Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, North Holland, Netherlands
Senior program manager | CSRD & ESG reporting | Cross‑cultural leadership | Fluent in 4 languages | Purpose‑driven and globally experienced.
Operational Project Manager for the implementation of the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and EU Taxonomy at Canon Europa N.V. -Led the end-to-end planning and execution of the CSRD / EU Taxonomy implementation project across 65 legal entities, ensuring business as usual readiness by April 2025 -Coordinated the development of a preparatory CSRD report, including authoring of selected parts -Played a key role in the selection, approval and implementation of a robust CSRD reporting solution -Supported the execution of a Double Materiality assessment -Led the establishment of central and local ESG project teams, developed standardized training materials, and oversaw the collection of ESG data across all organizational levels. -Coordinated cross-functional workstreams focused on process design, governance, risk & control framework and organizational structure -Led Supplier engagement to identify key value chain partners and prepare them for sustainability data reporting -Collaborated with the external Auditor to review key deliverables, ensuring completeness and identifying areas for improvement
Project management of a diverse range of activities: -IT cost-saving initiatives - drive initiatives from idea to project proposal, approval and execution. -IT Compliance - run Project Management Office with two reporting external staff, and management of initiatives to drive compliancy improvements. -Cost transparency - Provide insight in fully loaded costs of IT Services and Systems, including cost allocation to internal customers.
Program management of the Irista, Canon ID and Print Rewards services, developed by teams distributed across Europe and in Japan. Responsibilities include: -Create project estimations and RFQ response documents -Manage creation and signature of contracts -Create, maintain and communicate roadmap and project delivery planning to stakeholders -Identify and communicate dependencies, manage their resolution -Provide project progress reporting, KPI reporting -Manage quality assurance and delivery of agreed deliverables -Evaluate processes, implement improvements, monitor and finetune (PDCA cycle) -Invoicing management Integration of Kite, acquired by Canon Europe in March 2017 -Identify and prioritize post-acquisition actions -Follow-up until completion of actions by involved stakeholders
Consultant at Canon INC in Japan, focusing on the creation, localization and delivery of Online Manuals. I was secunded from Canon Europe to Canon's Head Office in Japan to realize the creation of Web Manuals within the Office Imaging Products division. Responsibilities included: -Competitor research -Requirements gathering -Technical research and technical design -Feasibility testing -Business Case creation -Alignment with other divisions within Canon INC to strengthen the business case In order to reach business proficiency and execute the tasks outlined above, I studied Japanese and reached level 2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).
Responsible for functional support of Pan-European Digital Marketing activities carried out on the Tridion Content Management System. Responsibilities included: -Project/Implementation Management across the EMEA region -Intake and analysis of new requirements -Creation of Functional Designs -Release Management -Localization Management -Creation of documentation -Providing end-user training -Design and implementation of a complete new User Access Model for Tridion R5 -Analysis of support calls; performance calculation against metrics; definition of areas for improvement
Responsible for Tridion’s Enterprise Web Content Management product line. • Created functional requirements, approved Functional Designs • Lead the vendor selection process if third-parties were involved. • Monitored progress of product development against agreed acceptance criteria. • Created business cases, pricing structures and return-on-investment calculations.
Responsible for the timely release and localization of all Tridion software products and documentation. • Managed the release and localization processes for 35 products in total. • Created Release and Localization policies.
Baan (now Infor) is a provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software. Responsible for the timely release and localization of BaanERP products in Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean. • Managed the translation, testing and delivery stages, • Liaised between Baan Development departments in the Netherlands and Japan.