Organization of Business Meetings, e.g. “RFID on Item level”, Improving transparencies in the Supply chain, outsourcing of the logistic operation, e-fulfilment, inbound logistics, stock management, ….­Publication of Retail driven logistics in the Fashion Industry­- Start-up and chairman for the group with six participating fashion retailers­- Investigation of the entire workflow calendar: from design till the store (PLM, PO, shipments, DC, store)­- Formulation functional business requirements for a transparent supply chain ­- Market scan suppliers of calendar planning and workflow management systems

Logistic / ICT (interim) manager /consultant, change management , management of EDC (about 50 fte) and ICT/consultancy units (about 25 fte) , Business development for Wholesale, Retail and fashion, FMCG, industry , innovative solutions in the fashion supply chain , like OMNI channel and Inbound Supply Chain portals Relevant Assingments2022 - 2023 Bleckmann Fashion Logistics, OMS projectmanager2021 - 2022 Bos Logistics, Schiphol Project manager digitization2016 – 2017 Arvato Supply Chain Solutions, Germany , Business Development manager2016 – 2016 De Nederlandse, Dutch Fashion Support, Zevenaar, Consultant RFP 2015 – 2015 Bakker Hillegom, Lisse , Senior Consultant , ICT program manager a.i. 2014 – 2015 Sita NL, waste management, Suez group, Arnhem , Project leader 2014 – 2015 Shopping 2020, Expert group Purchase & Supply Chain, Member 2013 – 2014 V&D department stores, Amsterdam, Project manager2013 – 2013 XPO, International Logistic Service, Oss , Business development 2011 – 2012 Meyer & Meyer, LSP Fashion/Retail , Germany, Project manager RFP­2010 – 2010 Zeeman BV. Retailer Textile and Fashion, Alphen a d Rijn, Project manager­2010 – 2012 Sqills BV, Retail Revenue Management, Enschede, Business management, 2009 – 2012 Mendix / Cape group systems integrations BV, Rotterdam, Business management, 2009 – 2010 PS Games BV, Wholesale in games and toys, Helmond, Project manager ­2008 – 2009 Jumbo, manufacturer of toys and puzzles, Zaandam, Project manager2007 – 2008 Bosman, Wholesaler medicinal / orthopaedic appliances, Eindhoven, Project manager 2007 – 2007 Waterdrinker, Large Wholesaler in agri culture, Aalsmeer auction, Project manager ­2005 – 2007 Cordys BPM/SOA software company, Business development, Lead development­2004 – 2005 O’Neill Europe, European Wholesale, Warmond, Project manager ­2003 – 2004 Autobytel, a PON company, Project manager 2002 – 2003 KWD Resultaat Management, Programma Manager

The assignment involves investigating on an interim basis whether and how an Order Management System (OMS) is desired for Bleckmann customers and, if so, managing the selection and implementation in the role of project leader.

Bos Logistics, specialist in road transport and logistics services, a full service logistics service provider for transport solutions for air and sea freight. Project manager digitization, all operational processes described for Import and Export and the desired improvements or integration of systems TMS and WMS and with customers. Implementation of partial solutions and change management for the organization on the floor.

Business development for The Omnichannel Suite / Retail UnityThe main objective is to deliver a best-in-class solution that enables Retailers to implementan ideal omnichannel businessmodel without the need to replace any of their existing IT elements. There will also be no need to alter the traditional retail workflows in any way.See https://retailunity.com/Retail Unity’s innovative solution has helped many retailers like XXL SPORTS & VILLMARK (1bln+ Nordics) and CHALHOUB GROUP (3bln+ Middle East) to increase their online sales and lower fulfilment costs. The Retail Unity platform is a bolt-on platform that helps you increase your sales and profitability by:• Creating one unified inventory of stores and warehouses.• Distributing orders across all stock locations through a wide range of business-rules.• Built-in and easy Ship-From-Store tools• Minimizing lost-sales in the stores and the websites.• Steering returns to the ideal location (converting returns into free replenishment).• Capturing operational data to create a detailed view on the local demand.The build in artificial intelligence and the accumulated data drives continuous optimizations, for instance a better match of local demand / supply , resulting in more sales and less markdowns.This platform has helped many Retailers to increase their web revenues with at least 25% overnight while decreasing fulfilment costs significantly.

An initiative of GS1 Belgium & Luxembourg, GS1 Nederland, VIL (Vlaams Instituut Logistiek) en vLm community Fashion Logistiek.This group are Belgium and Dutch brands and distributors out of the fashion branches who have experiences with RFID implementation. The goal of the Expert group is to exchange experiences, take away bottlenecks for a broader implementation and to share the gained knowledge and the lessons learned with the whole branches. In that way not everybody has to invent the wheel again. Market players are better attuned and implementations of van RFID becomes cheaper and good attainable.

