Curriculum Vitae  kandidaat f4556

                                             

Persoonlijke gegevens

Voornaam:          Gerard

Geboortejaar:      1961

Woonplaats:        Valkenswaard

 

Personal Profile

 

He is a manager with 19 years (international) experience in Purchasing, Logistics and Consulting in a range of industries. He has strong skills in the development and implementation of business processes, organizational and management concepts as well as project – and change management. He has gained strong consulting skills working with Coopers and Lybrand, Deloitte and Touche and as an independent consultant.

 

Employment History

 

Self-employed management consultant and interim manager                                  Jun 2000 - present

Deloitte & Touche, Eindhoven; senior manager consultancy                                    Oct 1998 – Jul 2000

Coopers & Lybrand (PwC), Utrecht; senior consultant/manager                               Apr 1996 – Oct 1998

Waste Management Company, Eindhoven; BU manager recycling                          Apr 1993 – Apr 1996

AT&T Europe, Brussels; Manager EU Public Affairs                                               Sep 1990 – Apr 1993

AT&T & Philips Telecommunications, Hilversum; Senior Buyer                               Aug 1986 – Sep 1990

 

Employment Experience

 

Independent management consultant and interim-manager                                              7/2000 – present

Managing partner of a consultancy organization (CenturiConsult) specialized in strategic consultancy, coaching and training. Responsible for project acquisition, project management and implementation.

Selected projects

·          2005: Business Development Leader (DSD, Cologne, Germany)

-          Developed business plan for new activities; lead project teams

·          2005: Purchasing Manager (REL Consultancy/Pride International, Houston, Texas, USA)

-          Lead strategic sourcing teams, negotiated framework contracts with selected suppliers, implemented sourcing strategy with Pride Procurement organization

-          Rolled out international procurement training (Chad, Africa)

-          Developed new procurement organization, rolled out staff evaluation and placement

·          2004: Business Unit Manager (interim management) (Geveke Industrial)

-          Implemented customer orientation in total company (40 fte);

-          Lead Sales team in implementation of Account Management.

-          Implemented e-business sales model.

·          2004: Developed scenario based business plan (Philips Consumer Electronics).

·          2002: Operations Manager (interim management) (SAVAS Seating)

-          Managed Logistics processes in Netherlands, Belgium, Germany;

-          People management (Planning Office, Purchasing, Warehouse, F&A, HRM, IT);

-          Implemented competency based, decentralised management systems.

·          2003: Planned and implemented HR training in Performance Appraisal for Philips, Healthcare organization and B-2-B services company

·          2003: E-Procurement project planning (Technical University Eindhoven): Aimed at drastically increasing the efficiency of the PO/AP process

·          2000 – 2005: Short term projects: developed and implemented market strategy (Philips Nederland), developed and delivered Balanced Scorecard training (de Tijd, Belgium)

 

Deloitte & Touche, Eindhoven – senior manager consultancy                                            10/1998 – 8/2000

Regional Manager – Solutions. Established and significantly grew a regional consultancy focused on SME’s. Member of the national management team. Responsible for marketing, acquisition and management of all projects.

Selected projects

·          Developed workshops “purchasing and construction”, implemented purchasing policies (construction)

·          Business Process Redesign of Purchasing processes, including designing and implementing payables process (retail, electronics)

·          Software selection for a logistics application (wholesaler)

·          Development and implementation of HRM-procedures (electronics, notary)

 

Coopers & Lybrand, Utrecht – senior consultant/manager                                                  4/1996 - 10/1998

Senior Management Consultant/Manager in the Manufacturing & Logistics area

Selected projects

·          Repositioning of Logistics division, facilitate introduction of SLA’s (furniture wholesaler)

·          Development of organizational model, process analysis, developed functional (logistics) specification for software development (Dutch Coal Purchasing Agency)

·          Purchasing analysis, including PO/AP processes (National Telecommunication Provider)

·          Purchasing support – introduction of Main Suppliers (heavy industry)

·          Analysis of reverse logistics (venture capitalist)

 

Waste Management Company, Eindhoven – BU Manager Recycling                                  4/1993 - 4/1996

 

·          Responsible for management of recycling division (7 independent companies)

·          Established electronics recycling company (staff of 6)

·          Developed and implemented business plans

·          Developed and marketed new products and services

·          Managing Director of plastics recycling facility (staff of 5)

·          Developed markets (purchasing and sales)

·          Developed and executed budget system

 

AT&T Europe, Brussels - Manager EU Public Affairs                                                            9/1990 – 4/1993

 

·          Participated in the development of business-plans for various business-units within AT&T

·          Established and strengthened AT&T’s lobbying position with the EU-institutions

 

AT&T en Philips Telecommunication, Hilversum – senior buyer                                         8/1987 – 9/1990

 

·          Leading a Purchasing team for all mechanical and electromechanical parts

·          Introduction of a contract-monitoring system

·          Enhancing supply-performance of selected suppliers

·          Leading a make-or-buy project-team

 

Professional Qualifications and Training

 

Certified member of the Association of Management Consultants (OaA) –                                    Jan 1996

Member of the Project Management Association (PMI) –                                                            Jan 2000

Several courses covering Purchasing, Business Process Redesign, Project-management,
Change-management, Quality and personal skills                                                                      1987 - 2005

ISFAH, Master-level Purchasing Curriculum by Dutch Purchasing Council NEVIE –                      1989

Good written and spoken English and German

Good knowledge of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access)

 

Education

 

University of Groningen, The Netherlands                                                                                   Sep 1980 – Jun 1986

Master Business Economics

 

 

Personal Interests and Activities

 

Enjoy travel and different cultures; golf; playing saxophone, reading and activities with my family.