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Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Velsen Noord

Assignment: Supporting the development of Operational Excellence across the sideActivities: Training, coaching and consulting leaders and teams at different levels within the organization on topics like, team vision, annual plan, core tools, reporting structures, daily stand-ups, visual management, standard work, problem solving, confirmation etc. As a product owner developing a digital solution for daily inspections related to 5s workplace organisation and CILT activities. Results: - Completed the coaching training program offered by Unleash & Engage, where I coached leaders to develop the behaviors and habits necessary for Operational Excellence within their teams and themselves (both staff and line). The program spans 9 months and 3 'waves,' incorporating theory, coaching, and peer consultation, with a strong emphasis on extensive (self)reflection. Did so at the raw material logistics business unit and the hot strip mill. - Developed a Power Platform based inspection app for the whole site to digitalize inspection outcomes and facilitate a PDCA process through an automated report in PowerBi. - Helped a coke oven plant and laminating line achieve the next maturity state of the Tata OpEx maturity model.

Velsen-Noord, North Holland Province, Netherlands

Assignment: Responsible for the production result of a pickling line producing 2.1M tonnes of pickled steel per year (63 FTE).Activities:Managing the 24/7 operation:- Daily management (approximately 30%) – addressing deviations in safety, environment, quality, production, and logistics.- Continuous improvement (approximately 30%) - developing, maintaining, and implementing SLAs, Risk Identification and Evaluation (RIE), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), MAR-MCP, Control Plan, Work Instructions, A3 problem-solving, etc.- Innovation (approximately 40%) – initiating and executing improvement projects that require modification or new technology.Results: - Established the annual planning process for the selection of initiatives, investment requests, and ensured the structured project management, fostering active participation and engagement from shop floor, management and supporting departments in the continuous improvement of safety, environmental, quality, and production performance. Collaborated with the maintenance manager and technologist to oversee its implementation.- Led various technical projects, successfully delivering outcomes such as the installation of a zoning system, camera inspection system, speed registration, and several modifications to the track control.- Hot commissioning of two major CAPEX projects: the replacement of the tension leveler and the modification of the hydraulic and control system of a butt welding machine.- Achieved Operational Excellence (OPEX) Star 1 and 2, following Tata Steel's maturity model within the department.

Velsen-Noord

Assignment: Together with the production manager responsible for a cold mill, annually producing 1.4M tonnes of cold rolled steel and a temper mill, annually producing 580K tonnesActivities: see experience aboveResults: - Executed a project from engineering to commissioning for an enhanced inspection booth for the finished product. - Emphasized visual management, including on-the-floor project reporting, the development, setup, and construction of a live dashboard for the shop floor. Digitized and visualized action and decision lists for daily supervision across multiple workstations.

Velsen-Noord

Assignment: together with the production manager responsible for the production result of a pickling line producing 2.1M tonnes of pickled steel per year.Activities: see experience aboveResults: - Established a SDCA (Standardize, Do, Check, Act) cycle for weekly product quality inspection in collaboration with the internal customer (PQI).- Developed a capacity expansion plan consisting of four modifications. Led three of these projects from ideation to execution before transitioning to my new role.- Provided support for an automation project, resulting in the robotization of approximately 20% of physical tasks, equivalent to around 10% of the workforce.

Haarlem En Omgeving, Nederland

Individual scientific research for graduation, fulltimeResult: a "servitization framework" that provides a roadmap to capital equipment manufacturers for pursuing a servitization strategy. The framework presents guidelines and techniques to overcome challenges from the strategic to operational level within the organization, marketing, engineering and logistics

Amsterdam

Summer internship, parttime (8 hours/week)Assignment: defining and developing a standard production planning within a configure to order (CTO) environment Result: a planning based on a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), which defines timeslots for engineering, purchasing, production and testing

Velsen-Noord

Summer internship, fulltimeAssignment: individual research aiming to reduce the natural gas consumption of a batch annealing factory (approx. 5 million euro/year)Result: a renewed work instruction for the preventive maintenance of the burners.

Haarlem

Study related internship, fulltimeActivities: supported assembly and measurement department

Master Of Science (Msc), Management Of Technology

Specialisation: Supply Chain Management (3 courses) Free courses: Economics & Finance (2 courses)

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Mechanical Engineering

Minor: Project Management (8 courses)

Vwo, Natuur & Techniek