Wiebe van Druten

Head of Innovation | Strategy | New Business | Technology | New Product Development

Netherlands

About

Entrepreneurial Innovation Leader that combines breakthrough thinking with a 'how can we do it' attitude. Enjoys leading portfolio of strategic innovations. Especially those with new product, new technology, and new business model. Team player who works customer-oriented. Clear communicator. Connects on vision and ambition. Achieves ambition, goals and results with a multidisciplinary team by pushing boundaries together. 20+ years of experience and proven track-record in - Innovation Strategy | Building Innovation Programs - New Business development incl. building International Alliances and Partnerships. - Product Innovation in Food, Non-Food, Professional and Consumer markets. - New Technology & System development (durables & consumables incl. hard-/software & 4G) - Managing multiple large, international multidisciplinary project teams (6 to ~60 persons). Specialities and skills: - Product Innovation | System development | New Technology Development - Leading Innovation | from MVP to Incubator, Start-up, Scale-up till Grow-up/Maturity phase. - Food and Non-Food, Professional and Consumer Industry Interested in exploring opportunities ? Feel free to reach me on: 📞 +31 (0)6-5154 1092 📬 [email protected]

Experience

  • Head of Innovation | Development at Boon Edam
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Sr. Innovation Manager at BlueFeet Innovation
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • FrieslandCampina (Hybrid)
    • Program Manager Innovations
      May 2016 - Apr 2024 · 8 yrs

      - Initiation, definition and realization of the Lattiz Platform and Lattiz innovations - Lead key innovations/collaborations a.o. with Aequator AG, Costa X & Caffitaly - Define Technology Roadmap and Research agenda

    • Project Manager Innovations
      Jan 2009 - May 2016 · 7 yrs 5 mos

      - Initiating and leading strategic, break-through innovations - i.e new, new business: new market/value proposition + new business model + new technologies - Managing international, multidisciplinary innovation teams

    • Projectmanager Innovations
      Aug 2008 - Dec 2008 · 5 mos

      - Driving & realizing innovations - New technology development (a.o. proprietary foaming technology, new to the world) - Innovation strategy

  • JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands · Hybrid)
    • Manager Technology & Process Development
      2000 - 2003 · 3 yrs

    • NPD Projectmanager R&D
      1999 - 2001 · 2 yrs

  • Industrial Designer / Packaging at Friesland Coberco Dairy Foods
    1995 - 1999 · 4 yrs