Consulting in buying-sourcing-managementImproving efficiency, increasing profitability

Consulting/Interim Management. General Management, Start-Up Management, Change Management, Project Management, Licensing and Consulting for worldwide purchasing, sourcing and trading of various consumergoods for garment/textiles and all kind of hardgoods. This can be for BtoB as well BtoC companies. Also implementing and fulfilling loyalty and promotion campaigns for retail.Consulting several garment companies in Colombia, Bosnia and Georgia. Also actively involved in sourcing projects of webshops.World-Wide available.

Management of sourcing and buying office in the garment industry. Organising and structuring various disciplines like, internal organisation, finance, merchandising, quality control, new supplier sourcing, supplier audit & relation management, CSR/BSCI and logistics.Consulting and managing on site a garment factory in Turkey. The company has grown fast over the last 2 years but is losing money. The company needs investigation and daily advisory to manage the company on a professional way. Analysing all the processes, bringing structure, taking care of compliance and efficiency into the organisation and supervising the management. Reporting to sponsor/moneylender/investorAlso supervising QC staff and coordinating all kind of productions at several factories to take care of a smooth operation of all kind of products made in Turkey and Georgia. Also consulting garment projects in Bosnia and Colombia.

Interim ManagementConsulting, concepting, developing, implementing and fulfilling loyalty and promotion campaigns for retail- and petrolcompanies throughout Europe.

Managing Director of an International Sourcing, Buying and Loyalty company with over 200 employees. Also focus on assortments,buying department, compliance, and setting up Asian buying offices, P&L responsible. Products and assortment simular to department stores. (Garments, toys, small furniture, sports, household-items, kitchen-items, garden,diy, bathroom-items, (home) textiles, gifts, premiums, gadgets and many more)Key contributions:• Almost every year double digit growth. Setting up and expansion new subsidiaries in other European countries. Always making (and increasing) profit. • Setting up new contact management with A-Brands and private label suppliers.• Increasing margin through setting up direct import offices in Asia for all kind of consumer goods• Key account management for the 2 biggest clients• Setting up licensing management department• Setting up new Point of Sales Promotion activities and department.

Managing Director of an international mailorder company in small household products, hometextiles and gadgets. The company was acquired in 1987 and turned out to be not profitable in the future. The company had to be reorganised and to made ready for integration into a sistercompany with headoffice in Germany.

Director Puschasing and Sourcing. Neckermann Mailorder was one of the biggest mailorder companies in the 80’s and 90’s in Europe.Responsible for all assortments ( garments-textiles-hardware) in The Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Responsible for assorment-strategy and sourcing/buying various productgroups like, garments, textiles and hardware.