The Randstad, Netherlands
General manager with over 13 years working experience overseas in engineering, consultancy, product development, new product introduction, operations and production management. Has worked in the Netherlands, the USA, the UK and China, which has provided experience with significant cultural and organizational differences. Competitive, determined, customer focused, systematic problem solving and empowering. Has a broad repertoire of leadership styles, resulting in an engaging team climate and winning business performance.
Responsible for Business Unit Refrigeration Technologies
Overall responsibility for factory, building completely customized chairlifts for the international market, including P&L responsibility. Member of Business Unit Home Solutions management team with global presence and direct and dealer sales channels. Key achievements: • Significantly improving product quality, winning TKE manufacturing quality award • Improved safety culture resulting in 5 years without lost time incidents • Improving manufacturing efficiency by 20% and increasing capacity by 70% by implementing Operational Excellence and 6 Sigma • Implementing Process Excellence in office, building on operational excellence, continuous improvement and agile tools • Developed 2 cycles of business strategies in line with Business Unit goals, including focus on sustainability and connected products • Lead organization through and out of Corona pandemic
Responsible for direct sales organization of Home Solutions in the Netherlands selling stairlifts and Home Elevators. Guided organization through re-organization and start of Covid-19 pandemic, maintaining sales levels under difficult circumstances
General manager of a joint venture of Caterpillar and ISM (Japan), building small diesel engines for power generation and industrial applications. Responsible for financial performance and operations. Leading teams covering production, quality, supply chain, health and safety, product and engineering, purchasing, finance and human resources (about 150 people). Providing leadership to “win in China” program, developing and executing the business growth strategy with the Asia Pacific sales team. Member of the overarching global JV leadership team and as such involved with global business and product strategy development. Key achievements are: • Turning loss making business into profitable business through a passion for product cost, manufacturing efficiency and sales growth • Reduced product cost by 20% by leading an international multifunctional team and instilling a relentless search for capable low cost local suppliers • Improving quality through the use of robust processes, continuous improvement, stop capability and root cause corrective actions • Kept the team safe with no recordable injuries for 4 years by coaching the teams to use the same processes for safety as used on quality • Developed leadership team to a capable, confident and inspiring team • Cut customer lead time in half, while reducing inventory by implementing plan for every part and sourcing parts locally • Doubling production capacity without significant investment through focus on efficiency and by implementing creative solutions
Program manager for the development, and introduction of a new 4.4 liter diesel engine for low emissions industrial applications. 9 figure investment with an team of more then 100 team members from various departments including marketing, engineering, purchasing, finance, supply chain, manufacturing and after sales product support. Responsible for running the program according to a rigorous gateway process using the 6 Sigma methodology. Program included multiple phases including: market understanding, product definition, program planning, investment justification (green book), product engineering, manufacturing readiness and market introduction. In the later stages involved in sales strategy and large number of customer visits.
Engineering team lead for advanced diesel engine catalyst system research and development. Responsible for the development of a differentiated system to regenerate diesel particulate filters for CAT on-highway diesel engines. Leading a team of engineers for test and analysis activities, research strategies, planning, cooperation with product teams, consultants and suppliers. Granted 10 patents as co-inventor.
Research engineer for advanced diesel engine catalyst systems and engine control systems
Project leader for the development of a EURO IV engine technology demonstration vehicle for a customer. Extensive interaction with customers, including development of project proposals and presenting project updates.