Wouter Bak Email & Phone Number

Netherlands

Integral consultancy starting with curious mindset understand the business challenges and client needs; whatever it takes to accelerate improvements. From analysis of the challenges and root causes, via co-design of a solution roadmap to coaching, training, facilitating workshops and practical hands-on implementation. People centric, always with Agile DevOps principles in mind for sustainable business impact.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

FutureXeed helps organisations with people related aspects of Agile and Digital Transformation. We accelerate people and organisation transformation by developing talent and leveraging advanced Technologies.FutureXeed Academy provides interactive learning experiences. We engage, educate and excite people to co-create awesome work cultures and positive organisational transformations.See https://www.futurexeed.com/

Netherlands

Creating impact in building an organisation in Consulting, Coaching & Training to accelerate Organisation Culture Transformations.

Denmark & Netherlands

Our internationally expanding business requires a forward-looking well-coordinated HR function. I am therefore proud to be accountable for the effective implementation of key global improvement projects of our prioritised people agenda through proper program management. Examples are implementing further functionality to our global HRIS systems (Workday, Fuse) and piloting Central Services for HR in Poland. This also includes managing cross functional alignment (esp. with IT and Finance) at Group level. Global Process Owner of the annual Organisation Review process as performed in the business management teams. Key partner to the SVP HR developing and driving HR strategic direction by designing strategic initiatives to ensure organizational effectiveness. Member of the Group HR Leadership Team

Denmark & Netherlands

Responsible for ROCKWOOL Group Global HR processes, managing Global Process Owners who drive their process improvements together with a virtual team of regional HR specialists. Successfully leading the design and roll-out of moving from local to a regional HR service model and aligned HR delivery with an HR capability improvement program.Global HR owner for implementation Workday as our first Global HRIS system, from vendor selection and implementation in 2014 to Business As Usual maintenance mode. Next to Core HR and Manager and Employee Self Service, the scope included Compensation & Benefit (Merit), Performance Management, Recruitment and Onboarding, Reporting and Data quality, Security, Payroll integrations, and most of all Change Management. We used a maturity roadmap to further mature the benefits and optimize our user experience, making use of the bi-annually updates of Workday.

I combined Human Resources Management with being an active member of international business management teams, using my broad experience and industrial engineering background. As an independent consultant I helped various organizations to change and improve their global & local HR processes to better anticipate on business opportunities and the reality of tomorrow.Certified and experienced user of Lumina Spark profiling individual and team assessment.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Supporting ABN AMRO as consultant with a longer term commitment. Reporting into and consultant to the ABN AMRO global HR Management Team. The assignment was to be program manager defining the positioning of international HR after the restructuring of the bank. This included a design of the governance between Global, country and business HR. Redefining and aligning international HR processes and identify capabilities needed and implement global policies. The proposals were approved at the highest level and successfully implemented within 12 months with the set up and start of a new International HR team with a diverse set of expert profiles.

Copenhagen

Reporting to SVP HR Maersk Oil and Gas. Interim Manager responsible for global processes like Performance Management, Strategic Workforce Planning and HR dashboards, talent management and succession planning. Upgrading of a complete suite of HR processes. Key examples are Technology Competence Management with Success Factors, and SWP for global project resourcing (off-shore gas exploration). Member of the Maersk Oil Global People Board.

Netherlands

Vice President HR Global Chief Technology Office (1600 employees), Member of CTO Management Team. Provide functional leadership for (up to 20) CTO group- and site HR Managers.MD Technology, Executive Recruitment and Senior Staffing of (±100) key R&D positions, Manage Functional (±200 Technology and ±100 project manager) Career Ladder program and promotion process, R&D competency management.Member of NXP Innovation & Technology Management Team, providing functional leadership to the global R&D community (7.000+ R&D personnel). Plan and facilitate the integration of Semiconductors sector of Philips Research into NXP central R&D. Member of NXP HR Leadership Team: representing CTO and Management Development for R&D. Responsible for the quarterly NXP engagement survey and follow-up process.

Netherlands

Vice President HR of the Global Chief Technology Office (1500 employees), Member of CTO Management Team. Provide functional leadership for (up to 20) CTO group- and site HR Managers.MD Technology, Executive Recruitment and Senior Staffing of (±100) key R&D positions, Manage Functional (±200) Career Ladder program and promotion process, R&D competency management.Member of Philips Semiconductors HR Leadership Team: representing CTO and Management Development. Owner of Global Philips Group Technology Functional Competency Framework, and Technology Assessment & Development Centers for Tech talent.Manage various significant global restructuring operations for efficiency improvement and due to M&A activities. During 2006 responsible for all HR aspects for R&D in the Due Diligence process, as well as for all SLA’s with Philips HRM in the Disentanglement process.

Hong Kong

Joint Venture between LG Electronics and Philips Electronics in development and manufacturing of Displays, headquartered in Hong Kong.(joint venture of Philips and LG with 36.000 employees, 4.5 Bn US$ sales); Leading B-to-B supplier of CRT Picture tubes. Reporting to the SVP HRM. Member of the Global HR Leadership Team with the assignment of Post Merger Integration. Developed Leadership Competency Framework, Assessment Programs for Top Talents, Company Culture Values Framework, global Employee Motivation Survey, and responsible for the expatriation process (200+ expats).

Netherlands

Philips Display Components with 16.000 employees, 2.5 Bn US$ sales); Leading B-to-B supplier of CRT Picture tubes. Reporting to the SVP HRM. Member of the Global HR Leadership Team with the assignment of Talent Management, and responsible for the expatriation process for 140+ expats. Responsible for the High Potential talent assessment for Philips Components Division. Develop the competence Framework for the Technology Function. Operational HR for the Headquarters and the global functions in Finance, procurement and supply chain. Responsible project lead for the global HR dataroom to prepare for the merger with LG. Responsible project lead for HR disentanglement from Royal Philips Electronics. Responsible HR partner and project lead to plan and move headquarter employees and their families to Hong Kong. Prime contact to align expat packages to Hong Kong with LG prior to the merge.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Improve product development process, Lean 6-sigma methodologies, FMEA, organisation development, financial control, competency management for project management.

Production process engineering, project management, product development and go-to-market for FMCG

Executive Business Program In Cooperation With Center Of Creative Leadership, Part Of The Philips Octagon Top Potential Program

Activities and Societies: The course was spread out over a year with modules in Philadelphia, Shanghai, Dubai and Amsterdam, and included.

Advanced Hr Executive Program

Msc, Industrial Engineering & Management Science

Vwo