April 2004- Currently Independent Procurement Professional.

September 2000- April 2004 Senior Consultant and Interim Manager.
Projects and duties included:
• Ad Interim Purchasing for Hospital. Portfolio and Process Management related to the all necessary purchasing to get the new building operational in time. Supplier & software selection for Hospital Quality System/ Processes.
• Help set up a new retail lifestyle store concept. Operations & Recruitment Manager, Dir. Store Utrecht, help define own furniture & complementary collection, store concept and image branding.
• Ad Interim purchasing regional Police. Mainly tactical purchasing and advice regarding diverse procurement issues, tenders and conditions, including Furniture, IT (Arbi) and Telco negotiations.
• Ad Interim Procurement Segment Manager Infrastructure-Middleware for Dutch Bank. Look for new optimisation opportunities following centralisation of business, systems and I(C)T policies and translate into strategic and tactic segment plan. Execute identified projects, renegotiate standards and / or downsize supplier base, review maintenance requirements. Strong focus on procurement process and further professionalize of procurement function
• Sourcing, negotiations and contracting major IT systems, projects and programs for Dutch largest Insurance Company. Strategic procurement plan. International outsourcing of IT.
• Program Manager for the set up of strategic sourcing department for a Dutch Province and implementation of new purchasing policy aiming at improvement of Tender processes to comply to European guidelines. Planning and coordination of team workload. Recruitment activities, administrative organisation, IT and communication issues.

• Explore marketing & sales activities in setting up new business unit Interim Services
• Project leader of strategic TCO project involving home connection materials for largest Dutch utilities company. Program included spend analysis, opportunity assessment of standardization and aggregation of materials, volume consolidation, supplier and inventory reduction, improved logistics etc. Successful out of the box sessions with major suppliers for future design and further simplification of materials and working methods. After idea generation and identification of savings, feasibility evaluation and prioritisation of ideas led to procurement strategy and implementation plan. Using this method, a minimum savings potential of ten times the target was reported. Road show of presentations throughout the company to ensure knowledge capture and support for further implementation
• Analyze cost, spend and budget of the main BU of major Dutch utilities company in order to identify savings and improvement potential. Translate into 3-year strategic procurement plan and tactic action plan.
• Joint research with Compendium Public Procurement legal specialists to evaluate the opportunities of eSourcing in the utilities and public sectors
• Project leader for the development of sector flyers for Compendium Electronic Commerce
• Marketing of the eSourcing proposition of Compendium Electronic Commerce by organizing and executing workshops including a live auction for Compendium’s client base Preparation, execution and category expertise in several downward virtual auctions, including identification of categories, sourcing & process strategy and supplier selection
• eProcurement system Supplier Selection for an Airline Company

March 1998 – September 2000 Controller.
Duties included: make/buy business cases, Capex & review of Capex proposals, Monthly Reports to Board of Management, MIS project, Budget process & Forecast related activities, ad hoc inquiries

November 1997 - March 1998 Product Manager Freight.
Duties included: market research, product development and management, pricing/costing and integration activities. Represented Marketing department in ‘InCab’ project to automate vehicles

November 1995 - November 1997
Duties included: Project-Management: Business process and organisation redesign. Extend track & trace system with a financial module. Definition of IT functional requirements

March 1994 - October 1995 Branch Manager for International Airlines in The Netherlands, Sales & Marketing Representative Europe
Duties included: Set up European branch office. Perform market research and business development offering high quality aviation services,
Establish and maintain liaison with commercial accounts for the wet-lease of (B747F and DC8/DC9) freighter aircraft.

1993 Reuters Press Agency
Project member - introduction Air Cargo Index
As part of an electronic Air cargo news and capacity trade system Reuters intended to introduce

Spanish language; Interior design; Project management; IT ordering systems for the interior industry; Powers of Communication; Consultancy Skills; Managing People; Course Interior Design ; The Bullet Proof Manager; Trainee X International Airlines; Economics - University Speciality: Airfreight Economics & Marketing Management Atheneum-B.

IT Skills: MS Office, eSourcing software, (e)Procurement / logistic systems.
Keen interest for and affinity with, SCM systems and Web related opportunities