Career highlights

Executive Leadership

Led a high performing Global Supply Chain, organization, supporting  ~$30.1B revenue globally (>10% annual growth), with responsibility for a $1.1B budget  and >4000 headcounts

Customer Centricity

Established a new customer care vision and strategy driving customer centricity, including new go to market and offer to cash strategies and introduction of new differentiated service offerings.

Operational Excellence

Drove customer fulfilment and satisfaction (OTIF from 65% to 87%), inventory optimization (>$300M reduction), freight savings (>$100M) and duties reductions (>$95M)

Integrated Business Planning

Oversaw the implementation of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and the creation of standard core planning processes (Demand & Supply).

Digital

Launched an integrated digital twin, Advanced Planning System (APS), control tower and governance concept to enhance supply chain performance.

Employees

Accelerated employee satisfaction scores on inclusion, innovation & engagement (all >80%), ethics (>85%) and diversity (>45% female leaders).

Corporate Social Responsibility

Founder and thought leader of the MedTech industry initiative Beyond (labor market modernization); multiple times recognized by Dutch authorities as a leading practice.

M&A

Integrated Supply Chain, Customer Care and Service & Repair as part of the largest merger in MedTech incl a SAP implementation and set up of new CoEs creating > 10% cost leverage

Transformation

Headed a $49M global supply chain transformation program establishing foundational standards regarding policies, processes, systems, data and people and organization