Marcel Klop Email & Phone Number

Zeist, Ut, Nl

Steenbergen, North Brabant, Netherlands

Royal Cosun is a leading international agricultural cooperative of 8,400 sugar beet growers, with more than 4,000 employees. We unlock the full potential of plants in a sustainable way and create smart solutions for current and future generations. We produce food, food ingredients, animal feed, biobased products and green energy. By doing so, we can limit climate change and improve lifestyles. Our businesses Aviko, Cosun Beet Company, Cosun Protein, Cosun Biobased Experts, Duynie Group and… Show more Royal Cosun is a leading international agricultural cooperative of 8,400 sugar beet growers, with more than 4,000 employees. We unlock the full potential of plants in a sustainable way and create smart solutions for current and future generations. We produce food, food ingredients, animal feed, biobased products and green energy. By doing so, we can limit climate change and improve lifestyles. Our businesses Aviko, Cosun Beet Company, Cosun Protein, Cosun Biobased Experts, Duynie Group and Sensus together with associated supplying growers from Europe, Asia and North America.In this role I'am responsible for developing, leading, and enhancing Cosun's strategy on plant based alternatives.Key Responsibilities:- Development of plant based vision: Translate the vision into a comprehensive strategy and program with concrete projects and actions, combining technology and market opportunities.- Manage portfolio of RD&I projects aiming at the development of plant based ingredients and replacement of animal based equivalents while meeting customer demand in terms of taste, nutritional profile, functional properties, odour and texture.- Direction: Keep internal and external stakeholders informed and aligned, explaining the relationship to the broader organizational context and motivating team members.- Risk Management: Identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with RD&I projects, implementing solutions when necessary. Show less

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Tekkoo specializes in accelerating new business and increasing the return on innovation. Tekkoo works for mid-sized and large companies by unlocking the potential of promising new business ideas.How? By incubating these innovations in ventures. This way, we accelerate and extend innovation capabilities and possibilities for larger companies. We combine the best of both large companies and start-ups.Assignments:- Venture Manager plant based protein (Tendra®) @ Cosun… Show more Tekkoo specializes in accelerating new business and increasing the return on innovation. Tekkoo works for mid-sized and large companies by unlocking the potential of promising new business ideas.How? By incubating these innovations in ventures. This way, we accelerate and extend innovation capabilities and possibilities for larger companies. We combine the best of both large companies and start-ups.Assignments:- Venture Manager plant based protein (Tendra®) @ Cosun Innovation (new BU started in '23 - www.cosunprotein.com/)- Innovation project lead Green Corrosion Inhitors (GCI's) from sugar beet pulp @ Cosun Beet Company- New business lead co-product valorisation (TGC) @ Duynie- New business lead bioactive substances (STL's) from chicory root @ Sensus- New business lead Pulp4Packaging @ Cosun Beet Company- Innovation project lead glassfiber composites recycling @ PreZero- Program Manager Protein Shift @ Brabant Development Agency (BOM)- Program Manager Valorisation agrifood sidestreams @ Province of Flevoland- Business plan SEH-tracker app @ Albert Schweitzer Hospital- Business plan Lifecourse Health platform @ Erasmus Medical Center Show less

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

NewMeans specializes in improving innovation performance and new business development capabilities of companies. NewMeans represents the variety of measures available to make your innovation strategy work and have tangible impact on your bottom-line results. The founder of NewMeans is Marcel Klop; an experienced consultant specializing in innovation strategy, new business and operating models, and innovation management. Marcel has worked on assignments for clients in: food… Show more NewMeans specializes in improving innovation performance and new business development capabilities of companies. NewMeans represents the variety of measures available to make your innovation strategy work and have tangible impact on your bottom-line results. The founder of NewMeans is Marcel Klop; an experienced consultant specializing in innovation strategy, new business and operating models, and innovation management. Marcel has worked on assignments for clients in: food, biochemistry, performance materials, IT services, e-health, security and construction industry. Show less

Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

Activities within this assignment made a tangible contribution to the ambition to make the Netherlands, and Brabant in particular, thought leader in the protein transition. In this way, Brabant contributes to making the food system more sustainable and creates new high-quality employment within a global growth market.Responsibilities:- Collect innovation priorities and challenges from leading companies based in Brabant within the protein transition- Translate these priorities… Show more Activities within this assignment made a tangible contribution to the ambition to make the Netherlands, and Brabant in particular, thought leader in the protein transition. In this way, Brabant contributes to making the food system more sustainable and creates new high-quality employment within a global growth market.Responsibilities:- Collect innovation priorities and challenges from leading companies based in Brabant within the protein transition- Translate these priorities and challenges into an innovation program that effectively solves cross-company innovation challenges, with the aim of: strengthening the competitive position of existing leading Brabant companies- Further strengthen the ecosystem as a whole, especially with regard to new emerging technologies (i.e. fermentation)- Secure a healthy mix of short and medium-term innovation projects and assignments in the program- Obtain explicit commitment to the program from the most important stakeholders, being the (system) companies, intermediary organizations and the Province of North Brabant. - Secure (basic) financing of the program, as well as the financing of two promising innovation clusters Show less

