Responsible for the global Technologies and Corporate Services categories covering IT and Telecoms; Professional Services and HR with a total annual spend of around £255M. Heading a team of 8 procurement professionals across the US, UK and the Netherlands, accountable for delivery of the targeted savings by business line and central function identified to improve bottom line profitability of GKN Aerospace.

Supporting the IT function of a £3.2B Tier 1 aerospace company as a trusted business partner to help fulfil their strategic requirements by developing and implementing category strategies, leveraging GKN Aerospace’s spend, delivering significant annual improvements in cost, performance, quality and sustainability. With the ability to converse fluently with IT experts and leaders (incl. C-suite), based on extensive knowledge of current and emerging IT solutions, including AI, software, SaaS… Show more Supporting the IT function of a £3.2B Tier 1 aerospace company as a trusted business partner to help fulfil their strategic requirements by developing and implementing category strategies, leveraging GKN Aerospace’s spend, delivering significant annual improvements in cost, performance, quality and sustainability. With the ability to converse fluently with IT experts and leaders (incl. C-suite), based on extensive knowledge of current and emerging IT solutions, including AI, software, SaaS, cloud services, and hardware, and knowledge of risk, legal and compliance requirements related to IT deployment in an Aerospace setting covering both civil and defense, and design and manufacturing. Show less

Grown through the ranks, leading a team of 25 procurement professionals sourcing and purchasing € 330M of indirect goods and services to support 10 subsidiaries of GKN Aerostructures and Systems Europe and Asia (GKN ASEA), located in the Netherlands and APAC (Fokker Technologies) and United Kingdom and Germany (GKN Aerospace Services Limited).

Stichting Energie Inkoop (SEI) sources energy for companies in the printing industry in the Netherlands that are affiliated to the printing industry branch organisation (KVGO).