Jeroen Dekkers

Responsible Sourcing Manager at Tata Steel Netherlands Procurement

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

I am a driven professional with a diverse range of experience in the manufacturing industry. Passionate about integrating sustainability drivers into everyday business operations within an international context, I’ve worked as a Responsible Sourcing Manager at Tata Steel, where I helped incorporate the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines into procurement practices in preparation for upcoming CSRD/CSDDD legislation. As an innovator and team player, I focus on building strong collaborations both within the organization and externally. I am skilled at quickly establishing new relationships and take a practical approach to creating new solutions that build on existing structures and processes. My work is driven by a natural curiosity and strong analytical skills, supported by years of experience across manufacturing, quality, innovation, marketing, and sustainability. I thrive on tackling both existing and emerging challenges, viewing a "No" as an opportunity to engage in deeper conversations and push toward achieving meaningful results. I am now looking to further my career in the broader field of sustainability, where I can continue to drive impactful change.

Experience

  • Responsible Sourcing Manager at Tata Steel
    Oct 2022 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Lead for developing and implementing due diligence system to implenent the OECD Due Diligence guidelines in Procurement Organization of Tata Steel Netherlands, as part of Tata Steel Netherlands' membership of Dutch IRBC Metaalconvenant.

  • Tata Steel Europe (12 yrs 11 mos)
    • Customer Engagement Manager, Automotive
      Dec 2013 - Nov 2022 · 9 yrs

      In my current function as Customer Engagement Manager in the Automotive Marketing team, I work with customer to find value in Tata Steel’s products&services offering, strongly focusing on-but not limited to- New Product Development. My customer portfolio is composed of French, German and Japanese mass-manufacturing brands.In addition, I am owner of a number of new product developments for automotive applications.

    • Support Engineer Automotive
      2010 - Nov 2013 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      First point of contact for all technical issues with large french carmaker, notably quality management and product approvals. Responsible for quality performance at 7 customer automotive plants, 5 in France, 2 in Spain. Responsible for integrating customer specific requirements as outlined in ISO-TS 16949. Representing manufacturing in Netherlands, Belgium and UK, as well as service centres in Netherlands, France and Spain.

  • Corus ()
    • Process Technologist
      Apr 2006 - Apr 2010 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for process development and quality management for Temper Mill 21 and Inspection lines CM2. Have worked extensively on optimisation of mill control loops as well as preparing proposals for a number of important quality improvements.

    • Maintenance Engineer
      Apr 2005 - Apr 2006 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Responsible for OEE improvement activities

  • Project Engineer at Peer+
    Jan 2009 - Jun 2009 · 6 mos

    A side project to research - internet search and other - move towards developingan industrial liquid crystal display (LCD) process for making switchable smart glass window panes. This work has been applied succesfully.

  • Software Engineer at B en O Delft bv.
    Jan 2005 - Mar 2005 · 3 mos

    As software programmer, I've worked to develop small software extension by integrating linear mathematics in geometric map tool.