Thijs Smit Email & Phone Number

Breda, NB, NL

Netherlands

As a partner of Caravel Solutions Europe, I am extending my knowledge in Operational Excellence further with a team of high skilled and like minded people. Our drive is to improve the work environment for the people on the workfloor, by supporting them with the right tools, making their working life easier, and thereby improving the business. We have a lot.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Founder of Dutch Operational Excellence Consulting in the Netherlands. We strive for better work environment for people, in order for them to achieve their audacious personal and business goals. By coaching, supporting, and working together with our customers we increase their capabilities and possibilities towards their full potential. We use all.

Netherlands

NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALSWe offer a 'boutique' style consultancy focusing on supporting our clients in the quest for business excellence in their end-to-end value chain. the Right people, the Right skills, at the Right timeWe put together teams of senior members to provide organizations with the expertise where they need it and when they need it. We seek to.

Amsterdam En Omgeving, Nederland

Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

• Responsible for the roll out and management of the FedEx and TNT European integration on-site support program with over 450 locations in scope. Member of the central program management team.
• Responsible for the overall resource planning process for the correct use of the 300 change agents with corresponding budget requests, the program content and documentation, reporting towards senior management on VP.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Working in tandem with international clients to improve or start continuous improvement programs locally in a site or to lead global programs. Program durations are several years, with excellent results
• Areas of work are mainly FMCG, Food & Dairy, Pharma, Chemical, Electronics and Retail.
• Especially proud on results achieved together with the client in improving the overall plant performance (OEE) in 1 year from 34% to 55%
• Especially proud on results achieved together with the client in shaping their plant vision & strategy and implementing it in all their processes, to change their local company culture
• Excellent in relationship management and energizing in communication with all layers of the organization from Operator, local management to C-level.

Bergen Op Zoom Area, Netherlands

• Managing the Maintenance support department of the largest cigarette manufacturing plant of PMI. Key support of the maintenance department in leading continuous improvement projects, support in Capex projects and.
• Especially proud on building a strong, open & effective team by means of team building sessions and continuous individual coaching. The team consisted of 26 people working in 6 different disciplines. At the start the.
• Especially proud on the implementation of Repetitive Flexible Maintenance planning, and cost reduction projects which have led to savings of €750K achieved in 3 years

Bergen Op Zoom Area, Netherlands

Managing the department for documentation of best practice machine parameters

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

Various projects within Production, Project Engineering, Supply Chain and Purchasing in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland

This internship was for my thesis project for my Master‟s Technology, Policy and Management. The research title was “Which elements determine the profitable implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for a company, and when are these achieved?” Mark: 8.5 out of 10. My research was published in a scientific paper: “Ludema M.W., Smit T.G..

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Internship project in which I designed a logistic & supply chain simulation program to help the strategic decision making of the supply chain department.

Master Of Science - Ms, Transport, Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Best Graduate of the year 2005

High School Diploma