Ronnie Koster Email & Phone Number

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

As a global business leader at Signify, a world leader in intelligent buildings and connected lighting, I am excited to drive innovative, differentiating, and sustainable solutions. Our connected lighting offerings contribute to a safer, smarter, better and more sustainable world , we redefining what light can do and how people use it. Managing the global Intelligent buildings team, consisting of, R&D teams, product management, system experts, architects, PMO and segment managers based in 5 different central locations. We are driving and managing: the strategy, systems/services portfolio growth/profitability, investments , innovations, market introductions, R&D budget, technical support, partnerships, alliances and M&A. Our Interact and Dynalite brands have been at the forefront of delivering intelligent lighting solutions across a range of industries, including Healthcare, Office, Education, Retail, Hospitality, Fashion, Warehousing, and Manufacturing. By leveraging the latest technologies and industry best practices, we are committed to empowering organizations and individuals to achieve their goals in the most sustainable way possible. Our smart lighting solutions collect and send data to optimize business process, create insights on your building or enable a massive amount of usecases by integrations in other smart building infrastructuresAs a visionary leader I’m passionate about building strong, effective, diverse and energized team, with a continue focus on customers , strategy, quality, innovation and partnerships with industry leaders. My goal is to deliver cutting-edge solutions that promote health and wellbeing, operational efficiency while reducing environmental impact.

At Signify our purpose is to unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We achieve this through living our values, innovation, passion for sustainability and desire to transform people’s lives.Global systems and services business leader for the Office, Industry, Education and Healthcare end user customer segments. Driving high growth for these global segments in the professional lighting business.Leading management team with Product management, System experts, Sub segment managers, PMO and R&D. Together with my management team we define and execute the short and long-term business strategy, develop systems and services in lighting and beyond lighting IOT applications.Accountable for existing product lines, investments , innovations, G2M, partnerships, alliances, M&A.Driving systems and services sales, growth and profitability

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

At Signify, (formerly known as Philips Lighting) we see a great value in partnering up with lighting and integrator firms to spread and accelerate the growth of the connected applications. As Global Systems Value Added Partner Leader, I help partner companies to get access ,suppor and get trained on connected lighting applications that they can either directly sell to or combine that with their own offers and services and deliver a differentiating value to their customers.Personally, in my role I am responsible to lead, create and develop the business organization to support our market teams and partners. This involves setting up requirements for partner capabilities, contracts, ensuring partner training and on-boarding, provide pre and after sales support services. Most importantly I am responsible for releasing connected applications to partners.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Global system business responsibility for the Philips business segments: Arena/Sports-Segment scope: Professional Outdoor and Indoor Stadiums/Arenas Recreational/Community indoor and outdoor sports. Tunnel-Segment scope: High speed traffic tunnels, short traffic tunnels and underpasses. Transportation-Segment scope: Harbors, railway and airports. E2E offerings for indoor and outdoor lighting applications Key areas of responsibilities:- Owns segments Sales for BMC and AOP commitments.- Develops segment Budget & Priority for R&D and marketing spend- Defines the segments short and long term system strategy - Enables short and long term profitable growth through the development and execution of global value propositions, which are solution, system and services based- Create, manage winning segment teams- MT Member of Global Public segment- Drives ecosystem & alliance partnership strategy & selection to qualify and establish profitable relationships for Segment (e.g. supplier, channel, or co-development)- Ensures portfolio development is influenced leveraging customer, market, regulatory insights. -Define the systems architecture & roadmap-Participates in Segment relevant thought leadership activities, lectures, seminars -Establishes a winning spirit with regions, markets and system centers.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Responsible for the short & long term business results and the marketing strategy in the segment road, street and tunnel lighting.-MT member of Philips outdoor Europe-Managing central tunnel lighting organization.-Develop, deploy, implement the regional segment marketing strategy and the rolling 3 year strategic plan for the region, based on and covering market trends, insights, technology implications, competitive environment, the M&A strategy. All in close cooperation with the 8 EU regions-Enables long term profitable growth through the development and execution of regional propositions, which are solution- and/or system based -Leading market introduction team Intelligent City a end to end solution approach with services, connected LED Lighting, SaaS, new business models and strategic partnerships.-Leading market introduction of new Tunnel solutions business (Services, systems, luminaires) and define profitable growth strategy-Marketing research projects, guiding product marketing and R&D groups to create the outdoor product innovation roadmap.-Identify, developing strategic partnership/alliances and provide input in acquisition strategy-Drive the change from a product driven company towards a solution driven company-Develop new sales strategies in European marketSecond assignment (01-11-2011-01-09-2012)PMI manager Indal Benelux

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Responsible for the post-merger integration of Indal in the Benelux.-Member of the Benelux steering board-Guide several workstreams(sales,operations,finance,HR,communcaiton,productmanagement)-Create a new sales blueprint after the merger of Indal and Philips.Focus on keeping best of both worlds and focus on the new sales strategies.

Responsible for the Key accounts:ZIUTImtech InfraAlso responsible for:Delta N.VCity of TilburgRegion Zeeland (all municipalities)

Responsible for all sales activities in the region zuid-holland,west Brabant, ZeelandCustomer types: Installers, municipalities, architects, energy companiesProducts:Outdoor lightingLuminairesSSLLampsControl systemsBallasts

Responsible for al sales activities in the region Zeeland, NetherlandsCustomer type: Industries, Installers, end usersProducts: Electrical components (PLC, Lighting, Cables etc)Specialist in lighting