Christiaan van Dijk

Director Global Warehousing

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

About

Every day I make a difference by delivering outstanding work, improving business and having an eye for all staff that they are motivated and challenged in their jobs. Having my focus on my team and customer is key to my success. key words: logistics | warehousing | distribution | projects | supply chain | development | business transformation | IT | operations | operational excellence | international

Experience

  • Director Global Warehousing at Base Logistics
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Responsible for all warehouses of the Base Logistics Group, including the warehouses of Base Logistics and HealthLink and all partner warehouses. Responsible for Engineering for the Entire Base Logistics Group, including Base Logistics, HealthLink and SLS. Responsible for customer care department of Base Logistics. Responsible for a wide range of VAS activities performed globally in our own warehouses and partner warheouses, including refurbishment, mechanical upgrades, battery checks, server wiping and IT provisioning. We have about 250 ~ 300 customers trusting them with their goods in our warehouses for which we deliver outstanding performance each and every day.

  • Cello Square by Samsung SDS Global (6 yrs 6 mos)
    • Head of Solution Group
      Apr 2023 - Feb 2024 · 11 mos

      Responsible for all projects of new logistics implementation in Europe for Samsung Electronics. In this role I am responsible for project management, warehouse solutions and transport solutions: scope, quality, budgets and timelines.

    • Head of Business Implementation EU/CIS
      May 2022 - May 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

      As Head of Business Implementation I am responsible for all new business implementations in Europe and the CIS region. I manage a team of project managers/business implementation managers working and living throughout Europe. The main focus of my team is opening new warehouses, implementing transport solutions and implementing new customers. Next to new business implementation my team also focuses on business improvements.

    • Site Manager Global Parts Center Europe
      Mar 2020 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Head of the distribution center including inbound and outbound transport, from factories until delivery to the customers. Also including return flows from all over Europe to Slowakia, Netherlands and Korea. Responsible for a workforce of over 300 FTE.

  • Organisatieadviseur | Projectmanager at P2 strategie | realisatie | ontwikkeling
    Sep 2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    P2 is one of the top 6 Project Management Consultancy firms of the Netherlands, with a diamond rating by Consultancy.nl I worked as an interim project manager for customers like Tony's Chocolonely, Danone, Almarai, Efteling and Royal Huisman. I headed project teams that delivered tangible results for these companies in helping them in renewing ways of working and becoming ready for the future.

  • Damen Shipyards Group (6 yrs 6 mos)
    • Manager Supply Chain Documentation
      Jan 2014 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

      In this position I have combined the part catalog team with another department and thereby created the department Supply Chain Documentation. This department is responsible a.o. for: -Part catalog database that is used throughout the company, both for new built as well as for services and e-store -Standard article drawings and standard instruction drawings -Making norms available within Damen -Updating and maintenance of the Damen handbooks containing the standardization knowledge -Green passport and non-asbestos declarations -Writing of vessel operating manuals -The delivery of all technical documentation to a customer at the delivery of his vessel -Repro There work around 35 FTE at Supply Chain Documentation. The department is positioned within the Supply Chain department as there are many interfaces with the suppliers of Damen.

    • Manager Part Catalog
      Jan 2013 - Dec 2013 · 1 yr

      It was my task to combine three teams coming from different departments to one team to update the database of all the parts that are used at Damen. For a specific period I have enlarged the team with twelve persons. After finishing that phase I have reduced the resources to a smaller core team that handles more than before while offering more service to the internal customers.

    • Supply Chain Development Engineer
      Jun 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Graduate student at Damen Shipyards
    May 2008 - Feb 2009 · 10 mos

    Design of a logistical performance measurement system to manage the logistical processes for building new ships from material identification till delivery at shipyards overseas with a strong focus on the organizational structure of the company.