Edwin van der Holst

Supply Chain Leader | Driving End-to-End Performance, Transformation & Customer Value | AI in supply chain

Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

About

With over 20 years of experience across manufacturing, consumer goods, and consulting industries, I support organizations to transform their global supply chains into agile, customer-centric operations. My expertise spans end-to-end supply chain, S&OP and global trade, I contribute to revenue growth by combining delivery excellence with customer relationship development. I am adept at setting strategic direction, managing complex, cross-functional improvement projects and achieving measurable results. I am a proactive and empathetic manager with strong communication skills to collaborate with senior leadership, global stakeholders and multi-site teams. I lead diverse and multi-site teams across geographies. I am commercially focused, agile and resilient to achieve exceptional business results. I have worked in Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy and the USA - fluent in German, Dutch, French, Italian, and English.

Experience

  • Head of Supply Chain EMEA at Givaudan
    Jul 2012 - Aug 2025 · 13 yrs 2 mos

    Head of Supply Chain for customer care, demand planning, supply planning, trade affairs and logistics functions in a regulated environment.

  • Project Manager at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
    May 2012 - Jul 2012 · 3 mos

    Project Manager at Beckman Coulter, a Medical Diagnostics Company, reporting to the Director of the Program Management Office in California and Vice-President Distribution in Nyon Responsibilities included: • to deliver the project phases of the planning and implementation for the build-up of a new warehouse in India and the set up of a direct sourcing model • Deliver the project planning and scoping phase for the transition of a newly acquired diagnostics and life science business covering a number of functional areas

  • Regional Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) manager at Hertz
    Jun 2010 - Apr 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos

    S&OP manager for revenue planning and demand / supply mix alignment

  • Manager at Deloitte Consulting
    Oct 2001 - May 2010 · 8 yrs 8 mos

    Manager in sales and operations planning, working capital reduction and supply chain improvement

  • Management Consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers
    1998 - Mar 2001 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Management consultant for Finance and Materials Management