The Randstad, Netherlands
All round international business director 16+ years experience driving business growth and digital transformation across industrial, engineering, and infrastructure sectors. Expert in strategy, marketing, e-commerce, sales, procurement, and supply chain, with deep expertise in industrial digitalization, lean principles, and sustainability-driven change management. Experience in all stages of the value chain, always seeking for operational excellence and continuous improvement. Current role: Managing Director Digital Shapers Digital Shapers helps large organizations navigate digital transformation by putting people at the center. We combine AI adoption, data-driven ways of working, and change management to turn strategy into lasting organizational capability. Previous role: Commercial Director at Van Leeuwen Buizen The leading distribution leader of industrial goods within the process industry, civil engineering, and infrastructure sectors. Managing a team of 80 professionals across sales, procurement, and marketing. Previous delivered results: Scaling digital and onsite sales channels at ERIKS Nederland, contributing to double-digit organic digital growth and introducing new service lines that achieved substantial success. Delivered an Industry 4.0 corporate innovation project "ERIKS Brain" (mobile app) to increase customer intimacy. Specialized in international business: Proficient in 5 languages. Lived and worked in in Western Europe (Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Germany), North Africa (Egypt) and Latin America (Mexico). Project based in Eastern Europe, Sub Saharan Africa and Caribbean.
Transformation? It starts with people. Digital Shapers helps organizations translate digital ambition into concrete business results. Digital Shapers strengthen strategy, operating models, and capabilities by embedding digital technology into the core of how companies work. Rather than delivering isolated tech solutions, they shape end-to-end transformation that improves performance, agility, and competitiveness. Their focus is on enabling people and leadership to drive sustainable digital change that creates measurable impact.
Leading our inside and outside sales teams, procurement, stock management, pricing, business development and marketing. Driving internal collaboration, proactivity and productivity through (AI) digitalization. We serve the process industry (MRO and CAPEX projects), civil engineering and construction, infrastructure and mechanical engineering. Long-cycle as well as direct sales. Pursuing sustainability and CO2 reduction from within heavy industries. Leading seasoned commercial management team, 80 FTE in total
Playing my part in realizing two ambitious goals for ERIKS NL: to accelerate servitization nationwide and to let our digital and onsite sales channels grow organically with double digits. Responsible for B2B e-commerce, VMI and onsite MRO service business budget, leading a department of 72 FTE, including experts and team leaders. Our aim: to minimize order handling and reduce TCO in the entire supply chain. Thinking digital requires change management. Responsible for setting up new service line in 2021-2022, growing +200%. Employee engagement 57%, eNPS +43 Digital Transformation including #EDI, #VMI, #onsite, ePDF and our #online shop with >500.000 items online 24/7. #salesautomation #datadriven #B2B #Industry
Part of SHV Leadership program, exposure among different SHV operating companies in different business domains and countries (ERIKS and Mammoet)
Responsible for restructuring maintenance process, operational and strategic procurement, setting up warehouse systems, and internal supply chain for auxiliary equipment. Means: digitization, Lean and Operational Excellence. Managing a team of 13. Part of ERIKS' & SHV Accelerate / 222 Programme for international leaders.