From 05/99 till 05/08 Director Purchasing
Production of cigars (personnel in total: +-3.000)
• Managing 5 persons
Responsibility and results :
1. Total purchasing
- Packaging (BOM except for tobacco);
- Technical & general materials;
- Facilities;
- Investments (machines).
2. Organizational improvements:
- MRP;
- ISO 9001 & ISO 14001;
- Sarbanes & Oxley;
- Project Mata Hari (production from Belgium to Indonesian).
3. Structural improvements:
- From paper to digital filing (integrated uniform working base);
- Integration of Supply Chain Management by cross-functional team building;
- Reduction of number of suppliers;
- Development of comprehensive Vendor rating system (above world-class level);
- Development and management of Long term agreements;
- Corporate Purchasing regarding Swedish Match Group & industrial area X;
- Price evolution management by dynamic analysis;
- Strategic Plan compliant to organizational targets;
- Target settings, including implementation of measurement systems.
4. Integral cost savings:
- Purchasing: tremendous cost reductions;
- Logistics: reduction of minimum order quantity and halving lead times;
- Production: material choice and packing solutions versus production efficiency;
- Marketing: follow up innovations and early involvement of suppliers;
- Accounting: payment term extensions and payment discount for short term.

From 01/97 till 05/99 Manager Purchasing/Logistics
Production of 24 hours-shops (personnel: 60)
• Managing 6 persons
Responsibility and results:
1. Purchasing
- Total purchasing of technical/general materials and facilities;
- Structuring the organization of Purchasing by implementation procedures;
- Cost savings (till 10%);
- Development of Vendor rating system;
- Reduction of number of suppliers;
- Early-involvement via cross-functional teams;
- Selling of obsolete stock.
2. Logistics
- Restructuring warehousing;
- Improvement stock accuracy from 50% till 98%;
- Stock reduction;
- Service parts organization (incl. traceability).

From 06/94 till 12/96 Consultant Logistics (independent)
Textiles weaving and printing (personnel: +- 3.500)
Responsibility and results:
1. Implementation of Total Quality Control project
- reorganization per production department;
- efficiency improvement;
- introduction product/process control;
- reduction set-up times;
- reduction production batches;
- stock reduction;
- job rotation;
- improvement of preparation processes;
- integrated standardization.
2. Selection of a standard integrated software system
3. Improvement of the co-ordination between sales, purchasing, accounting, production and support functions

From 01/90 till 05/94 Manager Logistics/Purchasing.
Production of candles (personnel: +- 150 à 200)
• Managing directly 5, indirectly 18 persons
Responsibility and results:
1. Planning (1.5 persons)
- Implementation MRP II
- Co-ordination forecast/real sales
- Improvement of the delivery performance (from 45% to 85%)
- TQC-project : JIT
2. Purchasing (2.5 persons)
- Reorganization of the work structure
- Cost savings
3. Logistics (14 persons)
- Improvement of the stock accuracy (65% to 95%)
- Improvement stock capacity by introducing random locations
- Outsourcing warehousing & transport

From 12/79 till 12/89 Manager Logistics
Textielveredelingsindustrie
• Managing 7 persons
Responsibility and results:
1. Optimal production planning
2. 100% stock accuracy and minimal stock levels
3. Improvement of the delivery performance (from 75 to 98 %)
4. Eureka-project Stork (optimizing production)
5. Management of complaints (internal/external)
6. Project ERP System

CPIM, Post university APICS, Accounting-Information Technology, Latin-Sciences, Latin-Mathematics.

Courses: Global sourcing, Project management, Auditor, General Management, Integrated Supply Chain Management, Purchasing VIB, Production planning and Management of Delivery performance, General Management, Excel, Sales management, Word, MRP I-II, Management Logistics.

Languages: Dutch, English, German and French.