2004 - now Global Category Manager IT & Outsourcing.
- Responsible for all ICT spend (1.8 bln) within Europe, saving > 150 mln per annum. Responsible for team of 10 FTE in UK and Amsterdam and worldwide responsible for coordination of all IT project (regions Europe, USA, Brazil and Asia).
- Part of the of the IT outsourcing project (5 bln) as negotiator and part of the commercial core-team.
- Lead a value generation program to use our supplier base to generate value on the client side, eg. Offer our auto lease contract to offer the same conditions to our business customers
- Part of MT Procurement Europa. Results and experiences as part of the MT
- Help starting / organizing a Vendor Management organization for managing the IT outsourcing deal
- Implementing E-procurement tool Ariba (eRFX and Contract database)
- Category planning rolled out for more than 75 % of the spend
- SRM for the 50 most important suppliers
- Merge and change the UK en Amsterdam procurement department
- Outsourcing of low value and low risk procurement work

2000 - 2004 Manager IT Procurement.
Responsible for specification(partly), negotiation and contracting major ICT investments. Responsible for a team of 6 persons. ICT Purchasing budget 300 mln Euro.

1998 - 2000
- Sales Engineer, Responsible for proposals for tunnel ventilation systems
- Project Procurement Manager till September 1999, Responsible for contracting all components for tunnel ventilation systems.
Also responsible for implementing ERP software (Baan IV) and selecting a project control software system (Picture)

1996 - 1998 Head of Procurement.
Responsible for Purchasing, sub-contracting en logistics.
Member of Management-Team.

1995 - 1996 Division Cooling Fans - Marketing employee.
Carrying out a Strategic Analyses for the Cooling
Fan market and a feasibility study for a new kind of fan.

1991 - 1992 Sales & Marketing Department.
Starting a Marketing Information System. (education practical period)

Bedrijfskunde, Technische Bedrijfskunde - Electrontechniek, ISFAH 35, Nevi II (geen diploma), Nevi I

Courses: arketing NIMA A, NIMA B and partly NIMA C, Sales course, 5) Assessment conversation training, Project management, Audits, Quality assurance NEN-ISO 9001, Effective conversation and meeting techniques, Prince2 foundation, Listen - interpretation and communication, Coaching of competencies, Leadership Course (top course for 100 High potentials).

Languages: Dutch, English, German, Scottish, French.

Worked with the following software: Baan, Ariba, Picture, Pascal, Lotus , Dbase IV, MS, SPSS, Access and other.