Since 04.2005 Regional Director Category Management Europe.
• Member of the Indirect Procurement Europe Management Team.
• Responsibility for sourcing of all indirect materials within Europe, through a procurement category management organization.
• Procurement category management organization consists of 7 Category Teams: Marketing Services; Logistics & Supply Chain; IT Services; Research & Development; Construction Capital and Facility Services; Consulting Labor & Professional Services, Fleet & Travel. Organization size 27; 7 direct reports.
• Annual spend €3.5 Billion
• Development of strategies, policies, processes and sourcing initiatives
• Leading the Innovation process.
• Act as business partner for corporate and affiliate stakeholders.
• Deliver business plans as agreed with the businesses.
• Lead in/outsourcing strategy development and process execution.
-> Designed the current Indirect Procurement Europe organization in a team of 5 persons and build the current organization from the beginning to its current size and maturity.

11.03-03.05 Procurement Director.
• Member of the Management Team.
• Responsible for sourcing of all direct and indirect materials.
• Responsible for the set up and execution of the annual procurement business plan based upon overall business plan.
• Responsible for the in/outsourcing process.
• Global leader of the Procurement Council.
• Introduce e-sourcing processes.
• Lead major negotiations.
• 11 direct reports.
• Annual spend €220 Million.

12.98-10.03 Global Commodity Team Manager.
• Responsible for setting up and managing global direct sourcing teams for direct materials.
• Total number of teams 6: Plastic Raw Material, Corrugated, Moulds, Cord Sets, PCBA’s and Fasteners.
• Lead big tenders with major global suppliers
• Worked on several specific procurement projects in Asia.
• Worked ad interim as Procurement Manager in 2 production sites.

05.95-11.98 Vice President Purchasing & Logistics Gallagher Europe.
Business: import sales and distribution of fencing materials; family owned business.
• Member of the Management Team
• Responsible for all Procurement and Logistics operations (incl. transport; inventory control; ERP system)
• Priority: to manage a rapid growing business; resources and inventories
• Implementation of new ERP system
• Customer support (a.o. back office sales)
• Negotiations with suppliers
• 15 direct reports

04.90-04.95 General Manager.
Business: design, sales and production of office and school furniture
• Heading the company’s management Team
• Responsible for the realization of the annual business plan as agreed with the board of directors
• Responsible for renewal of the company’s production assets. The company’s machine park was old fashioned and had a low automation level
• Upgrading of quality of workforce throughout the whole company
• Growing market share in office furniture market and maintaining market leadership in school furniture

04.86-03.90 QA/QC Manager.
Business: production of coffeemakers, irons and vacuum cleaners (600 people).
• Responsible for Quality Assurance system (ISO9001) and Quality. Control in the production (5 people in day shift / 8 people in rotating shifts).
• Implementation of ISO9001 system
• Responsible for contacts and reports to internal clients at other sites.
• Responsible for contacts with suppliers about quality of supplied material.
• Responsible for accurate reporting systems.

11.80-03.86 Systems Designer for oil and gas industry.
• Designing installations for gas and oil industry.
• Perform system assessments on locations of the client.

International Business Studies, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Technical High School-Techanical Engineering.
Basic Technical Education

Languages: English, German and Dutch.

Computer Skills: Windows, Microsoft Office, Ariba.