Cornelis (Kees) Debruin Email & Phone Number

•Seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in Supply Chain as well as 15 years of experience in IT, in various supervisory and managerial positions.•Effective leader, both in direct supervisory roles as well as in indirect leadership roles, with strong interpersonal and communication skills.•Strong team player, with extensive experience in participating and leading international and interdisciplinary teams.•Successful buyer of Logistics Services, with experience in negotiating multi-million dollar contracts.•Expert in Supply Chain processes in the Chemical Industry, including SH&E, transportation, handling and storage of hazardous materials, and general plant operations.•Working knowledge of import and export procedures in a global environment, as well as a decent knowledge of transaction taxes, such as US Sales and Use Tax, Canadian GST and PST, European Union VAT and Brazilian transaction taxes (such as PIS and COFINS).•Adept at interpreting regulations, and very familiar with regulatory processes, having served as an advisor to the IMO, the European Commission, and the Dutch Department of Transportation.•Extensive experience in the writing of functional and technical specifications for computer programs, both for the configuration and customization of existing applications as well as for the development of custom programs.•Familiar with the configuration of, and custom development in, major applications such as SAP R/3 (mainly SD, MM, FI, CO and EHS modules), SAP-TM and APO.•Well versed in the establishment of B2B connections, using EDI, XML and flat files, on multiple platforms.•Proficient in the use of many applications and tools, such as SAP R/3, SAP-TM and APO, Picaso (demand and production planning), Allegro and Microsoft Tools (Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, Project, Visio).•Dutch Citizen and US Permanent Resident, qualified to work anywhere in the European Union and the United States of America.•Fluent in English and Dutch, proficient in German and French.Specialties: logistics operations, logistics procurement, transportation regulations, transportation safety, sales and operations planning, inventory planning, import and export compliance, supply chain application development and management

Listed skills include Sap, Sap R/3, Supply Chain, Business Process, and 46 others.