• A hands-on executive with 20+ years of experience and a proven track record of delivering strong results• Diverse international FMCG and retail companies managing and developing operations and supply chains• Specialized in mission-driven and scale-up environments. • Visionary and strong-headed concerning making impact, hands-on in making it work. • Combining analytics, technology, and imagination in problem-solving. • A servant leader with a focus on financial performance and a passion for the underlying (true) stories.• Fluent in English, conversant in French & German. • Happily married to Tjitske and proud father of Fenne, Tove and Bien. • Love the arts, poetry & literature, amateur home-chef, starting padel player, and developing bike racer.📧 franspannekoek@gmail.com | ☎️ +31640463390 | AVAILABLE▶️I believe in the power of stories. They are vital in connecting people, they unlock value and they create a sense of belonging. In supply chains, this means dependent, direct relationships & traceability. The combination of hard facts, numbers and true stories is the credibility of impact. I work with a systemic- , circular-, end-to-end approach to ensure credible, scalable and long term impact. Career Highlights:#tonyschocolonely• scale-up the company, its impact and supplt chain:• from €14mio to €130mio. in 7 years expanding from 2 to 30+ countries;• from 1 Belgium factory, now we have acquired Althaea and we work together with 6 co-manufacturers. • Operations Team from 2 to 25 FTE internationally - 95% of which I hired myself.• Co-wrote the 5 sourcing principles that form the heart of Tony's Chocolonely and Open Chain impact.• Launching Tony’s Open Chain with its first mission ally Albert Heijn in the Netherlands• Introducing traceable cocoa butter to complete the 100% bean-to-bar claim making more impact and opening-up the white chocolate category for Tony's;#marqt• Tripled revenues from €12mio in 2011 to €39mio in 2013 by opening 6 stores in 1,5 years;• From an operating loss to an operating profit#unilever• Led the integration of Sara Lee Household & Bodycare Division into Unilever Benelux