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Almere, Fl, Nl

Utrecht, Netherlands

Responsible for all commercial activities within Carpetright. Carpetright has a 100+ retail location within the Netherlands and Belgium. Within this organisation I have full responsibility for Retail/ Marketing/ Category Management/ B2B and Retail Operations.

Gemeente Eemnes, Utrecht, Netherlands

Helping retailers getting the maximum out of their business. In over 20 years I gained a lot of experience in retailing. Nowadays I use these experiences to help and guide retailers commercially and financially to optimize their business. This could be in a couple strategic sessions but also in interim assignments for a longer period. Need any help with your business? I'am able to help you in every phase of your company. From start up/ scale up to company sale/ termination and every phase in between.

Heerhugowaard, North Holland, Netherlands

As a strategy consultant I am helping this retailer/ industrial game changer to make the shoe industry morecirculair.They have the best solution to create new raw materials out of shoes.

Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands

Interim Category Management non-green/ developing category plans for different categories/ starting new initiatives.

Geldermalsen

My responsibility at IGM Holding was to optimize the results of all Retail activities (including P&L/ budget) linked to the formulas Baderie (49 stores), Bad in Beeld (45 stores), InstalCenter (41 stores) and Badkamerwinkel (5 store). Building strategies, optimize store concepts, marketing & buying, developing websites & apps and manage the teams. This all monitoring financial results and make adjustments where necessary. A strategic as well as a hands on job. Lessons learned out of our own stores were used to help our franchisees better and learn more about our market and stores. This all with keeping up our guidancy and advice to our retailers what they may expect from us.

Hoevelaken

- Add 12 new stores to the formula within 2 years- Guide and advice at openings and renovations - Preparing operating budget for Runnersworld- Optimized financial result to an acceptable contribution within Euretco- Final responsibility for the operating result of the profit center Runnersworld- Optomizing Runnersworld benchmark for more than 20 stores- Optimizing EDI for al stores- Draught a proposal how to fill in the online strategy- Draught a proposal to start a new way of analyzing consumers- Started up Runnersworld strategy 2018- Expand the team with a Retail Manager to keep up the level of guidancy and advising retailers- Winner Retail year Prize 2013 and 2014At the end the team excisted out of 6 persons including myself from which 4 reported directly to me (and one trainee)

Breda Area, Netherlands

Responsible for all the buying activities of SPORT 2000';- Professionalize the purchasing team (reorganise)- Optimize purchasing budgeting & IT- Improved purchasing conditions- Introducing Champion Program (clustering buying volume at less supplier to increase conditions) - Reduction of stocks in all stores- Overseer within the categories of casual/ bath-beach and active. Both complete new assortiments and directly order products at relevant suppliers- Start up the SPORT 2000 webshop in terms of filling the range of products- Budget responsible for all franchise locations with regard to purchase (40 stores)- To organize purchase days- Preparing the sales of the SPORT 2000 formula concerning the merger- The team consisted out of 14 people including myself of which 7 reported directly to me. - Part of the SPORT 2000 Management Team

Breda Area, Netherlands

Responsible for sport retail brand Runnersworld;- Winner Retail year Prize 2010- Introduce new logo and shop concept- Introduce webshop- ‘Produced’ TV-program RunnersLife - Opened 5 new stores within 1 ½ year. From the first start till the opening of the store- Guide and advice at openings and renovations- Preparing operating budget for Runnersworld- Bringing the operating result of net loss to net profit- Final responsibility for the operating result of the profit center Runnersworld- Introduce turnover benchmarks- Organize purchase days and entrepreneurs daysThe team consisted of 4 people including myself who all reported directly to me

optimize the results of the SPORT 2000 retailers. I advize and guide the retailers on commercial and financial areas. Besides these activities there are several strategic projects in which I participate.Activities: - Reducing financial delays from retailers- Introducing central purchasing schedules- Responsible for market research- Support and guide renovations and openings of stores- Introduce shop classification- Introduce new logo- Periodic visits to retailers to give commercial and financial advice to improve the net result of the retailers

Sales And Acount Management

Scrum Certificaat

Disc & Drijfveren Certificaat

Internationaal Wijnbrevet - Wset 2, Wine Steward/Sommelier, Wset - 2 Award In Wines

Strategisch Retail Management

Bachelor, International Management