Leading the evolution of global logistics with a focus on sustainability, innovation, and strategic alignment. Key responsibilities include:• 4PL Control Tower Management: Overseeing the 4PL control tower operations, ensuring seamless integration with SAP Enterprise for enhanced supply chain visibility and efficiency. Leveraging IoT devices to drive automation and real-time insights.• 3PL Management: Overseeing 3PL performance to ensure optimal service delivery and alignment with organizational goals.• Sustainability: Driving eco-friendly logistics through mode shifts (road to rail/ multi model, air to ocean, implementing LCL and emissions measurement.• Budget Management: Leading annual budgeting processes and tracking financial performance to ensure cost-effective logistics solutions.• Performance Metrics & KPI Reporting: Developing and monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.• Project Management Oversight (PMO): Directing the Project Management Office to ensure alignment with organizational goals and timely execution of strategic initiatives.• Strategy Development: Crafting the 2030 roadmap, with a pivotal focus on transitioning to SAP S4 Hana for enhanced system integration.

Responsible for EU logistics project management (Transport & Warehousing). * Leading a team of 3 FTE.* Annual Transport & Warehouse spend: +/- 120M USD

Responsible for leading strategic and continuous improvement initiatives for Europe logistics and crossfuntional trading entities (PTC & Pharmapack). I'm leading project management and solution implementations by ensuring on time deliveries of EU projects within budget, while meeting business and stakeholder requirements.

Responsible to drive operational improvements on micro and macro-level within various parts of the international logistics. Some main projects:* SAP implementation in Sofia (BG)* Lean project: Optimization of the logistics department in Sofia

During 3 years I worked via Yacht for Actavis, in various roles and projects:◆ Project manager. Goal: Relocate all activities from the departments ELC, Global Planning, IT, Finance, Master Data Management and Quality from Zoetermeer to Sofia◆ Project manager: Goal: Optimize the department ELC (5 FTE) in such way that processes/ responsibilities are clear and documented, customers has insight in the status of their orders and KPI’s could be measured and presented.◆ Inventory analyst: determination of the EOQ, MOQ and safety stock levels. ◆ Project leader: On behalf of the logistics team, responsible for the setup of a new (consignment stock) supply chain to 10 wholesalers in Poland.◆ Global Planner: Planning and coordination from bulk material to finished packs. ◆ Logistics officer/customer service: Coordinating shipments from non-EU suppliers to third party warehouse (inbound). Invoicing and transportation of shipments to European Actavis sites (outbound). ◆ Logistics engineer: Optimization of the direct shipments within West-Europe. Result: imlementation of the transport form, setup of the supplier profiles and a reduction in collection time from 6 to 2,5 workdays.

Traveling from North America (New York) to South America (Rio de Janeiro)

◆ Daily KPI stock reporting◆ Coordination of the reverse logistics process◆ Slot planning◆ Project team member ‘lost and found’; result: reduction of pallets in location ‘lost and found’ from 60 pallets to 12 pallets per week

Master thesisTitle: Optimization of the storage location strategy at Coca-ColaEnterprises Dongen: a linear programming approach. Graded 8/10

Research into the future of the cruise industry at Aruba