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Flexmanager reference number: 29857
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Consultancy & Interim Management

Work Experience

2008/02 ~ 2008/10
Company: XXXXX (50 Best Managed Companies 2008)
Type: Producer & Supplier of Building materials
Location: the Netherlands.
Staff: 150
Turnover: € 20 mil.
Job title: Change Management Consultant (max: 1 – 2 days per week)
Responsibility: 2. part of production reorganization
Targets: Optimize production efficiency & production logistics; implementation of Lean Manufacturing and Gemba Kaizen. Training & instructing staff.
Results: production efficiency: +5%; implementation of complete changeover of staff awareness towards consequences of personal actions in the production process, production logistics, product handling, warehousing and transport.

2007/01 ~ 2008/02
Company: XXXXX
Type: Service provider in luxury leisure activities
Location: Germany.
Staff: fully operational: 15 - 20
Turnover: fully operational: € 5 – 7 mil.
Job title: Consultant setting up new Company
Responsibility: Complete set-up, including legal, financial and constructional concerns.
Targets: Opening March 2008.
Results: Opening February 2008

2004/12 ~ 2006/12
Company: XXXXX (50 Best Managed Companies 2008)
Type: Producer & Supplier of Building materials
Location: the Netherlands.
Staff: 150
Turnover: € 20 mil.
Job title: Change Management Consultant
Responsibility: Reorganize production & waste management
Targets: Optimize production efficiency & logistics and decrease production waste by 20%
Results: production efficiency: + 30%; waste output: -40%; implementation of complete changeover of staff awareness towards consequences of personal actions in the production process, production logistics, product handling, warehousing and transport.

2002/07 ~ 2004/06
Company: XXXXX
Type: Production and assembly of electrical appliances, cables and wires.
Location: the Netherlands.
Staff: 10
Turnover: € 2.5 mil.
Job title: Manager Marketing & Sales
Responsibility: Marketing, sales, acquisition, customer support and out sourcing.
Targets: Expand all activities (sales and industrial) on the Dutch market and abroad
Results: Increased customer base by 10%, increased net result by 5%

2000/06 ~ 2002/06
Company: XXXXX
Type: Temporary employment agency specialized in high-qualified technicians.
Location: Germany.
Staff: 5 - direct, 79 - indirect
Turnover: € 3,2 mil.
Job Title: General Manager
Responsibility: Full responsibility for result and expansion of a new office.
Targets: Make the office profitable in 1 year and 20% growth in profit in the following years
Results: Profitable in 6 months, increased turnover from € 125.000 to € 3,2 mil in 2 years.

1999/07 ~ 2000/05
Company: XXXXX
Type: Distributor electronic components & computer systems.
Location: the Netherlands.
Staff: 10
Turnover: > € 25 mil.
Job Title: Senior Sales Engineer
Responsibility: Department Manager ECM Desk Sales & support Group.
All major accounts in electronics and Electronic Contract Manufacturers.
Targets Improve results and lead-times.
Results increased gross profit to 30% and kept lead-times constant despite shortages on the semiconductor market.

1998/11 ~ 1999/07
Company: XXXXX
Type: Producer of pre-fab. concrete elements
Location: the Netherlands.
Staff: 6
Turnover: > € 25 mil.
Job title: Credit Manager
Responsibility: Credit management, supervising finance and administration department.
All major accounts: BAM, HBM, Heijmans, Volker-Stevin, BC Betuwelijn, BC HSL.
Targets: Implementation of SAP R4. Rewrite legal contracts for credit management.
Results: Developed and advised new SAP R4 routines in F/A. Implemented contracts for major accounts.

1998/04 ~ 1998/11
Company:
Type: Producer of high-tech data recording systems
Location: the Netherlands.
Staff: 4
Turnover: > € 25 mil.
Job title: Purchasing Manager
Responsibility: All accounts for A-class parts. I.e.: Canon Europe (the Netherlands, Thailand), Mustang and Superior (Taiwan), Panasonic (Japan, Singapore), Flextronics (Austria).
Targets: Make department operational for production at Eindhoven. Implement MFG-Pro 8.5 (MRP).
Results: Reorganized purchasing department during transition from R. & D. plant to production plant.

1993/08 ~ 1998/01
Company: XXXXX.
Type: Business Consultants
Location: the Netherlands / United Kingdom.
Staff: 0 - 5 (varied)
Job title: Freelance Consultant
Responsibility: Consultant for production and logistics in small and medium sized companies (<50 p)
Analise problem areas, recommend improvement plan and implement innovations to generate the results. Plans involve production, personnel, stocks, logistics and procurement.
Contracts: Promecome(France), Alligator(Germany), Van der Pligt(The Netherlands), Spolnik(Slovakia), Impex(Germany)

1992/05 ~ 1993/05
Company: XXXXX
Type: Producer of wall decoration materials
Location: the Netherlands.
Staff: 7 - direct, 70 - indirect.
Turnover: > € 25 mil.
Job title: Plant Manager
Responsibility: Manager production plant, incl. personnel planning and training, supervising laboratory and quality control, purchasing, warehouse and logistics.
Targets: Improve production output, update production facilities, implement job rotation and
shift production plan, reduce costs.
Results: Production increased > 60%, job rotation incl. workers benefits introduced and functioning, Reduced lead-times from 6 to 2 weeks. Introduced new process formula. Reduced costs by € 0,5 mil./yr.

1987/01 ~ 1992/01
Company: XXXXX
Type: Producer of transport packaging (recycling wastepaper)
Location: the Netherlands
Staff: 4 - direct, 20 - indirect.
Turnover: > € 3 mil.
Job title: General Manager
Responsibility: Build new production plant, fully responsible for result and profit. Initially without sales. After 3 years sales outside Europe.
Targets: Build a new company that could supply the needs of a quickly growing sales company. Production target: 1450 ton/yr. Build own customer network.
Results: Production exceeded 2300 tons/yr. Product quality 2e best in the world. Turnover > € 3 mil. (50% SC / 50% own customers). Introduced “Floor covering” to the Dutch market. Nowadays this product is widely used in building and renovation sites.

1979 ~ 1987

‘82 - ‘87
Company: XXXXX, Graphical industry.
Job title: Manager.

‘81 - ‘82
Company: XXXXX, Graphical industry.
Job title: Manager.

‘79 - ‘81
Company: XXXXX, Electrical installations.
Job title: Project Manager.

Education

1996 - 2000 Fiscal law PT-Study University of Tilburg
1998 - 2000 Business Management PT-Study Fontys HS Eindhoven
1997 - 1999 Marketing Management PT-Study Fontys HS Eindhoven
1974 - 1979 Electrical Engineering HTS Rotterdam / Eindhoven
1969 - 1974 H.A.V.O. (College) Eindhoven

Skills

General Manager with leading skills in starting-up, upgrading and reorganizing businesses. Strong affinity with marketing, sales, production and logistics. Twenty-five years experience, national and international, in local and multinational companies.

Languages

Dutch: mother tongue English: excellent German: excellent French: fair

Other

Part-time studies and evening courses
Business management (1991), Thai language (still learning)

Computer knowledge
Windows, Microsoft-office, Lotus and various business programs (ERP, MRP, SAP R4, Exact)

Characteristics
Dynamic, analytical, pragmatic, efficient, target-driven, open-minded, firm.

Sport & hobbies
Judo, tennis, Asian cultures.