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Venlo, Netherlands

Venlo, Netherlands

Managing the energy production of a fast growing number of photovoltaic plants in Europe.As contract manager managing an international customer base of more than 150 clients and subcontractors in the renewable energy sector.Responsible for the commercial competence center; supporting the international sales teams with technical back up, new products and developments, new sales approaches and product and process trainings.

Venlo, Netherlands

Setting up a lean pilot production of second generation solar cells, based on the development of coated glass beads embedded in an etched metal solar cell substrate;

Sittard, Netherlands

Restructuring the photo lithographic production activity in various steps into a lean production activity and transferred to Scheuten Precision Technologies;Expanding the customer base; working culture has been changed in to a flexible, quality minded environment and a diversification development has resulted in new product developments in the sectors: renewable energy, automotive en life science.Responsible for complying to the BRZO-legislation, the implementation and execution of preventive policies as described in the PBZO.

Sittard, Netherlands

Expanding customer base from internal Philips customers to various customers worldwideChanging working culture in to a flexible, quality minded environment, operating in a lean production.Applying diversification in new product developments in the sectors:renewable energy, automotive en life science.

Sittard, Netherlands

Managing the departments: Product development, Process development and Industrial engineering. Main achievements have been realized in product designs for the ‘real flat’ CRT-TVtube. Furthermore production processes have been investigated fundamentally, improved and embedded in working procedures. Via subsidy contracts constructive development projects have been realized between external knowledge centers and FSM Europe.

Sittard, Netherlands

Realizing a project structure for the Philips OCOO-project (Other Costs of Organization) to achieve a saving of 12,5% in 1997 and to secure this on the long term;Setting up and managing of company wide supply base management teams and associated work groups, according the supply chain theory of R. Monczka;

Sittard, Netherlands

Managing the production process of inkjet printer engines; Engineering and set up of mass production process;Organization and implementation of technology development; training of operators via process action teams to determine and to control the critical process parameters

Heerlen, Netherlands

Management of a glass-glass, metal-metal and metal-glass joining technology group; responsible for clean room control

Purchasing Management

Bachelor, Physics