July 2008 - Present Senior IT Contract Manager.
Position:
• Manager of the IT Contract & License department, head of a team of 2 license and 2 contract managers
• Member of the IT staff.
• Chairman of the IT Software Policy Board
• Steering committee member for IT projects
Key area’s of responsibility:
• Owner of all IT contract & license processes, including asset management
• Implementation of new and improvement of existing processes for IT Contract & License department
• Full compliancy for all IT licenses used
• Further professionalization of IT contracts. Lead or support IT Contract Managers in negotiations with vendors for new contract and improvement of existing contracts
• Centralization of IT contracts (used to be dispersed among IT, Legal, Procurement and Business)
• Department is the single point of contact for the business (incl IT), procurement, legal and vendors for all IT contract related issues or questions
• Centralization of cross-sector IT licenses and maintenance
• Responsible for centralized IT licenses and maintenance budget
• Relocation of single sector application budget to the respective sector (license compliance and maintenance renewals stay under the control of my department via the implemented processes)

July 2007 – June 2008 IT Contract Manager.
Position:
• Reporting to the Senior IT Contract Manager
• Project board member for IT projects
Key area’s of responsibility:
• Co-responsible for managing all worldwide contracts, tenders and escalations management and administration activities
• Point of contact for the business (incl IT), procurement, legal and vendors for all IT contract related issues or questions.
• Provides solutions and value-add to IT management on contracts, tenders (RFI, RFQ and RFP’s) and escalations with IT vendors
• Provides consultation in IT service expansions and deletions
• Support the operational organization to deal with contractual issues effectively
• Challenge internal requirements to ensure that these requirements reflect the actual need
• Create, renew and terminate contracts with suppliers within IT contract guidelines and review and approve any amendments to IT contracts
• Owner of the internal contract approval flow
• Maintain clear communication with stake holders in the business, IT, procurement, legal and vendors on IT contract related activities
• Maintain the integrity of the contract database, websites and other reporting tools

1999 – June 2007 Global Sourcing Manager IT Services & Hardware.
Position:
• Contract manager for all global IT hardware & IT lease contracts
• Contract manager for all datacenter and email environment related contracts
Key area’s of responsibility:
• Global strategic procurement of IT Services & Hardware
• Manage supplier selection processes and contract implementations
• Formulate, monitor and lead project plans, in accordance with requirements
• Manage project teams to analyze business requirements and transform these into (global) IT solutions
• Supplier Account Manager for selected strategic IT suppliers
• Development and maintenance of global commodity strategies and supplier management plans in accordance with the strategic direction of Philips IT & Purchasing
• Identify and anticipate on new business requirements that are aligned with market developments
• Identification and realisation of savings opportunities
• Participate in service management meetings of internal IT organisations
• Contract management, aligned with the Contract Management Process Framework
• Pro-actively manage key stake holders in the implementation of and compliance with global contracts and purchasing related issues
• Maintain clear communication with Corporate and Business Divisions, regions, countries and sites on IT purchasing related activities
• Maintain the integrity of the contract database, websites and other reporting tools
• Manage and optimise organisational processes, identifying and implementing improvement opportunities

1998 – 1999 Purchasing Manager.
Responsible for initial purchasing of IT. Conducting market research of current and future developments, selection and evaluation of suppliers. Negotiate, renew and finalize contracts.

Bachelor in Higher Professional & Commercial Education (HEAO CE) - International Marketing Management, MEAO – Economics.

Courses & Education: ITIL Foundation, Project Management, Managing change, Prince2 Foundation, Consulting skills, Leading complex projects, Teamleadership, NEVI Outsourcing, Driving World Class Excellence, Communicating for Results, Finance and Management Control, Strategic Cost Management, EU Competition law, Ethical and business behaviour, Cultural Awareness, Account Management, International Professional Training Course for Purchasing.

Languages: Dutch and English.