06/2010 – Present:
Program Manager
Responsibilities: Realizing focus and structure within the company, resulting in running of speedboat program which substantially improve EBIT. Also responsible for strategic reorientation and implementation thereof w.r.t. establishing a commercial cluster.

06/2008 – 05/2010:
Managing Director
Responsibilities: Accountable for establishing. First mover within sector. Development of metering services to internal and external customers.

04/2007 - 05/2008:
Manager Operations
Responsibilities: Establishment of the Operations department of the Company. Defining, from scratch, the required IT systems, processes and organization.

12/2006 – 10/2007:
Manager Procurement
Responsibilities: Professionalization of the procurement department, its customers, our suppliers and systems. Responsible for all maintenance related products & services.

10/2005 – 11/2006:
Program Manager procurement
Responsibilities: Management of wide procurement program consisting of approx. 35 simultaneous procurement projects. Realizing extensive savings (60M) and improving the quality of the procurement services within each business unit.

06/2004 – 09/2005:
Project leader Procurement
Responsibilities: Defining a vision on how to maximize procurement compliance which resulted in a business case for a procurement system (SAP-SRM). Responsible for implementation of SRM for the HQ and optimization of Purchase to Pay processes.

04/2001 – 09/2005:
Vendor Manager/Contract Manager
Responsibilities: Strategic and tactical procurement IT products and services, incl. outsourcing. Mandated in shaping IT procurement by defining and implementing the IT procurement vision, policy, strategy, processes & tools. Realized savings for the business of various million Euros per year.

11/1999 - 03/2001:
Contract Manager
Responsibilities: Procurement of military products and services for the Army and Air force.

03/1998 - 10/1999:
Reservoir Engineer
Responsibilities: Analysis and optimization of several oil and gas reservoirs in the UK and Pakistan.

09/1997 - 12/1997:
Researcher/ Analyst
Responsibilities: Continuation of my thesis study for the faculty Mining & Petroleum Engineering.

10/1995 - 08/1996
Sergeant
Responsibilities: Sergeant with officers training and deployed within NATO HQ.

August 1997
University: faculty Mining & Petroleum Engineering.
Degree: Petroleum Engineering degree (Master of Science) in Training

2008
Course: Functioning of a manager; Management training on irrational en dysfunctional processes (Stichting Bedrijfskunde).

2007
Course: Middle Management Essent; Management training.

2006
Course: Management development; Development Program incl. business strategy course.

2004
Course: Various IT courses such as Information Services Procurement Library, Information Technology Infrastructure Library and Prince 2.

2001 - 2004
Course: Various procurement courses up to to manager level.
Includes Nevi 1, 2 and ISFAH.

Languages

English language skills are excellent (both verbally as well as in writing).

Spanish language skills are basic (both verbally as well as in writing).