August 2002 – current Member of the Parents board
- Reviewing existing vendor contracts and where necessary renegotiate new terms and conditions.
- Establish cost savings in various areas.
- Develop and implement sponsorship guidelines, procedures and sponsorship contracts, raising funds by organizing sponsor events.
- Establish a business associates/sponsor club, develop and implement relationship management.
- Mediator between local authorities and primary school, mainly focussed on legal issues.
- Organisation of several events.

April 2003 – December 2003 Consultant
- Organization scan and reviewing processes and procedures, proposing and implement new organization structures.
- Reviewing customer and vendor contracts, renegotiate new terms and conditions.
- Implement relationship management and quality control tools.
- Establish cost saving in various areas.

January 2003 – March 2003 Consultant
- Implementing relation management en quality control tools.
- Negotiate and implement framework agreements
- Establish cost savings

December 2001 – December 2002
- Sabbatical

January 2000 – November 2001 Manager Purchasing Europe
- Development of Purchasing strategies and tactics.
- Negotiate and implement, on national and international (European) level, Framework agreements.
- Vendor management, which means relationship management, quality control, vendor appraisal.
- Establish a purchase department as a new discipline in the organisation, in 12 European countries.
- Implement a purchase and logistics IT-system.
- Main purchase focus areas are; ICT, Marketing, Travel & Hotels, Facilities.

October 1996 –December 1999 Contracts and Procurement manager Benelux
- Being a member of the European Procurement Team, responsible for implementation and realisation of a Procurement department in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- Purchase hardware and software as well as services on behalf of projects.
- Negotiate and implement, on national and international (European) level, Framework agreements
- Responsible for contracting IT-specialists on projects, currently managing 85 people and the number is increasing.
- Supporting the German and Swiss organisation on Procurement issues.
- Vendor management, which means relationship management, quality control, vendor appraisal.
- Currently managing 5 persons (directly) and 85 persons on projects (indirectly).
- Supporting the Global Bid Management Organisation on all Procurement related issues.

November 1994 – September 1996 Purchase manager
- Reviewing purchase procedures also related to the other divisions; propose new and efficient procedures.
- Responsible for the integration of two purchase departments, restructure and reorganise.
- Negotiations on National and International level with vendors about the realisation of Framework agreements.
- Developing new strategies and vendor relationship management
- Quality control and vendor appraisal.
- Manager of 12 persons.

June 1991 - October 1994 Purchase manager
- Establish a purchase department as a new discipline in the organisation
- Developing strategies towards other divisions as well as to vendors
- Negotiations on National and International level with vendors about the realisation of Framework agreements
- Introduce a quality system and quality controls
- Reorganise and improve logistics
- Implement a purchase and logistics IT-system
- Purchasing all needed products and services
- Responsible for building a new plant and warehouse outside of Amsterdam
- Managing 7 persons

January 1990 - May 1991 Senior Buyer
- Make an inventory of all contracts on behalf of subcontractors, propose new guidelines and procedures
- Contacting IT-specialists on behalf of projects, negotiate rates, terms and conditions
- Negotiate on National and International level with vendors about the realisation of Framework agreements.
- Implement new communication structures between purchasing and other divisions
- Managing 2 persons

January 1989 - December 1989 Assistant Public Relations
- Write articles about the company on behalf of special interest magazines and newspapers
- Organisation of special and promotion events
- Communication with local authorities about environment and allowance issues
- Investigation of internal communication procedures, proposed new and improved procedures.

November 1982 - December 1988 Buyer
- Purchase paper, ink and other needed production materials
- Responsible for environment issues
- Budget control and outlook
- Also responsible for logistics

Law study University International Law, Secondary technical education, Printing Industry) part time education, University entrance examination, Higher general secondary education, Advanced elementary education.

Other qualifications: NEVIE 1 + 2, Public Relations and Public Relations management, Winning Negotiations 1 + 2, Purchase conditions, Purchase and Law, Contract negotiations, ISFA Procurement management, World Class Leadership high level management training, Team and Project management, Introduction to business finance, Presentations skills, Procurement Leadership Development, Personal effectiveness and Influencing Skills, Understanding and Communicating the Value Proposition.