Frederik has 30 years of procurement experience in an international retail and manufacturing environment. He recently finalized a 3 year program at the 'Université du Vin' and obtained the diploma of Sommelier Conseil.He has proven management skills as Procurement Operational Manager of all Goodyear Dunlop plants in the EMEA region and as Procurement Manager of Total Nederland N.V.During his years at the Total head office in Paris he was responsible for the purchasing coordination of the European retail affiliates and was on several occasions nominated project manager of intercultural and inter professional purchasing teams.Quadrilingual, he is recognized for his competence and professionalism, combining seriousness, rigorousness and determination.Specialties: Leading project teams that deliver qualitative goods and services together with double digit savings% and all this within the agreed timelines.Managing complex indirect categories, defining and implementing state of the art sourcing strategies.Putting in place a procurement organization based on the strategic sourcing methodology in multi-affiliate environments. Reorganizing procurement organizations from a 2 (local and regional) to a 3-pillar structure (strategic, operational, transactional).Sourcing in low-cost countries, assessing potential and implementation of a sourcing structure between affiliates and their international purchasing offices.Bringing procurement organizations running behind targets to procurement excellence.