Flexmanager - Project Manager/Inkoop manager/Bid manager

Project Manager/Inkoop manager/Bid manager

Work Experience

June 2011 – Now Interim Project Manager & Consultant Consulting & Projectmanagement

Projects:
June 2011 – Juli 2011 Consultant Diagnostic at United Biscuits Northern Europe
Categories: Corrugated, Cartons, Flexibles, Tins and Trays
Value: approx. 30 M euro across NE, BE and FR

Jan. 2006 – May 2011Project Manager / Tender & Contract Manager at Koninklijke Ahrend nv

Survey of activities:
Jan. 2006 – May 2010 Tender & Contract Manager
Set up and implemented a successful department, which is mainly responsible for all (European) Tenders in the Netherlands and cross border. By setting procedures and implementing a consistent workflow, hitrate increased to approx. 35 to 40%.
Besides these activities the department is responsible for supporting the Ahrend organization worldwide. Specific areas of responsibility:
- Preparation of National and International European Tender responses (approx 90 a year);
- Preparation of National and International Private Tenders (approx 30 a year);
- Preparation of client and distribution agreements;
- Development of new general sales terms for Ahrend;
- Setting up International Key Account Management and supporting the Country Directors;
- Keeping up to date tender content;
- Advicing Sales Director on regional sales plans and forecasts.
Besides the responsibilities in Sales, I am responsible for the ISO 9001 (Continuous improvement) in the sales organization, which is being managed by the staff member responsible for quality.
The team consists of 5 Bid managers , 1 Quality Manager and an interim legal consultant.
Part of management team of Ahrend Inrichten BV.

Project Manager
March 2006 – May 2010 Besides managing the department I was responsible for several internal projects. Projects within the Dutch organization, but also integral projects across the different Ahrend companies & countries.

Examples:
‘Sales Tactics’ project. Improvement of internal margins through development of Sales Tools.
Outcome: New Calculation matrix, new bonus structure Sales, trainings, etc.

‘Bridge’ Project. Developed a new workflow based on the current certified ISO workflow aligned to the future situation taking people and applications into account. Taking client satisfaction as the basis for the workflow.
Outcome: new workflow for the Dutch Sales Organisation, which improves order procedures, decrease faults, decreases operational cost.

‘Ahrend Atrium’Project. Implemented the intranet site which has different access levels (Employees, Dealers and Architects) and is set up in 4 languages (Dutch, English, German and Spanish). Go Live was October 2006.
Managed a project for the new “Ahrend.com” site, Go Live was January 2007.
Both sites are incorporated in one Content Management system “Smartsite”.
Both projects were delivered within budget, scope and planning. Total costs of the projects was approximately € 600 K.

As a Project Manager I was responsible for: Resouces, Budget, Planning, Scope, Supplier Delivery, Reporting to Steering Committee.

May 2005 – Dec. 2005 Regional Commercial Manager at Shell Telecoms Organisation

Survey of activities:
Together with 10 other Regional Commercial Managers responsible for the Telecom spend of Shell worldwide.
Development and execution of Telecom strategies, achieving savings by tendering, negotiations and consolidation.
Total annual worldwide spend € 500 M.

June 2003 – April 2005 Purchasing Consultant at Masaï

Survey of activities:
Feb. 2005 – April 2005 Randstad Holding nv, Diemen, The Netherlands
Managed US sourcing project with regards to Outdoor signage. Goal was to improve quality instead of achieving savings.

Dec. 2004 – Feb. 2005 Sony Ericsson, Lund, Sweden
Negotiated new T&C’s for the delivery of display material.

June 2004 – Oct. 2004 Randstad Holding nv, Diemen, The Netherlands
Managed and executed an International sourcing project concerning furniture for all Randstad, Tempo Team, Capac and Yacht branches worldwide.
Total spend € 33,5 M, total achieved savings 50%

Oct. 2003 – May 2004 Randstad Holding nv, Diemen, The Netherlands
Managed and executed an International sourcing project concerning signage elements for all Randstad locations worldwide.
Total spend € 9,4 M, total achieved savings 54 %

Sept. 2003 – Oct. 2003 Impress, Schiphol, The Netherlands
Conducted a diagnostic, worked on Packaging (pallets & plastics) € 18,2 M spend and Electricity € 16 M spend

Ongoing : Responsible for HR activities
Conducting diagnostics
Executing sales activities such as writing sales proposals, direct mailings.

March 2002 – June 2003 Purchasing Consultant at IBM Business Consulting Services (former PWC Consulting).

Survey of activities:
Jan. 2003 – May 2003 Avery Dennison, Leiden, The Netherlands
Executed two European Sourcing Consolidation projects concerning Energy (€ 11,6 M) and Cores (€ 3 M).
Managed an European Integration project Travel, which was delayed.

March 2002 – Dec. 2002 COA (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers), Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Excuted complex European Tenders such as Cleaning (€ 6 M), Arbo (€ 0,5 M) and Maatschappelijk werk (3,5 M).
Managed small tender (Specialized cleaning).
Developed tools to professionalize the buying department.
Written a report about savings opportunities for all the commodity groups of the COA.

Education

Dec. 2009 – Feb. 2010 PRINCE2™ Practitioner
February 2010 Advanced training Europees Aanbesteden
Sept. 2009 – Nov. 2009 PRINCE2™ Foundation
Sept. 2000 – Nov. 2001 M.Sc. in Business Administration at University Nyenrode
Main subject: General Management
Sept. 1996 – June 2000 Bachelor at the Institute for Fashion Management and Design Mr Koetsier, Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Main subject: Purchasing / Product Management

Skills

Bid Management, E-commerce, E-auctions, European Tenders, Project Management, Change management, People management, Analysis, Contracts (management), International business, Coaching, Helicopter view, Persistent, Ambitious, Honest, Teamplayer, Individualist.

Languages

Dutch, fluent
English, excellent
German, reasonable
Spanish, basic

Other

Ik ben een enthousiaste, energieke dame met 10 jaar ervaring en opgebouwde expertise in verschillende gebieden, zoals Inkoop, Bid Management en Project Management. Ik schakel snel, en ben zeer analytisch waardoor ik snel en gemakkelijk inzetbaar ben in nationale en internationale organisaties.