Michiel Heesen

Senior Category Manager | Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Partnerships | Leading Multi-Category Procurement Teams | Driving End-to-End Value

Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

About

I make procurement simple, strategic, and impactful. I manage €250m+ spend portfolios, lead a team of Category Managers, and deliver concrete results aligned with business priorities. As part of an international procurement team, I focus on cross-region collaboration and sharing best practices.

Experience

  • Lamb Weston EMEA (6 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Category Procurement Manager
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

      - Own end-to-end category strategy for logistics and business services, annual spend of €250m+ across multiple sites & stakeholders. - Lead & develop a team of 4 Category Managers, providing strategic direction and coaching across multiple procurement categories. - Drive value creation through strategic sourcing, supplier partnerships, and commercial optimization initiatives. - Lead sales, clearance, and valorization of ~400Mt of side & waste streams, supporting circularity, sustainability, and incremental value generation. - Member of the international procurement leadership team, contributing to functional strategy & cross-regional alignment. - Developing and deploying category strategies that deliver value and mitigate risks.

    • Category Procurement Manager - Logistics
      Jul 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr

      - Responsible for procurement of Logistics with a spend of €170m+ - Developing and deploying category strategy that deliver value and mitigate risks

    • Category Procurement Manager - Business Services
      Apr 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      - Responsible for procurement of the business services categories (i.a.: HR, Facilities, Fleet & Travel, Marketing and IT) with a spend of €50m+ - Responsible for valorization/sales of ~300Mt of side & waste streams - Developing and deploying (sub-)category strategies that deliver value and mitigate risks

  • VDL Enabling Technologies Group (ETG) (Eindhoven en omgeving, Nederland)
    • Lead Buyer
      Sep 2019 - Mar 2020 · 7 mos

    • Buyer
      Feb 2018 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • RB (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Junior Buyer
      Jan 2017 - Feb 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Global buyer raw materials

    • Trainee Global Procurement - Logistics
      Feb 2016 - Jan 2017 · 1 yr

  • Researcher at Robert Walters
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2014 · 1 yr