2023 - present: Management advice and interim management

Role: Consultant

Customer: on request

Tasks:

• Management advice and interim management in business transformation, corporate planning, supply chain, Sales & Operations planning (S&OP), inventory management, portfolio management, project management, change management.

2022 - 2023: requirements definition

Role: Director, Strategic Supply Chain Programs

Customer: Klöckner Pentaplast Group, Montabaur DE

Tasks:

Company profile: leading producer of PVC and PET specialty films for food, pharma and medical device packaging, bottle labelling, cards, furniture, flooring and industrial applications; turnover of 300 kt and revenues of ?2.5 bn with 6,000 employees (2022).

• Achievements: requirements definition, roadmap design, vendor selection, implementation partner selection and (partial) implementation of planning suite (SAP IBP).

2019 - 2022: implementation of the S&OP process

Role: Director, Sales & Operations Planning, Division Pharma, Health and Durables

Customer: Klöckner Pentaplast Group, Montabaur DE

Tasks:

Company profile: leading producer of PVC and PET specialty films for food, pharma and medical device packaging, bottle labelling, cards, furniture, flooring and industrial applications; turnover of 300 kt and revenues of ?2.5 bn with 6,000 employees (2022).

• Achievements: implementation of the S&OP process from scratch, reaching 100% participation, >95% forecast accuracy, higher utilisation and service rates with lower inventories; planning and coordination for covid, Brexit and Russia/Ukraine.

2017 - 2019: design and implementation of EU Customs reporting

Role: Director, Supply Chain Programs

Customer: Klöckner Pentaplast Group, Montabaur DE

Tasks:

Company profile: leading producer of PVC and PET specialty films for food, pharma and medical device packaging, bottle labelling, cards, furniture, flooring and industrial applications; turnover of 300 kt and revenues of ?2.5 bn with 6,000 employees (2022).

• Achievements: design and implementation of EU Customs reporting for foreign trade agreements with related product recipe optimisations; valuation, sale and recontracting of the captive US logistics company ICC; contracting of DE warehousing and transport services; optimisation of Incoterms in procurement and sales, incl. revenue recognition.

2016 - 2017: redefinition of pre-sales project cost calculation

Role: Consultant

Customer: on request

Tasks:

2015 - 2016: sabbatical

2006 - 2015: reduction of production lead times

Role: Senior Consultant/Partner

Customer: GCP Consulting, GC Partner s.a., Luxembourg LU

Tasks:

• Achievements: reduction of production lead times from ?8 to 4 weeks for a multi-national packaging materials manufacturer; international tax optimisation and refinancing for a successful Dutch medical device manufacturer; post-merger integration of business processes and ERP systems for an international packaging group with ?5m p.a. hard benefits; buy-out, carve-out and interim management of a Belgian packaging plant.

2004 - 2006: management of treasury, credit control and order entry teams

Role: Director, Commercial Operations

Customer: Husky Injection Molding Systems S.A., Dudelange LU

Tasks:

Company Profile: world's largest producer of injection molding equipment for the plastic processing industry, 3 plants and 3,000 employees world-wide (2006).

• Responsibilities: management of treasury, credit control and order entry teams (8 people); contract negotiation; customer financing; sales planning; sales force performance management.
• Achievements: establishment of vendor finance programs with leading lease companies, single house bank with fully automated interfaces and ?0.5m savings p.a., reduction of Sales? discretionary spending (e.g. travel, company cars) by ?0.7m p.a., repossession of sold, but not yet fully paid equipment.

2000 - 2004: management of credit control and financial analysis teams

Role: Finance Manager, Marketing & Credit, European HQ, Luxembourg LU

Customer: ExxonMobil Chemical, Films Business

Tasks:

Company Profile: world's largest producer of oriented polypropylene (OPP) film for food packing, tobacco wrapping and bottle labeling; 3 plants and 1,100 employees in Europe (2004), in 2014 acquired by Jindal Films.

1998 - 2000: management reporting

Role: Senior Financial Analyst, European HQ, Luxembourg LU

Customer: ExxonMobil Chemical, Films Business

Tasks:

Company Profile: world's largest producer of oriented polypropylene (OPP) film for food packing, tobacco wrapping and bottle labeling; 3 plants and 1,100 employees in Europe (2004), in 2014 acquired by Jindal Films.

• Responsibilities: management reporting, financial analysis (marketing and sales), profitability improvement projects, worldwide implementation SAP R/3 (functional expert Finance and Control, implementation team lead Belleville CA and Kerkrade NL plants).
• Achievements: fully integrated operational and financial business model for long-term planning, successful implementation of SAP R/3.

1996 - 1998: coaching finance team

Role: Financial Analyst, production facility, Kerkrade NL

Customer: ExxonMobil Chemical, Films Business

Tasks:

Company Profile: world's largest producer of oriented polypropylene (OPP) film for food packing, tobacco wrapping and bottle labeling; 3 plants and 1,100 employees in Europe (2004), in 2014 acquired by Jindal Films.

• Responsibilities: coaching finance team (5 people), management reporting, production reporting, financial analysis (manufacturing).
• Achievements: plant material balance established on first working day of month, financial model for daily operational decisions, e.g. speed/efficiency trade-off.

1991 - 1996: coaching accounting team

Role: Assistant Controller, Purchasing Services

Customer: DSM Services BV, Geleen NL

Tasks:

Company Profile: DSM (now dsm-firmenich) is a world-wide producer of health and nutrition ingredients. In 1996 DSM Purchasing Services contracted ?500m in goods and services for the group's core sites in the Netherlands.

• Responsibilities: coaching accounting team (4-8 people), management reporting, financial analysis (procurement and inventories), implementation SAP R/2, ISO certification.
• Achievements: highly motivated team in times of disruptive change (re-engineering, outsourcing), new methodology for accounting and invoicing of spare parts pool for multiple business units, successful implementation of various SAP modules.

1990 - 1991: national service

Role: Quartermaster-Sergeant

Customer: Royal Netherlands Army, Utrecht NL

1989 - 1990: composition, funding, publication and presentation

Role: Assistant to the Trade Department

Customer: Embassy of Finland, The Hague NL

Tasks:

• Achievements: composition, funding, publication and presentation of the ?on request?; identification of Dutch acquisition targets for Finnish companies, reporting on Dutch economic developments to the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs.