Rising Roots facilitates your connection to yourself, others and nature. You're welcome to join my live workshops and online programs for individuals, couples and employees. Key words: • Low-key• Fun• Deepening• InspirationalFeel free to contact me to brainstorm about how to increase emotional intelligence and make your employees feel more connected, work more efficiently and have an improved work-life balance in a sustainable way. Rising Roots offers tailor-made in-company programs that connect strategy to people. Make a strategy truely work.Also for hire as a key note speaker and content facilitator (dagvoorzitter). For more information, see my website, link is below.

At Stichting Oopoeh, we believe in the profound positive impact that companionship with dogs can have on the lives of 55+. Our mission is to create meaningful connections that bring joy, purpose and companionship to the 55+, while also providing loving homes for our furry friends. At the same same the matches create more local connections.

Teaching yoga, body consciousness & meditation during retreats and workations.

-Responsible for the development and execution of our commercial strategy (Buying & Merchandise and Marketing) -I feel most proud of helping our customers make healthier and more sustainable decisions by providing e.g. assortment, promotions, personalization-Creating both long-term focus and short-term results

-Program Manager Loyalty: creating and launching Jumbo’s new loyalty program Extra’s in the NL in 2020, preparing Belgium -Functional management cross-functional project team 20 fte (Marketing, IT, D&A, Sales & Operations, Online, Precima)-Extending to omnichannel Personalisation, creating a seamless personalized omnichannel customer journey on all Jumbo touchpoints-Creating and driving the customer data roadmap to make better customer focused decisions related to e.g. assortment and promotions -Helping our customers to make healthier and more sustainable choices (e.g. synergy with Foodcoach) -Managing consultants within the 7EVEN (Data & Analytics) Consulting team since 2018 -Participated in the Leadership (MD) program of 2018-2019

Focus on applying data-driven decision making in order to even better serve our customers and drive commercial results:-Throughout Jumbo. Setting up tools to create actionable insights, analyze transactional data. Also, both train and collaborate with assortment managers to use insights in daily business, strategic category plans and range reviews-In collaboration with key vendors in all the Drinks categoriesOur 7EVEN consulting team is a.o. responsible for optimisation of over 80% of Jumbo assortment. As a vendor lead, I was responsible for the overall strategy, quality and internal coordination of the 7EVEN vendor practice. Also, I specifically focused on store execution creating new actionable insights for the Sales and Buying&Merchandising departments.

Part of Jumbo’s 7EVEN unit within Data & Analytics that focuses on improving customer centricity through the application of advanced data analytics.Responsible for analytical and strategic assistance to a selection of vendors in their collaboration with Jumbo category management.

Part of the international Synergy Team within the Group Commercial Team. •Range review program management: optimizing categories by assortment changes, with a focus on synergy between the 4 Dutch and Belgian formats and our Chinese procurement team. •Strategic analyses and plans regarding Strategy and Operations, focusing on both the sales as well as the procurement side.•Business development: creating a new rental proposition (off- and online), format for category plan etc.

Industry experience:•Commercial sector: B2B, B2C•Housing cooperatives (woningcorporaties)•Central government: Public Private Partnerships & Large-scale infrastructure •Real estateCompetencies:•Strategy: strategic reorientation, market analysis, scenario planning.•Organizational (re)design: reorganizing, process analysis and optimization, sourcing & contracting (PBC), procurement.•Training: program manager at the PwC Academy, developing trainings, delivering training to PwC professionals and external clients, mainly on subjects such as change management, project management and pyramid thinking.•Change management: change management projects for multiple clients and delivering trainings.Others:•Consultant to the Consulting Management Team (9 months).Trainings followed:•Lean Six Sigma Yellow & Green Belt (2011/2014)•Strategy Introduction Program (ESM) (2013)•Organizational Design (2013)•Inzicht in Invloed (Bureau Zuidema) (2012)•Prince 2 Foundation (2011)•Multiple other trainings (Consulting Skills, Personal Branding etc.) (2010-2014)

Project & office management in real estate, social housing, infrastructure and urban & regional planning projects.

Internship on organizational change. Wrote a thesis on the new public-private partnership between Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) and Deltares. Focus on performance improvement.

Diverse activities (bartending, hosting) throughout the Netherlands.

Assisting in the 'Next Generation Infrastructures' project: improving relations and rebuilding trust in public-private infrastructural partnerships.Organizing & hosting the Faculty Introduction of Social Sciences, approximately 1000 students.

Gathering contributors for Oxfam Novib throughout the Netherlands. Directing a team of 3-6 fundraisers.