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Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland

Responsible for the development of services, products and activities aiming at improving the sustainabillity of industrial SME's. MVO, CSRD

Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland

Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland

Nieuwegein

Responsible for the management of a team of Industry Association directors and managers, Knowledge Centre managers and their secretary’s who work for 50 different Industry Associations and Knowledge Centres.

Nieuwegein

Responsible for the development of services, products and activities aiming at improving the competitiveness of industrial SMEs through support for implementation of new technologies. The main topics of interest are Industrial Robotics, Additive Manufacturing / 3D (metal) printing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Big Data, New Materials, Sensor Technology and Virtual Reality. Corrently 700 SME's participate in the programme

Ijmuiden, The Netherlands

As a member of the Programme Management Office for the European Procurement Integration Programme responsible for the development and implementation of standardised category management and other procurement processes across Europe. The programme aims to centralize the procurement activities of the major procurement hubs in Europe and to take the Function to a position where benchmark commercial performance can be realised, equivalent to a value of £225m per year by 2014/15. The spend addresses is well above 1Billion £.

Ijmuiden, The Netherlands

As a senior member of the management team responsible for the integration of 27 independent downstream procurement teams into one centralized procurement hub. Responsible for a direct and indirect spend of Eur 470 Mio, across 13 different countries. Developed and implemented a new governance structure; establish common standards and best practice purchasing professionalism; implement a structure for spend visibility and a performance framework for the new procurement organisation; develop and deploy a training programme. Main achievements: Leading the development and transition of an effective international downstream procurement organisation. Managed a large number of (inter) company synergy and savings projects and realized substantial savings.

London, United Kingdom

Developed and managed a commercial training program for over 200 senior account managers and their line managers of Corus Group Plc. Coached and judged over 200 key account development plans. This was done in close cooperation with Krauthammer International

Corby, United Kingdom

Responsible for the initiation and progress of business opportunities; strategic analysis of the steel tube industry and its application sectors (construction, automotive, packaging, energy and engineering); identify and recommend strategic courses of action and facilitate and coordinate the business unit market communication and branding activities. Direct and indirect management of marketing teams, internal and external communication and building market intelligence.Major achievements & contributions: Cold Form and Automotive & Engineering (A&E) Strategy Review; Corus Tubes BU strategy; Business Plan Poland for A&E; Building & Construction marketing strategy UK; developed the Intranet Site for Corus Tubes; reorganised and professionalized the central marketing department. Evaluated and managed the relationship with Corus European sales offices.

Ijmuiden, Nederland

Responsible for the marketing and sales of metallurgical coke with a market value of EUR 52 million. Building up and establishing customer relationships. Manage the sales team for coke. Major achievement in this role was the sales of excessive stock at a price level well above the market price, within a short timeframe.

Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

The FDP is an association for the Dutch Sheet Metal Industry. http://www.fdp.nl/Responsible for initiating and developing the FDP and its activities. Building up and managing the office. Business Administration. Managing a team of employee's and technical advisers. Product and service development. Acquiring new members. Organising knowledge based meetings, focussed on networking and new structures within the industry. Establishing relationship with research and educational institutes, departments and other national and international stakeholders. Main achievement was to build the confederation by acquiring 120 member companies and made the Association well known to, and established a position in the (Manufacturing) Industry.

Developing new markets and applications for existing steel grades for building & construction and automotive applications. Technical Product Development of new grade High Strength Steel (Grade 100) for the US truck market. Developed a market strategy for the Dutch greenhouse market in cooperation with Hoogovens Tubes. Within a market segment team, co-responsible for the sales strategy in the US. Main achievements in this role: the co-development and implementation of a construction related marketing & communication strategy; realized the first commercial trial production of Grade 100 (HSS); successful mid term sales strategy for the US.

Responsible for the marketing and sales, distribution, administration and product development of by products from the steel industry (Blast Furnace Slag, Pitch Tar, Ferric Oxide, Sulphuric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid and Mill Scale). Main markets in Europe, US, Russia and Far East.

Internal consultant for occupational health & safety issues. Manager of major research projects in the Steel Industries’ health & safety area (EGKS funded). Projects Auditor at aluminium smelter Aldel at Delfzijl. Projects for third parties.

Managing research & consultancy projects for the industry

Advanced Industrial Strategic Marketing (Aims)

Managing In An International Business

Safety For Operational Supervisors (Vor)

The Complete Skilled Negotiator

Advanced Selling Techniques

Post-Doc Teaching Degree (1St Grade)

Activities and Societies: Vereniging van bewegingswetenschappers (VIB), Wedstrijdroeien bij Okeanos; Studenten Organisatie Lichamelijke.

Master Of Science (Msc), Human Movement Sciences

Activities and Societies: - Studentvertegenwoordiger in het Algemeen en Dagelijks Bestuur van de varkgroep Functionele Anatomie..

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