2001-Current Global Director Indirect Procurement.
Objectives:
• Lead Media and Advertising Best Practices roll-out
• Point of Connection Standardisation and Efficiency
• Start up China Sourcing Operations (IPO)
• Realize Global savings of +60mio€
• Restructure of POCM Procurement structure (headcount reduction)
• Reduction of Working Capital
• Development of People capabilities in Strategic Thinking
• Global Logistics sourcing
• General Services + IT/IS sourcing
Responsibilities:
• Global Indirect Spend 3,3bio€
• Procurement responsible for Sales and Marketing Package
• Manage Global Pocm team (1 Director +4 Global Buyers +35 buyers in all zones)
• Manage Global Marketing Services team (1 Director + 4 Global Buyers)
• Manage Global Logistics team (1 Director + tbd)
• Manage Global Non- Commercial procurement (1 Director + 3 Global Buyers)
Achievements:
• Implementation of Advertising Decoupling between Production and Fees, and implementation of structured pricing
• Structuring of Research and Insights in order to have single resource center and globally aligned measure (Qualitative and Quantitative)
• Launch of Global Media Buying and country pitch processes
• Implementation of Global POCM Menu (with zone Presidents)
• Re-organization of Commercial Procurement: from country to category buying, From country Buying to Global Level
• Auction Week in every zone (NA, EU, CEE, APAC) +/-200 auctions
• Setting up of Manufacture-to-Customer Supply Chain (LCCS/Logistics/Building Blocks)
Trainer for:
• Advertising
• Insight into PET Commercial structure
• Benchmarking
• Legal/Contract awareness
• Competitive Bidding
• Strategic Sourcing
• Negotiation
• E-sourcing and e-auctions

1997–2001 Procurement Manager, Brussels & Geneva.
Reporting to the Group manager (Carton & Plastics Packaging)
Objectives:
• Reduce Cost, Drive Innovation, Sustainable Growth, Standardization & Rationalization
• Develop Best Practices for Global Deployement
Responsibilities:
• European Buyer Carton Packaging: Spend 30mio€, complexity reduction program
• European Buyer Plastic Packaging: Spend 45mio€ (Injection molding, Thermoforming, Bottle Blowing)
• European Buyer Corrugated Packaging: Spend 60mio€ (52 plants across Europe, first x-business unit standardization)
• E-sourcing Manager: involved in startup of Transora
Achievements:
• Standardisation of 2 key carton sizes for Washing Powder in Central and Eastern Europe (800k€)
• Renegotiation of Sprayer contracts for Europe ( Febreze & Mr Clean) 1.2mio €
• Global Buyer Dreft/Fairy caps (2mio €)
• European tender (e-rfx) for Corrugated cartons (640k€)
Reason(s) for leaving:
• New opportunity (Headhunted)
• End of Expatriate Package, transition year to local package

1996-1997 International Sales and Marketing

MBA in Marketing & Communication, KHL (Marketing Degree), Secondary School, Primary School South America

Courses: P&G Procurement Trainings, Insead / Wharton Executive MBA

Languages: English, German, French, Dutch and Spanish.