Cranendonck, North Brabant, Netherlands
With over 35 years of international experience leading strategic procurement and sourcing in the high-tech manufacturing sector, I know what it takes to build resilient supply chains. Today, I combine this deep operational expertise with formal AI training (University of Helsinki) to solve one of the tech industry’s biggest challenges: making Procurement AI reliable. As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) validator, I partner with AI developers, enterprise platforms, and expert networks to review, audit, and optimize AI outputs. I translate complex algorithms into bulletproof, real-world procurement logic. Core Areas of Expertise: 🔹 Strategic Sourcing & High-Tech Procurement: 35+ years of managing global vendor networks, BOM analysis, and international contract negotiations. 🔹 Procurement AI Auditing: Evaluating LLM outputs, spend classification models, and automated RFP generation. 🔹 Negotiation Bot Guardrails: Reviewing and fine-tuning autonomous negotiation scripts for tail-spend management. Looking to train, test, or validate your procurement AI model with a veteran domain expert? Let’s connect or reach out directly via vandermolensourcing.com. Consultancy/Interim Positions: Jan'24 - Dec'25, Frencken Europe, Master Data and Contract Management Project leader, training and coaching Category Buyers and Operational Buyers May'21- Dec'23 ASML Sourcing Lead October'20-April'21 Enexis Netbeheer, Supply Chain Manager May'17-October'20, ASML, Sourcing Lead & Category Manager Jan'17-July'17, Vanderlande Industries. Materials availability improvement July'16-July'17, Vanderlande Industries. Operational Excellence Master Data Management April'16-Present, IthoDaalderop, Cost down Categories PCBA, motors, plastics, packing, compressors etc. April'16-Dec'16, Vanderlande Industries. Improvement Category plans Installations & Steelworks June'15-March'16, Vanderlande Industries. Manager Category/Sourcing (8 FTE). Dec'12-June'15, Vanderlande Industries. Manager Project Procurement. Nov'11-Dec'12, Vanderlande Industries. Improvements Purchasing Controls & Mechanics. April'11-Nov'11, Philips Healthcare. Japan crisis, scope availability. Lessons learned. Supplier account manager EMS. Nov'10- June'11, Oce-Technologies B.V. Life Cycle Management (EOL) Electronics process improvements. April'10-March'11, Philips Purchasing Consumer Lifestyle. Focus on availability TV BOM (war room) and structural Secure of Supply improvements. March'09-March'11, Curator Boskamp & Willems. Focus on activities within bankruptcy case.
Providing high-end Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) and domain expert evaluation for enterprise procurement AI platforms and LLMs. Auditing automated negotiation chat logs, spend analysis datasets, and AI-generated RFPs for the high-tech manufacturing sector. Ensuring AI outputs comply with practical international trade laws, risk standards, and complex supply chain requirements.
I execute my activities as an independent contractor via my own company VanderMolen Sourcing & Interim Management or via intermediair offices, I work based flexible competitive contracts (hourly rates and/or performance related, no cure no pay). Highly motivated, experienced and committed to add value to bottom line of companies with key focus on primairy processes involved into product/sub-assembly/component development, production and deliveries. If you face problems into scope of Sourcing (including the role of AI) and/or in the need of Interim (crisis) Management then you can call me on my mobile or send an e-mail to arrange an introduction meeting to explore opportunities. Mobile: +31 (0)6 51833389 E-mail: [email protected] Website: Vandermolensourcing.com
Execute assignments/projects for several ASML MTR categories scope sourcing