Experience

Royal Sanders

• Netherlands
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Packaging Buyer

  • Jan 2015 - Present

• Junior Buyer Packaging

  • Apr 2012 - Jan 2015

  Vlijmen



Cadmes

• Netherlands
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchaser & Administrative executive

  • Jan 2012 - Apr 2012

  Temporary back to my old job.



Travelling

• Travel Arrangements
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Travelling through South-East Asia and Australia

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2012



Cadmes

• Netherlands
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internal Sales Germany & Purchaser

  • Mar 2010 - Sep 2011

  's-Hertogenbosch Area, Netherlands My career started at Cadmes where I supported the setup of the first and new German office(s) by doing marketing and internal sales activities. After six months my tasks expanded into purchasing and supplier management. To structure the purchasing and SAP processes I wrote a manual, which enabled me to transfer my knowledge to my successor when I left the company to start my travels in South-East Asia and Australia.



King Cuisine

• Bachelor Thesis

  • Sep 2009 - Feb 2010

  Tilburg Area, Netherlands My bachelor thesis project started off with a quick scan of all East-European countries. The result of this research was that Poland appeared to be the most interesting country for King Cuisine to expand. Because of the lack of experience in doing business in Poland we advised King Cuisine by means of an export, marketing and implementation plan. The goal of this report was a successful introduction of King Cuisine’s products on the Polish market.



Einkaufsbüro Deutscher Eisenhändler GmbH

• Internship

  • Sep 2008 - Jan 2009

  Wuppertal Area, Germany Goal of this internship was to do a competitor analysis for the German market. This analysis was performed in the department “Geschaftsbereich Europa”. Desk research and an extensive price analysis using Excel were the main components of this internship. There were also linguistic challenges, I translated corporate letters and brochures etc. from German into Dutch, English and Spanish and I provided customer service for clients of the Benelux.



Jong Ondernemen

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General manager and Purchase manager studentcompany U-Plug Company s.c

  • Mar 2008 - Jun 2008

  's-Hertogenbosch Area, Netherlands We created a Student Company in order to learn more about international entrepreneurship. Our company was specialized in selling a gadget. As purchasemanager I was responsible for supplier allocation and I handled the purchasing and importing process of our German supplier. Furthermore it was my job as the general manager to create team spirit within the multicultural team and to get the maximum result out of our team. We learned how to set up a company: from the foundation to the liquidation… Show more We created a Student Company in order to learn more about international entrepreneurship. Our company was specialized in selling a gadget. As purchasemanager I was responsible for supplier allocation and I handled the purchasing and importing process of our German supplier. Furthermore it was my job as the general manager to create team spirit within the multicultural team and to get the maximum result out of our team. We learned how to set up a company: from the foundation to the liquidation, by having 56 shareholders. It was a successful business, we achieved a return on investment of 57% Show less



IFF

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purchasing assistant MRO

  • May 2006 - Aug 2006

  Tilburg Area, Netherlands After finalizing my MBO study I worked at IFF until I could start with my next study: International Business and Languages. As a purchasing assistant I handled the order processing , using a ERP system, communication with IFF vendors, contract administration, controlling invoices and trouble shooting activities for IFF’s global strategic sourcing department.