Joost van den Brekel

Change & Program Manager | Delivering Lasting Organizational Results

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

About

Seasoned Change Management professional with 25+ years of broad experience in predominantly technical environments with a specialization in Operational Excellence. Living my core values – uniqueness, trust, and connection – helps me to organize everything I do around the most precious ‘ingredients’ of the company: its PEOPLE! At the end of the day, it is ‘the people’ that determine the success of the change since they need to embrace and ‘live’ it.

Experience

  • Veranderingsmanager at NS
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Change manager at Breakthrough Coaching
    Aug 1997 - Present · 29 yrs

    I live and breathe Change Management and Operational Excellence and take ownership to drive and execute Change relative to business objectives by using proven methods and tools, one of them being people management. I am a people manager ‘by default’ and that is also my strength to get things done. Next to coaching people, I value their continued development. I master LSS – Lean Six Sigma tools – as well as various project management methodologies, ranging from management to shop floor. Key in establishing change is developing rhythm and cadence during which people adopt new ways of working and behaviors. Facilitated more than 100 workshops on behavioral change and leadership. As a people manager, I strongly believe in the values ‘Fun-Performance-Care’, creating a highly motivated, dedicated, and empowered team and ensure that as a team ‘we get the job done’.

  • Change & transformation at Renoir Consulting
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Programmamanager verandering at Hutchison Ports
    Jul 2024 - Feb 2026 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Development Coach - Change Manager at PDM | Industrial Excellence
    Oct 2024 - Mar 2025 · 6 mos