Raoul Tan

Head of Digital Trade | Twin Transition | Green & Digital at Port of Rotterdam

The Randstad, Netherlands

About

(Result) driven and enthusiastic business manager on a mission towards a global network of connected ports. Strong believer that co-creating and collaboration are vital for sustainable port models, that doing business is about creating the most added value for your customer and taking efficiency measures is the first step in the maritime and logistics industry towards reducing the carbon footprint and meeting global sustainability goals. Holding a Master degree in Business Management from Nyenrode Business University and 8+ years of experience in generating business and setting up new business units which are aimed to enable organizations to utilize the full potential of data and digitalization as key driver for business value and new business models. Within Port of Rotterdam International actively connecting Port Authorities and Communities to the experience and digital services developed by 100+ experts of the Digital Business Solutions department of Port of Rotterdam.

Experience

  • Port of Rotterdam (8 yrs 4 mos)
    • Head of Digital Trade
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    • Co-Founder and Director - Naviporta (propelling seamless global trade)
      Mar 2020 - Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Co-Founder and Director - Quay Connect (automating custom clearance)
      Mar 2020 - Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Director - Naviporta propels seamless global trade at Naviporta
    Mar 2020 - Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    PROPELS SEAMLESS GLOBAL TRADE | Our mission is to propel seamless global trade by creating interoperability between the financial, physical and information flows of your supply chain. How do we do that? By giving every shipper & cargo owners access to tools and services for easy, predictable and secure management of their physical and financial supply chain. So is your company shipping goods internationally or is your company a logistic service provider and want to offer solutions on our platform? Let Naviporta eliminate all waste in your supply chain and create more revenue and business opportunities.

  • Sales Manager Big Data & Analytics at Axians | Business Analytics
    Nov 2016 - Mar 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Enabling large corporations to utilize the full potential of big / unstructured / fast data to generate business value, operational efficiency and predictive insights. - Data-driven change management - Strategic sales on C-Level for the key accounts of Kadenza (e.g. Statictics Netherlands, Athlon International, KLM, LeasePlan & Vitens) - Boardroom Consultancy Services - New Business Development

  • Canon Nederland N.V. (4 yrs 11 mos)
    • Sales Development Manager
      Jan 2015 - Nov 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Responsible for Channel- and Business Development: - Initiate and execute the Commercial strategy for the Canon Partner Channel - Thriving partner channel (sales)results and exceeding targets - Managing software portfolio: information management, customer communication, business process management - Strategic Sales & Consultative selling - Coaching and supervising partner salesforce (30fte)

    • Business Process Consultant
      Jan 2013 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs

      Setting up the new business unit Canon Information Management: enabling Corporate & International accounts with optimized business processes, more efficiency and better customer communications. - Business Process Management - Customer Communication Management - Cloud & Managed Services ( SaaS / PaaS / IaaS )

    • Account Manager Corporate & International Accounts
      Jan 2012 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr

      Within the team Corporate & Internation Accounts holding the commercial responsibility for Document Solutions (managed services, hardware, software) Specialized in European Tenders

  • Océ Nederland B.V. (1 yr 4 mos)
    • Account Manager Regional Accounts
      Sep 2011 - Dec 2011 · 4 mos

    • Sales Trainee
      Sep 2010 - Aug 2011 · 1 yr

      Graduate Océ Sales Traineeship 2010 Awarded Best NL Traineeship Sales in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008.