The North American Product Supply (NAM PS) team ensures that 30,000 products (200M units) annually are purchased and manufactured on time and in full to meet the needs of adidas customers in the US and Canada. This role leads a large multi-location team to secure the best flow of supply from factory to destination to meet customer demand in a way that will optimize financial return to the company and minimize overall supply chain costs.

Lead and supervise the US purchasing team in the day to day operations, adhering to availability & inventory/cost targets. Work with Marketing, Sales, DTC, Finance and SCM-partners to develop and execute purchasing strategies that support business objectives. Support and drive key projects enhancing the supply chain and deliver new supply models to the North America Market.

Project manager specialized in business processes optimization with a strong focus on Business Intelligence and planning application development.Current responsibilities:Optimize information delivery to multiple layers in the SCM organization. Design and deliver a reporting a platform. Ensure organization, platform and operating practices can deal with the fast pace of change required by the SCM organization.

Key accomplishments:Managed and delivered multiple projects with different focuses, all within operations and supply chain. Projects ranged from business alignments, organizational changes through to planning application enhancements and Business Intelligence implementation.Key responsibilities:Project ownership from start to finish: Scope, plan, execute and deliver projects Consult business in process development and application changes. Manage resources, accounting for budget and constraints yet respecting project deadlines Preform analyses to support project portfolio management and strategic decision making.

During my time at the university I got the opportunity to become an assistant manager at Heve-Food in Beek (the Netherlands).My main responsibility was giving support to the director/owner, and running the business while the director was absent.Heve-Food is small company, which specializes in the production of salads, pre cut and cleaned vegetables for hotels and restaurants.