Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Delivering value to the business bottom line through visionary leadership and strategy development and successful execution on an operational level within the Chemical Industry is my specialty. With an entire career dedicated to sales, product management, strategic marketing, commercial excellence and corporate development, I have gained a broad skill set that has helped me in various occasions to deliver fast and impactful results to multiples businesses in which I have worked in. Due to my international assignments in a large commodity chemical company and smaller specialty chemical company I have gained multicultural working experience and absolute fast adaptability to new working environments. Areas of expertise - Sales leadership and executive business leadership - Team building and leadership - Large and complex account management - Distribution management - Product management for specialty chemicals and commodity chemicals - Strategic marketing for specialty chemicals and commodity chemicals - New business development - Commercial excellence, sales efficiency and pricing strategies - Corporate strategy and asset development - New business model creation - Problem identification and solution - Consulting and project management Key Industries - Construction & Civil engineering - Paint and Coatings, Architectual and Industrial, CASE - Automotive - Home and Personal Care - Hygiene - Agroscience - Lubricants and Metal Working Fluids - Bedding and Foaming - Adhesive
- Support the development and implementation of corporate strategy and organizational designs for a large chemical company (>$10bn in sales) in East Asia that targets to transform from a product driven to a market facing business model - Recognized on the webpage of a major Asian knowledge company as top industry advisor after short period of time who has made a very positive impact - Successfuly executed several projects on investment opportunities with multi $bn US & Europe based private equity companies
- Cultivated external customer relationships and led steering commitees at key strategic customers - Development and implementation of the global business strategy for lubricants - Special focus on automotive, food/beverage and alternative energy lubricants - Owner to drive the global performance lubricant product portfolio strategy and innovation pipeline - Led and orchestrated the Front End Team to resource and prioritize growth opportunities - Project leader for multi million $ asset investment project
- Drove implementation of advanced analytics in particular for outside-in market insights - Improved process of using external market knowledge to identify specific business opportunities - Led global corporate account development (innovation and strategic collaboration) at two of Dow's global strategic customers - Developed and rolled out best practices to enhance innovation effectiveness with key partners and customers
- Corporate strategy development and implementation for key countries and assets in EMEA - Indentification and realization of structural cost saving activities across the company with dedicated focus on asset foot print optimization - Project leader for special corporate initiatives - Supported area president and former CFO to lead the agenda for the EMEA leadership team and global geographic council