Bio

Senior Supply Chain Professional with proven record of accomplishment in delivering highly innovative and highly successful projects in supply chains and transport & logistics operations. Keen eye for long-term trends, considering those to develop actionable strategies and tactical steps to move from as-is to the desired to-be situation. Over the course of a career spanning 30 years, I gained extensive in-depth knowledge and experience in the fields of Production Logistics, Transportation and Warehousing Logistics and supporting Information Technology as well as Insurance; a combination of expertise that is rare in the industry. Active in a multitude of industry collaborations and well recognised as original thinker as well as highly effective practitioner turning theory into effective and efficient real-life applications. True team player and leader in leading edge Supply chain and IT challenges and projects. Supply chain and Transport & Logistics solution developer delivering against integrated logistics requirements, finding Solutions to real business problems that are both innovative and simple to implement. Ability to translate complex business and IT challenges into terms and concepts that are easily understood by both Business and IT communities. Builds strong and long-lasting relationships within own organisation as well as within partner organisations in both the private and public sector. Extensive experience in a wide range of environments such as Enterprise Resource Planning, Warehousing, transportation (including Road, Air, Sea and Parcel/Express), Advanced Planning & Scheduling and Inventory Management. Prime interest is combining systems to deliver integrated business solutions always aiming to strike the right balance between (IT) solution complexity and cost and business benefits. Years of experience in working on EC-funded R&D projects collaborating in consortia consisting of several dozen entities (companies, research organisations, universities etcetera). The European Commission awarded the Mix-Move-Match solution (that I co-designed) BEST INNOVATION IN EUROPE in the category ICT for Society. Have run and am running several Standards and Product Development initiatives, (complex) integration projects and system-implementations leading ''virtual'' teams consisting of representatives of many involved parties.