2008 – current Purchasing Manager for Europe.
Responsible for managing all direct and indirect purchasing activities and processes in EMEA. Optimize the overall spend strategy for raw materials, as well as indirect purchases.
Representing the EMEA organization at the global Council. It is the council’s task is to identify and execute projects with the objective to improve the overall STP performance from a process and system perspective.
Managing a team of strategic purchasing managers with strong business responsibility.
Straight reporting line to the manager of the EMEA Shared Business Center and a dotted line to the CPO.
Personal skills:
• Extensive purchasing experience
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Organizational awareness
• Interactive, social and no nonsense attitude
• Entrepreneurial driven personality, creative and result / business focussed
• People manager and relation builder
Resluts:
• Analyzed department / organization and identified focus area’s
• Defined strategic objectives for three years. These objectives are aligned with business, corporate objectives and the international STP team
• Defined and implemented STP organization, recruited new staff
• Implemented process and SAP improvements to optimize effectiveness and efficiency
• Developed metrics to measure performance
• Demonstrated leadership and ownership towards the business and C-level management

2004 – 2008 Regional Purchasing Manager EMEA North & South Africa,
Main commodities: Third Party Consulting Services, Marketing, Travel, Facilities, HRM, Cars and IT & Communications.
General Description:
• Manages and optimizes Indirect spend across multiple purchasing categories
• Regional scope including 12 countries and 23 company codes
Managerial tasks:
• Manages managers
• Manages complex virtual organization of internal stakeholders (e.g. aligning objectives, communication realize commitment)
• Communicates at C-level to determine objectives and get buy in for strategic projects
• Manages complex cross country/regional projects
Professional tasks:
• Develop, implement and monitor regional/local purchasing strategies in coordination with STP team and C-level management
• Organizes and heads regularly defined meetings, meetings and events on a regional level
• Operates as the strategic partner at the C-level
• Aligns EMEA strategy and translates into regional GPO strategy (business plans)
• Intermediary between corporate and regional/local management teams
Results:
• Overachieving savings targets for region (year over year)
• Excellent assessment results
• Internal Management evaluation shows above average results on; creating the future, managing performance, building a team and developing people
• Assessment for applying to current role very promising and positive

2001 – 2004 Procurement Manager.
Reporting to the CFO and responsible for the set up of a Procurement Department with a yearly spent of € 22 Mio.
Objective:
• Cost control, supplier reduction, cost savings and customer satisfaction
• Optimizing business processes within the Finance & Accounting Department and company wide
• Participate in Shared Services and Operative Purchasing Centre projects
How?:
• Set up, implement and managing of Procurement Processes and Procedures
• Roll-out MM & SRM, centralization, Communication Portal, set up and assess RfI’s/RfQ’s, optimizing supplier relations and internal customers.
• Troubleshooting.
Member of a Company Global Purchasing Network, within this network I have (a dotted) reporting line to the CPO. Selected countries are united in this network and responsible for defining:
• Global Purchasing Policy.
• Global Cost Saving Policy & Measurement
• Global Policy for the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) model. This will be the basis for implementation of SRM worldwide.

1997 – 2001 Customer Solutions Buyer.
Responsible for procurement activities within Strategic Outsourcing projects. This in very close cooperation with the largest internal customer. The delivered services consist of consultancy, supply chain management, contract management en strategic sourcing in a way that the IBM project- en sales teams can approach/service the market effectively. This process, form Engagement until Service Delivery, was coordinated by me.

1992 – 1997 Superintendent (Food).
Within 2 years I was appointed as superintendent. My responsibilities: procurement, sales, logistic and administrative organization and managing 4 colleagues.

1996 (work placement) Trainee.
Six month training at the Quality department.

1983 – 1992 Various jobs
Catering, insurances/mortgage etc.. But most relevant was the set up of a small “company” based on Network Marketing via the National Safety Association (N.S.A.). Recruiting, educate of new participant and giving presentations was most important.

NEVI III, NEVI I, Procurement Education, Bachelor degree in Business Economics, School for intermediate Business Education, Senior General Secondary Education.

Courses: Experienced Management Development Programm, Optimizing Business processes, SAP Management Development Program, Multiple training in SAP (ERP) business software, SRM, Material Management, BW etc., Project Management, International Buyers and Strategic Outsourcing Class, Sourcing & Strategy Development, Strategic Cost Management, Advanced Negotiations.

Languages: Dutch, English and German.

IT skills: SAP Business Software, MM, EBP en SRM, Microsoft Office, Explorer, Projects, Lotus SmartSuite.