Dinteloord, North Brabant, Netherlands

Responsibilities:- Validate commercial and technical viability- Bringing the project from lab- to demo scale- Find tolling partner for first commercial production runs- Manage internal and external stakeholders- Overall project managementIn 2022, this venture was converted into a new BU and became part of Cosun NV. Cosun’s first commercial protein, called Tendra®, is known for its unique properties in the areas of taste and functionality. Tendra® is introduced in… Show more Responsibilities:- Validate commercial and technical viability- Bringing the project from lab- to demo scale- Find tolling partner for first commercial production runs- Manage internal and external stakeholders- Overall project managementIn 2022, this venture was converted into a new BU and became part of Cosun NV. Cosun’s first commercial protein, called Tendra®, is known for its unique properties in the areas of taste and functionality. Tendra® is introduced in 2022 and received as a game-changing product due to a proprietary extraction technology. Show less

Barendrecht

In this role I was responsible for taking a legal-tech startup (www.goodwork.legal) from concept to a commercial 'Compliance as-a-service' platform. The idea for GoodWork arose from a compliance need of companies that structurally hire workers from third parties for the implementation of their customer projects. Due to extensive European and National legislation and regulations, screening third-party workers is necessary, but at the same time clients experience it as time-consuming and… Show more In this role I was responsible for taking a legal-tech startup (www.goodwork.legal) from concept to a commercial 'Compliance as-a-service' platform. The idea for GoodWork arose from a compliance need of companies that structurally hire workers from third parties for the implementation of their customer projects. Due to extensive European and National legislation and regulations, screening third-party workers is necessary, but at the same time clients experience it as time-consuming and legally/fiscally complex.GoodWork focuses on the automated screening of third-party workers by interfacing with 'trusted sources' (including SZW, Tax Authorities, IND, iDIN, Chamber of Commerce) and artificial intelligence. GoodWork brings together supply and demand of legal/tax expertise and structures and automates the screening process. Potential clients for GoodWork are: construction & infrastructure companies, shipyards & shipping companies, secondments, system integrators and technical service providers.Responsibilities:- Product owner- Supervising and evaluating pilot projects- Early stage business development- Development of the business model (transaction based)- Marketing & Communication (including implementation plan and product site)- Service Level Agreement / User Agreement Show less

Delft Area, Netherlands

LaunchLab is a 3 month pressure cooker to explore the opportunities of your tech idea. The program helps you to discover and validate your idea, market potential, business model and launching customer.LaunchLab is for business professionals, engineers and scientist who want to test the commercial feasibility of their idea. You develop the skills needed to launch your idea as a startup. The program will also introduce you to the Dutch startup eco-system and will help you develop a… Show more LaunchLab is a 3 month pressure cooker to explore the opportunities of your tech idea. The program helps you to discover and validate your idea, market potential, business model and launching customer.LaunchLab is for business professionals, engineers and scientist who want to test the commercial feasibility of their idea. You develop the skills needed to launch your idea as a startup. The program will also introduce you to the Dutch startup eco-system and will help you develop a network of peers, experts and mentors. Show less

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

The Bridge discovers, develops and delivers new business for companies. Considering different perspectives, The Bridge constructs surprising business concepts and bridges the gap between existing and new business.Professionals at The Bridge have proven their capability to turn goal oriented innovation & renewal into positive impact on the bottom-line, entrepreneurial culture, and the business ecosystem of the client.The Bridge is part of Twynstra Gudde, one of the leading… Show more The Bridge discovers, develops and delivers new business for companies. Considering different perspectives, The Bridge constructs surprising business concepts and bridges the gap between existing and new business.Professionals at The Bridge have proven their capability to turn goal oriented innovation & renewal into positive impact on the bottom-line, entrepreneurial culture, and the business ecosystem of the client.The Bridge is part of Twynstra Gudde, one of the leading independent management consultancies in The Netherlands, and is a member of Cordence Worldwide. Show less

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

The Bridge discovers, develops and delivers new business for companies. Considering different perspectives, The Bridge constructs surprising business concepts and bridges the gap between existing and new business.Professionals at The Bridge have proven their capability to turn goal oriented innovation & renewal into positive impact on the bottom-line, entrepreneurial culture, and the business ecosystem of the client.

Breda Area, Netherlands

- Identifying trends / scenarios and linking long-term innovation strategy to external financing- Project management for large, multi stakeholder innovation projects- Commercial responsibility for leading companies in Food & Nutrition, Automotive, Manufacturing and High-Tech- Key accountmanagement on C-level- Coaching and supervising junior/medior consultants

Delft Area, Netherlands

- Project management for multiple ERP implementations (Exact Globe, Synergy)- Responsible for the preparation of conceptual design and business cases- Supervising process improvements and change management (CRM, HRM, CMS and Workflow management)

Master, Strategy, Marketing & Supply Chain Management

International Programme On The Management Of Sustainability (Ipms)

The objective of the International Programme on the Management of Sustainability (IPMS) is to train participants in the techniques.

Bachelor, Business Economics