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Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Personal Assistant to the Global Sustainable Sourcing Development Director since Sept 2005, to the Procurement Operations Manager Sustainable Sourcing (Deforestation) per Nov 2014 and to the Procurement Operations Director Sustainable Sourcing (per Jan 2016).Management Assistant to the Procurement Operations groups.Based per November 2014 at Unilever Nederland Services, De Brug (1st floor), at the Procurement Hub, Rotterdam.This location will be moved to a new location in the Centre of Rotterdam (Hofplein 19, Rotterdam, NL). The planning is that this will be around June 2020. For me, the new location will no longer be used as working location - I will retire per 1 June 2020.End of Unilever career after almost 48 years.

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

As from January 2016 I am PA to the Procurement Operations Director Sustainable Sourcing.Per Nov 2014 PA to the Global Sustainable Sourcing Director, as well as to the the Procurements Operations Sustainable Manager, responsible for Deforestation. Management Asssitant (MA) to the total Procurement Group, based at Rotterdam Nassaukade.Responsible for keeping track of appointments, booking travel, organising meetings / workshops / conferences inside and outside of the company, nationally and internationally. Assisting with the ordering, submitting and filing of Purchase Requests, Purchase Orders and/or invoices. Keeping track of travel- and other budgets for Sustainable Sourcing as well as for Procurement Departmental groups.Since September 2005 PA to the Sustainable Sourcing Development Team and MA to the Group Quality Excellence. Sustainable Sourcing Development Team is part of the Unilever Supply Chain and is responsible for Sustainable Sourcing of raw materials and sustainability of Unilever in the broadest sense of the word.Have also assisted the Unilever Group Quality Excellence from Sept 2005 until Nov 2014. This group is responsible for the quality of Unilever (food and non-food) products worldwide.

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Per Jan 2016 I am also PA to the Procurement Operations Director Sustainable Sourcing.Since Nov 2014 I am PA to the Global Director Sustinable Sourcing Development, as well as to the Procurement Operations Manager Sustainable Sourcing Deforestation.MA to the total Procurement Operations Department / groups.In Unilever I have worked for a lot of different departments. I started sept 1972 with the secretarial training, after that I have fullfilled Management Assistant and Personal Assistant positions in Technical Information Department; Edible Fats&Dairy Co-ordination; Algemeen Vrachtkantoor/Binfurst Autotransport; Food Co-ordination; North America Group; Health&Wellness; Spreads and Cooking Products; Communication Department; Supply Chain Departments (consisting of Sustainable Agriculture Group (SUSAG), Unilever Quality Assurance Group (UQAG), Procurement (Operational) Groups and Sustainable Sourcing departments/groups.

Shorthand+Business Correspondence Dutch And Modern Languages, Administrative Assistant And Secretarial Science, General

Havo, Dutch, English, German, French, History And Geography

I have completed the HAVO. Passed exams in Dutch, English, German and French + History and Geography (the average of my exams was a 7).