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Work Experience

07/04 – present Interim Assignments

08/2008 - 06/2009
Neopost Technologies B.V.
Manager Manufacturing Engineering a.i.
The department (former New Products and Processes) has a key role in supporting the current production and in close cooperation with R&D, the industrialization of new products locally as well as worldwide.
Implementation of reorganization.
Improvement of the cooperation between OEM teams, R&D, French colleagues and involved Manufacturing Engineering employees Daily activities.

05/2008 - 07/2008
Neopost Technologies B.V.
Consultant
Study on the positioning and function of the departments New Products and Processes and Process Monitoring. Advise presented on proposed positioning and tasks and responsibilities. Basically meaning, a further reorganization of the manufacturing department. This based on creating a learning organization in which tools as Lean and Six Sigma can and will be used to improve processes.

05/2007 - 05/2008
Neopost Technologies B.V.
Manager Manufacturing Operations a.i.
Responsible for the departments Parts Production, Assembly and Maintenance and Repair. Direct reports 5, a total of 135 employees, turnover € 60 million.
First phase of Lean within Part Production completed. Realized savings € 765.000,-
Reduction of the number of management roles of 6 to 4 ( including the manager manufacturing operations), true alteration of the organizational structure
Consequences 3 year plan presented and several actions deployed to prepare the organization.
Goals 2008 discussed and formulated,
Competences of employees increased, to improve employability.
Coaching of managers within the operations department.
Daily production activities with focus on cost reduction.

07/2006 – 04/2007
Bollegraaf Recycling Machinery B.V. Appingedam
Manager Production a.i., member management team
Responsible for the complete primary process. 8 direct reports of the departments, planning, engineering, purchase, logistics, production and projects. A total of 120 employees and a turnover of 30 million Euro.
Analyses of the primary process and (partly) implementation of improvements.
Daily production activities,
Support implementation of Axapta,

10/2005 – 07/2006
Prodect B.V. Schoonebeek
Supervision and Support of the startup of Prodect B.V. Schoonebeek
Position: management consultant a.i.
Draw up of business plan including financials. Acquire subsidies and credit limit. Support at acquisition activities and product development.

01/00 - 06/04 Cordis Europe N.V.
Manufacturer of medical equipment
Sr. Manager Tool Services
The Tool Services department is responsible for the development, manufacturing and servicing of the specifically for Cordis developed equipment.
As Sr. Manager responsible for the overall results of the department. The department has approximately 70 employees.
Prepared and realized required organizational changes.
Numerous improvement projects realized for example;
o Calculations of project budgets improved. Number of over budget projects significantly reduced.
o Selection and performance control of suppliers improved. This resulted in improved quality of tool parts and up to 50% lead time reduction.
Budget responsible for € 14 million. Consisting of project budgets and a department budget of 3.5 million
Annual departmental and personal goal definition.
Project management,
o Project goal, all equipment at the Roden site had to comply to CE, J&J safety regulations and by FDA required software validation.
o Responsible for overall project results.

11/96 – 01/00 Manager Engineering Cordis Europa N.V.
Engineering is the department of Tool Services, which is responsible for the design of build to order equipment. The designs concern the mechanical, electrical as well as software of the equipment. Total number of 20-25 engineers.
Responsible for the overall department results.
Merged the department’s mechanical design and electrical/software design.
Improved department project management, planning, budget control, lead-time performance and communication.
Implemented CE, J&J safety regulations and software validation according to FDA part 11.

04/92 – 11/96 Industria Technische Verlichtingen B.V. Emmen
Manufacturer of technical lighting
Manager drawing office
Responsible for the overall results of the department.
Involved in the development of a new series of street lights
Technical claims analyzed and solved.

03/89 – 04/92 Electrolux Lalesse Didam.
Manufacturer of warehouse automation equipment (cranes)
Mechanical Designer
I have been responsible for the (mechanical) design and the required calculations.
Designer/Project-leader. (Project value between € 100.000,-and € 1.500.000,-)
Developed and implemented a technical product database. My goal was to be able to reuse parts on new designs and in case of changes on parts have a overview on the impact on all the constructions in which these parts were used.

03/80 – 03/89 Turmac Zevenaar.
Cigarette manufacturer
Draughtsman/designer
Production equipment lay-out design. Result les human interaction and reduction of production costs
Responsible for numerous designs for production optimizing.

11/78 – 03/80 Instromet Silvolde.
Manufacturer of gas regulators and gas measure equipment
Draughtsman/designer
Implementation of changes in numerous designs.
Responsible for the design of specific build to order equipment.

09/72 – 11/78 Thomassen Holland B.V.
Manufacturer of gas turbines, steam turbines and centrifugal turbines
Apprentice bench-hand
Draughtsman steam turbines and centrifugal turbines.

Education

Education
Bachelor degree in Business Economics 1999
Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering 1985
Designer Mechanical Engineering 1983
Draughtsman/designer Mechanical Engineering 1978
Basic Mechanical Engineering 1976
Craftsmen Bench-hand 1975
Apprentice Bench-hand 1974

Courses
Six-Sigma (greenbelt) 2002
Project management 1995
Introduction to Logistics 1994
Quality management 1993
Novell network management 1991
Numerous courses AutoCAD 1990
Structured programming in Pascal, Dbase and Auto Lisp 1988
Efficient cost estimating and calculating (YDO) 1987
Welding for designers (TNO) 1986

Skills

Customer oriented with a strong focus on results, also in strongly changing organizations and markets.
Decisive with a strong drive and a good sense of relations.
Self-assured and conscientious
Critical, and very capable in reasoning, argumentation and leading discussions.
Overview on the consequences of words and deeds and very capable in realizing targets.
I have a positive way of talking, thinking and acting.
Pragmatic, result orientated, efficient and motivated.
Analytically strong
Much attention for budget, lead-time as well as the quality of the activities.
Coaching in changing work environments.
Experience in engineering, production and with Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of constraints, thorough knowledge of Prince2

Languages

Englisch, German