Best, North Brabant, Netherlands
Executive Leader - Supply Chain Leadership and Transformation | High-Tech Operations | Business Model Innovation Operations and transformation executive with 20+ years of experience leading enterprise change, improving operating performance, and strengthening margins across high-tech manufacturing and software-enabled businesses. Brings deep expertise in operating model design, transformation governance, commercial and supply chain integration, and end-to-end business systems across complex, regulated, global environments. Known for aligning cross-functional teams, translating strategy into execution, and delivering measurable business outcomes through pragmatic, people-centered leadership. INSEAD Chief Operating Officer Executive Programme (2025 - 2026) INSEAD, Lausanne / Remote • Executive programme focused on operational excellence, global value-chain leadership, and transformational growth. • Electives: M&A Success Strategies Rethinking Global Strategy Supply Chain Strategies for Business. Reinforces executive capabilities in strategic decision-making, cross-functional integration, and digital supply-chain transformation.
• Built and led a global transformation governance organization for a $25M IT investment portfolio. • Directed cross-functional transformation initiatives across Sales, Operations, R&D, Marketing, and Service. • Coached 10 senior global program managers on delivering critical business initiatives.
European Medical Device Regulation program lead: - Managed the software workstream to ensure MDR compliance for all medical software products. - Led the Merger & Acquisition workstream to bring newly acquired businesses into MDR compliance. Integral Gross Margin program lead: - Directed a global program aimed at reducing operational costs for medical equipment project implementations. Achieved a 1.6% gross margin improvement, resulting in €40 million in savings. Configure Price Quoting tool selection: - Acted as Software Business Capability owner, driving software and solutions requirements for Configure Price Quote tools and their deployment in sales organizations.
Led a global COO/CFO-sponsored cost transformation program across market operations, delivering €40M in annual savings through installation, logistics, and margin-control improvements. Directed EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) compliance for 100+ software products, ensuring on-time certification and audit readiness through end-to-end process and master data redesign.
Sara Lee sells Coffee systems (machines) and Ingredients (Coffee, Tea etc.) to the BtoB Market Worldwide. Responsible for the order and supply chain department for direct export business (€40M). Responsible for: • Manage department of 10 direct reports (demand managers, order managers, financial analyst). • Managed business relationships with external suppliers and 2 outsourced logistical partners. • Defined and implemented S&OP process with leading suppliers (€40M spend) • Defined new supply chain strategy for managing Coffee Equipment for SLIF
Supply Chain Project Manager • Lead business improvement projects over functional departments. • Supporting implementation SAP R3 / CRM. • Implementation delivery process spare parts to technicians (via 3PL and TNT). • Improving SC KPI’s and managing performance 3PL.
Led a 10-person supply chain team supporting €60M in operations across demand planning, order management, and supplier performance.
Consultant Advanced Supply Chain Planning Management. Position in the Service Line I2 (other SL's are SAP, Oracle). 1. Project Philips Consumer Electronics: development of S&OP clarification model for IT technical infrastructure support department. 2. Project Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and Milan): demand management implementation (S&OP).
SCM Projects; * Strategic Inventory Project * SCM department closure and changeover from Southampton to Nijmegen * Supply Chain System improvements projects Operational; * Project Supply Chain Planning and Volume Ramp Up projects (new product introduction) * Operational Supply Chain Planning with Advanced Planning Tool I2 (DP/DF/ADW/MP)