01/07- ongoing Comanufacturing & Packaging Buying Manager.
• Full operational purchasing responsibility for all products not made in house. Roughly 23 suppliers with 12m€+ spend.
• Leading the packaging buying team of 2 buyers and 1 packaging quality technologist based in 2 factories in 2 countries. Roughly 50 suppliers with over 55m€ spend spread over 250 specs and 1200+ items.

02/96-01/07 Various purchasing roles
• Various purchasing roles with increasing responsibilities and varying complexity, strategic implications and spend both in Food and Petcare. First purchasing experience on key Food items like glass and closures followed by European Petcare responsibilities for paper labels, aluminium trays (key for profit) and retort pouches (key for growth).

11/94 -01/96 Product Supply Co-ordinator.
Change project manager for product and packaging changes.

09/93-10/94 Industrial Engineer.
Responsible for capacity calculations, factory efficiency improvements, and factory costings.

Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, VWO.

Training: Various training on a/o. HACCP, negotiations, Buying competences.

Languages: English, German, French.

Software: Good basic knowledge of several software packages to support daily activities. Working knowledge of SAP R3.