services, tools, and leveraging each others strengths to elevate each other in our Impact Mission, as clients, suppliers, advisors and partners. Let's create a systemic change. A world where non-profits can scale their impact, transition to social profits and be free of the dependency on subsidies and donations. Where Impact solutions get widespread adoption, and get the tools to succeed in transitioning to a more responsible world. Transitioning the world together to a society where the value and untapped potential that can help transition is unearthed and used to its full potential.
Product Manager
RE-liON
Sep 2023 - Oct 2024
1 year 2 months
Enschede, Netherlands
Helping Defense/Law enforcement and fire services in becoming measurably skilled in the safest, most efficient and most realistic way. As a leader in AR/VR solution Re-lion uses cutting edge technology to not just simulate real-life situations but also allow the creation and experience of high-risk situations that in any other case could never be truly be prepared for let alone be used to increase the mental, tactical preparedness. Thus supporting government entities in becoming increasingly measurably skilled with every session.
Interim - Innovation & Product delivery
Independent Consultant
Oct 2022 - May 2023
8 months
The world
In support of innovation, Product & Project delivery for Web2 and Web3 Projects alike I took up Responsibilities that Included but were not limited to: - Managing innovation programs - evaluating Business Models - Designing innovation Programs - Improving delivery process - Wireframing - Roadmapping - Analysis of the GAPS and opportunities
Project Manager
Aucxis
Mar 2020 - Oct 2022
2 years 8 months
9190 Stekene, Belgium
As a Project/Product Manager at Aucxis I support our teams in delivering Business Process Automation solutions that increase efficiency, decrease costs while increasing quality of work. This includes solutions such as Tracking & Tracing, as well as E-trade systems which, in difficult times especially, plays a crucial role in keeping clients supplied and businesses running. Responsibilities included - Leading multiple projects (Time, Scope, Budget, ..) - Coaching - Product Management of Polaris - Defining team operating procedures - Roadmap ownership - Customer research - Leading R&D on ML Project
Agile Consultant
EqualMinds Belgium
Dec 2018 - Mar 2020
1 year 4 months
Antwerp, Belgium
As an Agile consultant I guide teams in delivering projects that meet requirements, all while supporting them in their agile journey. I take up the role of a Product Owner, Business Analyst, coach and change partner and facilitate discussion, analyse requirements,, and provide solutions. In whtever shape these solutions might be needed, whether it may be a wireframe, reporting or facilitating discussions. In my role I've supported both clients and worked internlly on projects that improve experience by using my expertise in Experience design. The projects for which I've applied this range from Chatbot design workshops, Agile reorientation programs, to solution focused User acceptance testing. Responsibilities include but not limited to - Customer journey mapping - Agile trainings - Recruitment - Stakeholder management - Business analysis - Feature prioritisation - Planning
HR Officer - Temporary Assignment
Basf Agricultural solutions
Apr 2018 - Oct 2018
7 months
Gent Area, Belgium
HR Coordinator
Daikin Europe
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
3 months
Ostend, Belgium
As HR Coordinator at DAIKIN Europe I specialised in Projects, People, Culture and Communication. Collaborating with affiliates on building best practice approaches for Performance management Helping the organisation deliver on projects such as Succesfactors implementation.
Business Consultant
VALUE.DFreelance
Apr 2015 - Oct 2017
2 years 7 months
Gent Area, Belgium
As a business consultant I supported entrepreneurs and managers in analysing, solving and implementing Business/people solutions: Responsibilities include but are not limited to - Market research - Planning - Improvement of operational processes - Marketing of products - Managing business relations - Sales - Value proposition design - Organisational Culture strategising and implementation (Employer branding, recruitment processes, ... ) - Business analysis - Strategy analysis (Lean canvas, Blue ocean, roadmap, pricing, ... )
International operations partner
CDR Group Bvba
Sep 2016 - Mar 2017
7 months
Kaprijke, Belgium
As a Consultant/Interim operations/business relations partner I supported CDR Group in their quest to improve quality of service as well as the the transferability of their USP's. I did this by mapping, improving and translating the processes/actions/decisions/ ... / into understandable actions/habits and processes that add value. Some activities - Optimise internal documentation process online - Manage key stakeholder relations (Analysis/Action plans/Communication) - Product validation - Organisational culture (Mapping/ ... )
Logistician - Support Logistics Supervisor
Hobon
Dec 2007 - Jan 2016
8 years 2 months
Belgium, WI, USA
As a Logistician I supported the Logistics supervisor in the execution of daily operations. - Administration - Allocation of goods - Substituting logistics supervisor - ... As well as out of role activities - Delivering a Change Action plan designed to improve operational efficiency/efficteveness and profitability. Reducing waste.
VP Public Relations
Toastmasters International
Jun 2014 - Jul 2015
1 year 2 months
Toastmasters Ghent
As a volunteer member of the NGO Toastmasters I took it upon me to tell the story of Toastmasters, it's members, and the near limitless possibiliies of what it means to be a Toastmaster and what it can do for you!
Education
VISO
Multimedia techniques
Ubeon
Systemic NLP Master Practitioner, Neurolinguistic programming
Through studying theoretical frameworks/tools and methodologies, and using these rigorously in a professionally coached environment, as well as many real world situations, we learned to create change within people and people centered systems using a wide variety of techniques. As a Systemic NLP Master Practitioner we are able to identify subconcious and concious processes and know how to create tools that can facilitate change within people and people centered systems.
Ubeon
Systemic NLP Practitioner
Activities and societies: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Systemic Thinking
Students of the Ubeon Academy for NLP are taught to become "Top notch" Systemic thinkers with the capacity to effectively implement change by means of mastery of NLP. To master communication and create lasting natural change in systems. The Ubeon Academy is lead by Stephan Vanhaverbeke, Student of Robert Dilts at the University of California,Santa Cruz.
Young Potentials Summer School
Presenting, Management, Project
Activities and societies: Communication, Marketing, Office skillset, Leadership, Public Speaking
1 week of intense, to-the-point training aimed at developing the core competencies of Students/Graduates. This with the intent and purpose of preparing them for succesfull integration in Top businesses that demand the best.
Open Universiteit
Business Administration, Business Administration and Management, Psychology
The Open University allows students from all-over to study at any time, place or pace. As a result even those that are employed full-time are still able to get a higher education.
Licenses & certifications
Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist
Issued: Oct 2019
BPMN FUNDAMENTALS
Issued: Oct 2019