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- Responsible for identifying growth strategy and strategic benchmarking, facilitating functional sourcing, forecasting, reporting and purchasing requirements.- Overseeing the delivery of 1.6 million tonnes of paper to 60.000 companies across Europe, through a network of 22 warehouses.- Develop and support an European Sales and Operations Planning process for supplier development with a focus on the top suppliers accounting for majority of total purchase volume.- Ensuring the company has future production capacity to meet business targets, changing position from a local country driven company to adopt centrally managed supplier relations and supply chain cost reduction programs.- Contribute to company's working capital targets and maximize product availability to end customers.- Responsible for group purchase of indirect material in collaboration with private equity owners.- Plan and implement digitalization road map for order, delivery, invoice and S&OP process.- Fundamentally responsible for collecting, analysing and interpreting target market information; managing inventory control and transfer to achieve sales budgets and maximise revenue, margins and profit performance.

- Head of Purchase and member of the Senior Executive Management team, with the role to define and update procurement and submitting processes to reduce supply chain costs, decrease inventory and improve product quality.- Accountable for the private brands operative purchase through NetOnNet´s trading office in Dongguan, China, representing the company´s management.- Responsibility for developing the branding strategy, accounting for 10% of sales, responsible for Trading office in China, Guangdong, 15 staff members including a Trading office manager.NetOnNet listed on the Stockholm stock exchange.

- Joined as interim manager focused on quickly turning the company around by dramatically reducing costs particularly in the logistics area; eg. reducing working capital and negotiating new 3PL contractual terms.- Developing and implementing seamless supply chain management processes, facilitating the introduction of products to market faster and more cost effectively.

- Joined the strategy team to design, build and launch a new initiative, Ahold General Merchandise (GM), oversaw the design, product development, visual merchandising, sourcing and logistics- Creation of a new global concept offering a full range of non-food cooking and eating merchandise, prior to expansion in to other product areas such as storage solutions clothing and commodities- Diligently reviewed the four operating companies within Ahold to identify differentiators and bridge a common global range strategy for the new Global GM group

• Accountability for leading the Purchase and Supply strategy for $1 billion Global Lighting Business with responsibility for total supply chain costs, product availability, quality, in-store logistics and social/environmental issues. Member of the Business Area Management team.• Directed and led an expansive team of 5 Purchase Strategists, Specialists and Coordinators, oversaw more than 65 employees and a network of 50 suppliers supporting 10 trading areas and serving 33 countries

Head of Purchase and Supply in Southern Indiaand Sri Lanka. Head of trading office including ca 22 co-workers.