• Provide leadership and management to cross-continent teams of Supply Chain Professionals. • Build and develop Purchasing Teams and Category Management for a wide range of commodities.• Standardisation of processes and automation of execution of the work.

Marketing, Sales, Development, Manufacturing, Installation and Commissioning of Industry 4.0 (IIoT) turnkey hardware and software solutions for LEAN (OEE) optimization and digital twinning specifically tailored towards SME manufacturing companies. Full P&L responsibility:• 2018 Turn-key delivery of an OEE hardware and software IoT system for an injection moulding factory in the Netherlands.• 2019 Turn-key delivery of an OEE hardware and software IoT system for an injection moulding factory in the Czech Republic.

Member of the Management Team reporting to the MD, managing 25 FTE's divided over four departments, responsible for supply chain and outsourced manufacturing. Highlights include:• Introduction of an integrated software solution to automate the creation of shipping documents,• Introduction of e-procurement to automate the operational purchasing process.

Professionalization of the procurement process:• Development and start-up of a manufacturing plant in S.-E. Asia as a Direct Foreign Investment,including setting up of a local supply chain.• Introduction of e-procurement to automate the operational purchasing process.• Development of category strategies for global sourcing.• Optimizing purchasing processes per spend category.• Training of purchasing personnel in the Enterprise Resource Planning system (EPR).• Redesigning of the planning and expediting processes.• Improved warehouse performance with intelligent cross picking and carousel storage units.• Set-up realtime global inventory and stock control for critical components.• Development of global sourcing activities in low-cost countries.

Responsible for the subcontracting activities of Heerema Marine Contractors. Project team member for the development of HMC’s logistics, including the design of an organisation, development of procedures, development and integration of supporting ICT systems. Project team member to further professionalize and improve purchasing at HMC to worldclass standard.

Technical preparation and offshore support for the offshore installation of Oil and Gas Platforms worldwide. Technical business development support for deepwater pipeline installation. Seconded in Norway and the USA.