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Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland

Cablon Medical helps hospitals to make the entire process from patient arrival to the end of treatment safe, efficient and accurate, by developing high-quality medical devices, medical accessories, consumables and software.

The Netherlands

Program Lead for improvement programs in Supply Chain, warehousing, logistics and transportation. Global functional Lead for Packaging Design for Transportation: • select, contract and manage new partner suppliers;• continuously monitor and evaluate the performance of logistic/transportation processes and suppliers to identify areas for improvement;• rationalize the number of Philips’ product-variants in the six European Amazon webshops from 6000 to 850, by creating multi-language packaging, phasing out duplicates, and creating more versatile new products, leading to double digit improvement of Fill Rate and Inventory while remaining sales volumes;• creating a Return Supply Chain for products that are sold as a “Subscription” (after the end of the subscription contract, Philips takes back the product from the consumer for refurbishment and sends them out for a next subscription customer);• introduce Smart Packaging in the supply chain of Medical Equipment, based on RFID, Bluetooth, GPS and Cloud technologies;• procure and implement an enterprise labeling system for all business units of Philips, allowing to design and print from the Master Data in the Product Management System;• set up a return and recycle flow for packaging materials and tools for the installation of large medical equipment globally.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

• develop the global strategy for Categories Air, Road, Ocean and Parcel transportation; selecting and contracting suppliers;• manage strategic partnerships with logistic providers;• negotiate global transportation rates;• drive quality and on-time performance of shipments to customers;• reduce Defects on Arrivals caused by packaging and transport;• drive Design for Excellence programs;• lead the global Packaging function; developing and executing global packaging design strategies for Philips Healthcare products; selecting and managing global supplier partners. • successfully set up a European overnight network to deliver medical demo equipment and reduce inventory from 50 to 20 million with increased Utility Rate & Service Level;• negotiating Air- and Ocean-rates year on year with double digit reductions and successfully moving Air usage to Ocean.

• create and lead a global networked team to drive several improvement projects and build a global packaging function;• reduce Defects on Arrivals caused by poor packaging;• coach team of Black Belts and functional leads in driving six sigma/DMAIC projects, aimed at increasing quality and customer satisfaction;• drive standardization of materials and harmonization of processes across the Healthcare Sector;• define and implement new global design processes.

As Purchasing Manager, part of the Management Team of one of the largest and most profitable Businesses in Philips, responsible for sourcing Technology, Knowledge and Materials for all Development and Operations departments of our Business.• define and execute the procurement strategy for Bill of Material suppliers, aligned with the business objectives;• manage the purchasing teams in Development and Operations and develop a high-performance culture;• collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of goods and services;• establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure high-quality products and services;• negotiate contracts and pricing agreements with suppliers;• monitoring and report supplier performance metrics to drive continuous improvement;• ensure Compliancy of Procurement and financial Processes to Sarbanes Oxley Act.

Purchasing Manager and member of the Management Team of the Product Mgt Group 'General X-ray'.

Strategic and tactical purchasing of the article groups Plastics, Mechatronics, Electronics, Digital Systems and Finished Subsystems;• develop and implement Category Strategies;• create Purchase Contracts; Quality-, Service- and Engineering Contracts;• select Suppliers;• manage Production Ramp Up at suppliers for new products;• manage Alliances and Partnerships;• negotiate price downs at suppliers;• manage supplier performance for multiple Philips factories.

Setting up a Technical Unit as a new core business in the temporary labor market. Managing sales in the Business to Business Service (technical temporary labor).

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Mechanical Engineering

Project Management Methodology Pmbok

Education record

Level 1 Convention Leader

Education record

Education record

Leadership Development

Advanced Outsourcing

Business Excellence Auditing

Team Leadership

Advanced Negotiation

Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions And Contracts Management

Activities and Societies: Finished the 'International, Professional Course for Purchasing'- curriculum

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