July 2009 – current
MANAGER CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
o Tactical management level
o Project based supervision (per project, the supervision of 2 / 3 people)

Responsible for :
o Leading and coordinating (Benelux)category management projects for category improvements; focussed on ‘buying plans’, ‘assortment optimizations’, ‘fair pricing’, ‘supplier management’, ‘private label development’, ‘visual merchandising’,’ store lay-out projects’, ‘promo calendars’.
o developing category strategies and buying tactics, and coordinating the implementation of the outcome.
o improving the category management knowledge and skills of buyers.
o advice reports for the board and the management team

Main experiences for this job
o coordinated (Benelux ) category relaunch projects
o developed and implemented the standard category management process.
o coached buyers on developing category management skills
o coordinated many category management projects.
o developed ‘placemat’ – translation of the formula strategy into category roles and strategies for the buyers

Feb 2007 – July 2009
RETAIL BUYER / CATEGORY MANAGER
Responsible for :
o setting and gaining commercial purchase targets, for the categories:
Caulking’s & Adhesives, Fillers, Technical & Cleaning liquids, Tapes, Wallpaper accessories, Camping & Outdoor, Swimming pools & accessories, Fireplaces, and Gardening
I helped out my colleagues for a few months by buying the categories: Carpets, Children room decoration, Window decoration, Wallpaper, and Roof protection materials.

Main experiences for this job
Purchasing
o Define targets, stocks and turnover. Responsible for gaining the targets.
o Select the right assortments and products, and define consumer price levels.
o Figure out different supplier strategies. Bargaining experiences. Experience in A-brands and Private labels.
o Co-operate with the central purchase office, for improving synergy with the other formats.
o Experienced in international purchase tenders.
o Responsible for managing supply chain and making distribution comparisons
o To visit international retail formats, Factories, and shows.

Category management
o Responsible for category performances and category profits
o Define category lay outs. Concept thinking. based on profit analysis.
o Experienced in international Category management projects
o Define and develop in store promotion and information materials, to help the customer.
o Develop Private label strategies, like positioning, quality and packaging
o Experienced in developing new retail concepts. Customer focused.
o Define promotion planning.
o Organizing category product changes and implementing new ideas in the stores.

July 2005 – Feb 2007
Responsible for:
o developing and managing financial and commercial forecasts and targets, for the lingerie category.

Main experiences for this job
o Responsible for analysis on performance, supplier management, stocks, stock turns, and category lay outs.
o For 6 months, I had to substitute the buyer. She left the company and for 6 months the manager could not find a new buyer.
o Experience in Category management projects, under supervision of a consultancy company.

July 2003 – July 2005
RAYON MANAGER “GASTRO-INTESTINAL & CARDIOVASCULAR”
Main experiences for this job
o Responsible for sales and growth targets
o Organizing courses for medical professionals.
o Expand the target group
o Organizing and managing my own tasks, planning and personal developments.

1999 – 2003
MANAGEMENT BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Dutch:” Technische Bedrijfskunde”
”Specialized in Business development engineering
Business.
I changed from the university toward the HTS, because of the pragmatic way of education

1997 – 1999
PSYCHOLOGY
Alternative for medical school. After my 4th raffle, I changed to Business Engineering.

1990 – 1997
GYMNASIUM
Graduated in: Dutch, Latin, English, German, Mathematics A, Physics, Chemistry, History

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES
Purchasing NEVI 1
Sales NIMA A via the Business.
Management Individual coaching, Time management, Category management.
Excel Basis and Advanced level – I work on expert level
Business English

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, Word – Advanced/ Expert level
SAP,SAP Retail, SAP Warehouse

LANGUAGES
I speak / write / read Dutch, native speaker
English, university level
German, Grammar school level
French, basic level – can be developed