• Responsible for the salesteam in the Benelux converter market.• Reporting to the management regarding sales, marketing and trends in our industry.• Analyse market needs, identify areas of opportunity and present value-added solutions to customers and key suppliers.• Build relationships with customers and develop a good understanding of their business to ensure that they have maximum exposure to our polymer portfolio.• Ability to translate business requirements into IMCD solutions with the support of our suppliers.• Close cooperation with Technical- and Development Engineers, Finance, Legal, Sales, Supply Chain and Operations to take care for the best solutions of our customers.• Develop and/or maintain relationships with partners, develop a good understanding of their business and growth plan going forward in the present and new markets.• Negotiation of commercial conditions on both sides facing the customer and supplier.• Project- and Product Management with key suppliers.• Product presentations and transferring knowledge to the Sales team inside but also at the sales teams of our customers.• Responsible for the entire process of new partner rollouts within the Benelux, from start to finish.• Provide relevant input to the business regarding structural and operational issues and improvements.• Provide relevant input to the business regarding HR and Digitalisation.• Ensure a “Best in Class” organization is created and maintained through implementing solutions to further develop, maintain and improve customer satisfaction and -experience and streamline processes.• Ability to respond to a constantly changing market and act immediately on signals of change.• Marketing activities for the Advanced Materials Business Unit for example organizing trade fairs.Key markets where I'm active are:• Healtcare • consumer goods• Automotive

Different projects regarding retail businesses in my local area. Building up marketing strategies.To keep my self challenged and up to date.

Color ServiceHas more than 40 years of experience as a manufacturer of color concentrates established as a competent and reliable partner in all questions concerning the coloring of plastics from PE/PP to technical polymers like PC, SAN, POM, SEBS etc.As an internationally oriented company, we are the masterbatch-partner who has the technological expertise of the complete color range to concern about a small quantity from 1kg up to several tons of production quantities.As a International Sales Manager for Color Service I'm responsible for the growth and development of the export markets outside Germany. Especially the Benelux market where I visit direct customers on my own. Next to that Color Service is working with different agents around Europe with whom I visit the key accounts in their country. Marketing has the focus on:- Development new website- Organizing stand at Fakuma show- Communication about changing to the new production plant- Newsletters for customers

Color ServiceHas more than 40 years of experience as a manufacturer of color concentrates established as a competent and reliable partner in all questions concerning the coloring of plastics from PE/PP to technical polymers.As an internationally oriented company, we are the masterbatch-partner who has the technological expertise of the complete color palette to concern about a small quantity from 1kg up to several tons of production quantities.As a International Sales Manager for Color Service I'm responsible for the Dutch market and all our sales agents outside Germany.

Circus Maximus Foundation, this is a foundation that works out and organize activities in my local area for example supporting the ice skating ring or organizing a mountain bike competition.

Witteboorden.nl is een online platform met witte heren T-shirts in abonnementsvorm. Het gebruikte katoen is 100% biologisch en GOTS gecertificeerd. Kijk ook op http://www.witteboorden.nl. succesvol verkocht in 2016.

The Selle Royal group is a leading company in the bicycle business. For the group I served the three major brands Selle Royal, Fizik and Brooks in the After-market as a retail specialist in the Benelux. Beside supporting IBD I’m assisting sales in taking care of small wholesale accounts and coordinating / supporting international shows, national shows, house shows, events and dealer shows in Europe (B-2-B / B-2-C.) Giving feedback to the marketing department in Italy regarding competition, pricing and product development.