2005 - current Purchasing Leader - Central Purchasing Department
- Formulate Purchasing policies and co-ordinate the purchasing activities of the Central Purchasing Dept. (8 persons) within the Heijmans Infrastructure organisation with a value of 600 million euro.
- Managing relationships with the supplier, auditing, problem solving, co-ordinating and communicating the supplier's performance, setting up performance indicators to ensure better achievement.
- Operating autonomously in negotiating and contracting for Quality, Logistics and Purchasing in relation to business requirements.
- Develop and implement essential procedures and improvement plans, assure proper implementation of supplier contracts and documents cost savings proposals.
- Initiate improvement initiatives and coordinate the implementation (internally and externally).

2001 – 2005 Purchasing Group Leader / Initial Buyer Electr(on)ic Materials
- Source and co-ordinate the purchasing of the Electr(on)ic Materials with a value between 7 and 12 million euro with 6 persons.
- Continuous research and investigation in the international purchasing market, positioning suppliers and setting up strategies to maximise the supplier base to ensure the integral costs are kept to a minimum.
- Responsible for operational relations with relevant suppliers according to criteria set in performance measurement and improvement plans and to administer ongoing supplier management programs.
- Initiate improvement initiatives and coordinate the implementation as an active member of the BEST (Business Excellence through Speed and Teamwork) implementation Group (for Purchasing).
- In cooperation with other departments, lead efforts in providing purchasing solutions for internal and external customer’s requirements.
Note: Within the re-organisation plans of the company, this position will been officially terminated in 2005.

1999 – 2001 Initial Buyer SKU (Stock Keeping Units) Materials
Note: The Company has been declared bankrupt in April 2001. Because my wife was employed in the same company, and regardless that we both were asked to remain during the re-start, I decided to move further to the next job.

1998 – 1999 Buyer
Note: Before the year was over, I realised that the function was much to limited and it has been made clear that there was no intention to be changed

1995 – 1996 Sales Assistant (one-year contract)

1994 – 1995 Sales & Production employee (one-year part-time contract)

Integration in the Netherlands
In 1990 I moved to The Netherlands where I had to wait until 1994 to obtain a working permit. During this period, I performed several jobs unofficially in horticulture and gardening.

1989 – 1990 Judo Instructor
- Group leader.
- Judo Teacher.
- Responsible for programme schedules.
- Develop and implement competition tactics.
- Organise and lead training camps.

1987 – 1989 Diverse Positions (Turner, Milling Cutter, Technical Drawer)