Practice leader Change Management, for IT driven business performance improvement for mid-sized companies and multinationals, relevant projects:­- Project manager for delivering an investment proposal improving operational planning and control with a corporate data warehouse (SAP BW) for a large retail organization V&D, division of department stores­- Change Manager for SAP implementation, installation and maintenance division (Electro, Engineering), multinational in de technical service industry (Stork)

General consultancy and change management for mid-sized and multinational firms, relevant projects:­- Project manager, responsible for implementing a warehouse management system for inbound logistics, as part of a global Supply Chain integration program (Vendor Managed Inventory) Manufacturer of mobile telecom equipment, Finland (Nokia)­- Project manager for the transformation of logistic and service organization (stock planning and order management, warehouse operations), division of a multinational (with two companies in NL and UK) in distribution of computers, supplies and services; information planning, selection of ERP software (Info products/Buhrmann Tetterode)­- Project manager overhead value analysis of head office and manufacturing site in order to make substantial savings and improve the overall cost structure, semi process industry (BASF subsidiary)­- Project manager generating of business plan for regional dealers, including investment planning and organisational restructuring (closing down of loss generating business activities), improving efficiency / cost-cutting (Harley Davidson)­- Project manager organisational structure: investigation on the issue whether to integrate or not two business units (Dikema & Chabot, steel)­- Project manager generating of business plan with a goal of a 100% grow of turnover within five years and removing all business activities to new dedicated buildings, implementation of short-term improvements, company of meat production and distribution (Giebels Meat)

SC Johnson Euro plant is the production facility for air spray bottles (toilets etc.) and liquid cleanings; distribution to all European countries, Middle -East and Africa:­- EDC manager, responsible for export planning, distribution, warehousing, palletizing and quality management; project for Euro bar-coding and common practices in shipping and planning­- Manager Technical Resources, responsible for all plant maintenance and engineering projects and purchasing of non-primary goods and services

2008 Improve the Fashion Supply Chain with Effective Calendar Planning and Workflow Management, Final report of the innovative workgroup Dutch Society for Logistics.1999 Transformation, a discontinuous process, in Baakbericht, the monthly magazine of the Dutch Management Development Centre.1998 Transformation: a discontinuous process, internal business publication TC Team Consult.1993 Direct distribution in Europe, in Holland Management Review, no. 33, winter 1993.1992 Quality in logistic policy, part 1 and 2, Kluwer/VNO, Deventer ISBN-90.200.1382.3.1991 Successful implementation of logistic systems, in Harvard Holland Review, no. 27.1989 Wrestling with logistics and information, in Harvard Holland Review no. 21, winter.

Shared service company for fashion retailers (Kreymborg, Hunkemöller, Kien, Perry Sport) with in total over 400 outlets in Germany, Belgium / Luxembourg and Holland, supported by three distribution centres. The company facilitates the logistic function, the construction department for (re)building stores, financial administration, human resources (over 3000 employees) and information technology. Main responsibilities and tasks­- Information planning and policy, all projects for modified and renewed systems, budgets and investments­- Management of three sub-departments: store automation & production, system maintenance and development, office automation and network infrastructure­- Management of outsourced mainframe systems­- Management of suppliers of computer systems and services (yearly contract negotiations and purchase of new hard- and software and ICT services)

Relevant projects­- Project management, responsible for various selections and implementations of MRP-II information systems, in various industries like agro and FMCG (Unilever, Philips, Friesland Frico Domo, Zaadunie/ Novartis Seeds, Fluke, …)- Project manager / trainer for in-house logistic training programs for management and directly involved personnel (tailored to the specific needs of the company), various companies- Project manager for Direct Distribution (DD) of spare parts, multinational electronic industry; process design European Distribution Centre (EDC), including cost/benefit analyse, business case and implementation planning (Philips)­- Consultant / trainer Goal Directed Project Management (C&L standard project management method)

DCE Consultants is an international management consultancy specialized in information technology with more than 200 consultants.Relevant projects­- Project manager audit ICT systems production company (Chocolate producer), part of a company turn-around; design of multi-plant logistic / financial planning and control ­- Project manager for selection, purchase and implementation MRP systems (Baronie/de Heer, producer of products like chocolat eggs for eastern and chocolat letters for st Nicolas)­- "Value Chain" analyses (M.E. Porter), sales organization multinational in the food, strategic / logistic analyses, resulting in a redirection of the strategy (Nestle)