2004 – 2006 a. Interim purchaser & development manager
Tasks & responsibilities
- Project leader for development of new products.
- Coaching of colleagues within their field of responsibility.
- Coaching of suppliers.
- Responsible for the realisation of customer’s requirements and sales commitments.
- Technology and concept studies for future development projects and cost improvements.
- Implementation of 3D design and outsourcing/in-sourcing at suppliers.
b. Business manager
- Arranging the patent of a lamp holder.
- Development in cooperation with suppliers.
- Intellectual property and ownership of the tooling, designs, prototyping in relation to production marketing & sales.

2002 – 2004 a. Interim Supplier Account manager
– TMS Eindhoven
– Euro-Techniek Veldhoven
– Inalfa Tooling Venray
– HTP Tooling Eindhoven
– Lights Interaction Agro B.V.
- Matching offers and requirements of toolmakers for tooling for automotive parts production, sheet metal tooling and plastics injection moulding tooling.
- Outsourcing tooling manufacturing.
- Engineering consultancy, cost improvements, lead-time reductions, technology of production tooling.
b.Interim Purchasing Manager
- Coaching and reorganizing the purchasing group.
- Implementation of commodity and article coding.
- Manage relationship with key and strategic suppliers and patent sensitive articles and consumables.
- Implementation of supply-positioning en attractiveness-models.

2001 – 2002 Interim Purchasing manager
Purchasing manager for all ‘hot end’ equipment’ of a glass factory in China.
- Arranging initial purchasing.
- Arrange time to market for the worldwide supplies to China within above field of responsibility.
- Arranging cooperation between USA, China and European suppliers
- Arrange implementation of a Chinese equipment manufacturer

2000- 2003 Interim purchaser.
- Translate engineering data from proto type production into mass production from Europe to Asia ; Creative Display Solutions
- Equipment for a capacitor factory
- Hydraulics and mechanical parts and equipment
- Cost improvements of Chip mounting equipment

1996 – 2000 Senior buyer
Outsourcing mechanical assembly of high Tech Equipment.
- Initial purchasing activities, cost reductions of mechanical and vacuum products and parts.
- Support Purchasing Services Nederland with leverage and cost savings projects.
- Analysis and implementation of van supply- positioning and attractiveness- models.