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De Kwakel

Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands

I was responsible for the sales of youngplants to (inter)national growers and translated their needs and wishes to the own breeding department. I supervised trials and I was responsible for the assortment and the product portfolio. I represented SlijkermanKalanchoë at (inter)national exhibitions and maintained contact with agents and resellers. I also.

Limuru, Kenya

During 3 months I have been able to better structure the production site in Kenya and found a way to guarantee critical processes and protocols within the rapidly growing organization. As a result of that, we were able to continue expanding, but above all I got the chance to gain experience in another part of the world.

Hensbroek, The Netherlands

As the final phase of my bachelor's degree I wrote a strategic marketing plan for the repositioning of a certain brand of cut-chrysanthemums of Dekker Chrysanthemums, on the basis of which further growth is to be realized the next coming years.

Huntersville, North Carolina, USA

During this internship of half a year I work at the R&D department of Metrolina, where, among other things, variety trials and cultivation tests are being done. Confidential trials are also carried out on behalf of breeding companies from all over the world.

Rijsenhout, The Netherlands

During this internship, I focused mainly on product management of cutflowers. I have helped to further implement the product management tool called Mercado, which can create an overview of the many information flows that come from different sources within the company.

Honselersdijk, The Netherlands

As an intern, I was involved in the general preparations for the FlowerTrials and during the short period of the internship I gained as much experience as possible with the activities of the commercial department (sales, product- and relationship management). Later on I did a project in the field of e-commerce.

De Kwakel, The Netherlands

Together with a fellow student, we have done research into the shelf life of Begonia cuttings from Kenya by means of cultivation tests.

Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands

Since the completion of my internship in 2011, I have been working here on Saturdays and during the school holidays. I did production-breeding related jobs in the crop Dianthus Barbatus and had managerial activities besides.

Andijk, The Netherlands

During this internship I focused on the planning and organization aspects of the company. That is why I have, among other things, created a new and extensive resource planning, with which I have been able to give a good overview of the expected work in the coming weeks. This planning tool has actually been put into use. Afterwards I kept myself busy with.

Bachelor Of Science, Horticulture And Business Management

Senior Secondary Vocational Education, Horticulture, Graduated With Excellent Execution

Pre-Vocational Secondary Education, Horticulture