4/01 - present Procurement Manager.
• American systems integrator and manufacturer of hardware.
• Responsible for the procurement of all Third Party products and services.
• Purchase capacity of 50 million Euros per year.
• Managing a staff of 2 persons.
• Directly responsible for strategic supplier selection, contract negotiations and risk management to requirements of product management, sales and clients.
• Extensively involved in strategic alliance development, large-scale outsourcing projects (BPO) and the development of suppliers.
• Ensuring a proactive, professional procurement presence that brings value-add to revenue generation and client competitive bidding.
• Responsible for marketing of the procurement function within the business units.
• Achieved a substantial reduction of all low value procurement activities, through the introduction of several e-solutions.
• Delivered a contribution of 10% to the net profit over 2003.
• Responsible for department’s budgets and monthly reporting.
• Extensively involved in several Due Diligence projects and organiser of several Reverse- Auctions.

06/00 - 04/01 Director Purchasing and Vendor Management
Leisure airline.
• Directing a team of buyers with the responsibility for the procurement of all products and services required for the operation of Transavia.
• Purchase capacity of 300 million Euros per year.
• Managing a staff of 6 Buyers.
• Directly responsible for strategic supplier selection and vendor management for landing fees, aircraft and passengers’ handling fees, passengers’ taxes, catering, jet fuel and in-flight sales.
• Final responsibility for contract negotiations with airport authorities and governments.
• Shared responsibility for the founding of BASIQ-Air, which included the conceptual and the operational phase.
• Extensively involved in the major outsourcing project of all passenger and aircraft handling activities. Contract value +/- 25 million Euros.
• Reorganized the procurement department, this resulted in a reduction of 2 fte's.
• Extensively involved with the management of the company on a strategic level and a member of the management team.
• Responsible for department budgets and monthly reporting.
• Contributed 9 million Euros to the profit by means of cost reductions.

01/99 - 06/00 Director Component Purchasing and Services.
• Japanese manufacturer of connectors and wire harnesses for the automotive industry.Responsible for the European Supply Chain for all components required for the production of wire harnesses (electrical distribution system for cars).
• Purchase budget of 400 million Euros per year.
• Directing a staff of 53 people located in factories, in Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Turkey and the majority in Belgium.
• Direct responsibility for the departments: Procurement, Planning, Quality (QS9000), Transportation and Warehousing, Inter-company Finance and outsourced production.
• Substantial change management on a standardisation program for Plastics. Reduced raw materials from 15 types to 2 types. This resulted in a cost reduction of 10 million Euros.
• Final responsibility for the consolidation of all logistic suppliers. This resulted in the selection of one European provider and the closing of two warehouses in Spain and England. Total cost reduction 7 million Euros.
• Project leader for a successful implementation on a new MRP system.
• Member of the management team and extensively involved with the management of the company on a strategic level.
• Successful introduction of "Reverse Auctions" (e-auctions).
Responsible for department’s budgets and monthly reporting.

03/94 - 12/98 European Purchasing Manager.
• French-American manufacturer of connectors for the automotive- and telecom industry. Managing a team of buyers with the responsibility for the procurement of all materials and services required for 16 factories, located in Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Austria, France, Ireland and Germany.
• Purchase capacity of 400 million Euros per year.
• Supervising a team of 32 Buyers.
• Direct responsibility for strategic supplier selection, contract negotiations and risk management on requirement of engineering en product management.
• Directly involved with make or buy decisions and responsible for outsourced production.
• Associate initiator and organizer of several global engineering conferences with the subject: the global standardization of plastics. This resulted in a reduction of 25 different types to 7 types. Total cost reduction established with this project: 7 million Euros.
Significant change management on all low value procurement activities. The low value activities were outsourced.
• Extensively involved with the management of the company on a strategic level, member of the management team and direct report to the CEO on the progress of cost reductions.
Responsible for a successful implementation of a new procurement system and a management reporting system to measure the output from procurement.
• Responsible for department’s budgets and monthly reporting.07/90 - 02/94: Manager Procurement and PlanningAmerican software manufacture.Direct responsibilty for procurement, planning and forecasting of all hardware sold. Achievements: Reorganization of the complete logistics process. This resulted in the outsourcing of all logistic related activities.

03/85 - 06/90: Procurement Manager.
Wholesaler and installation company of ships communication equipment with worldwide presence.Supervising a team of 10 buyers, responsible for procurement, for the total Group.Achievements: Re-organized and professionalized the procurement department and successfully implemented a new procurement system.03/80 t/m 2/85 Buyer, from 1982 Procurement ManagerAmerican Oil Company.Direct responsibility for the procurement of all materials and services required for two oil production islands and all exploration projects in the North Sea with a team of 4 buyers.Achievements: Responsible for the implementation of global sourcing and auctioning at large investment projects. Successfully outsourced all low value procurement activities.

10/77 t/m 02/80 Account Manager Commodity broker.