Pieter van der Velde

Operations manager Royal Canin

Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria, Austria

About

Industrial engineer with experience in project management and leading operations departments at world class FMCG producers.

Experience

  • Manufacturing Operations Manager at Royal Canin
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    Passionately leading the operations team and driving the TPM Journey at the Mars Royal Canin site in Bruck an der Leitha. Great experience to be back in a people leadership role!

  • Mars (10 yrs 5 mos)
    • Industrial Engineer
      Jun 2022 - Mar 2026 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      In this role I work as Industrial engineer in the region Europe for Royal Canin. Through driving the investment agenda, FI pillar and continuous improvement in the region I aim to give cats and dogs the best life possible.

    • Site IE and MSE Manager
      Apr 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Next to the responsibility as IE manager, I now also lead the MSE/TPM program for the VSN factory.

    • Site IE manager
      Jan 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      The site IE manager has a strategic role within the management team of the factory. This role can be seen as the internal consultant for the plant manager and the management team and is responsible for the KPI reporting structure, leading loss elimination programs and long term investment plans for the factory.

  • Procter & Gamble (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Operations Department Leader
      Nov 2013 - Oct 2015 · 2 yrs

      As Operations Department Leader I was responsible for the Value Stream "Ancillaries"; where Body Lotion, Shower Gel and After Shave Balm was produced. My Job was to lead the Making, Packing and Site wide IT Department. I was responsible for all major KPI's as well as the TPM programs related to the Value Stream.

    • Project Manager/ Technology leader
      Jan 2013 - Nov 2013 · 11 mos

      Project manager of langer Capital project. Leading Development of new multi site equipment working with R&D, Operations and Packaging experts.

    • Project Manager/Engineer
      May 2008 - Jan 2013 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      Project management of larger engineering projects in P&G's prestige plant in Cologne

  • Intern at Procter & Gamble
    Sep 2007 - Feb 2008 · 6 mos

    I developed a tool that can be used to analyze the performance of the packing lines.

  • University of Groningen (1 yr 1 mo)
    • Student-member of the Industrial Engineering and Management board
      Sep 2006 - Aug 2007 · 1 yr

      The Industrial Engineering and Management board in Groningen consists of four people who are employed at the university of Groningen and one student. My responsibilities where to represent the students in the board and to organize the promotional activities of the program.

    • Course Assistent
      Aug 2006 - Feb 2007 · 7 mos

      I assisted teaching the course Simulation of Business Processes. In this course students have to simulate discrete production processes with a software program. My responsibility was to guide the students during the practical part of the course, where they had to make assignments with the simulation program.