Experience

Milence
• Netherlands
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Procurement & Supply Chain Director

  • Dec 2022 - Present


Arrow Electronics

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Enterprise Solutions Manager (Supply Chain)

  • Feb 2019 - Nov 2022

  • Automotive, IoT, Startups, Industrial, Medical and Aerospace & Defense customers • Focusing on customised non-traditional supply chain models with customers • Collaboration with Finance, Asset and Sales to reach financial targets on new processes • Use a consultative approach to customers to find pain points and creating a customised supply chain for a win-win situation • Defining new solutions and finding suitable customer for them • System optimisation with forecast handling, EDI, and different type of automatisation Show less



Schneider Electric

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• EMEA Purchasing Manager for Semiconductors/Passive comp. & Distribution

  • Dec 2015 - Feb 2019

  • Spend 107M€, 50+ factories in EMEA and Russia, 10 people in the team• Full P&L responsibility for team and results• Drive procurement team, setting/achieving targets and budget• Working on commodity strategies and adapting according to market trends• Productivity by negotiations, change of suppliers and product re-design• Driving supply chain projects & optimizations with plants• Supplier management, optimization and changes• Quality & delivery performance management• Supplier strategy creation and follow up• Responsible for manufacturers, suppliers and contract manufacturers• Drive supply chain projects & optimizations with plants and contract manufacturers• Supplier management, optimisation, and changes• Quality & delivery performance management• Onboard new Schneider plants to the centralised purchasing organisation Show less

• Plant Purchasing Manager and Commodity Buyer for Passive components & distribution in EMEA

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2015

  • Spend 33M€, supporting 13 factories in EMEA• Commodity strategies for passive components and distribution• Supplier management• Supplier strategy• Negotiations, product re-design, • Developing supply chain flows and supporting factory implementations• Helping to centralise the purchasing function to corporate function

• Purchasing Manager

  • Feb 2012 - Sep 2013

  • Spend 26M€, 7 people with full responsibility including salary setting• Commodity strategies for everything purchased by company• Full P&L responsibility for purchasing department• Factory steering committee and reporting to factory manager• Responsible for everything purchased by the factory- Components going into production (electrical components, labels, boxes etc)- Non production purchases (transportation, electricity, production lines)- Services needed for the plant• Supplier strategy creation and follow up• Sourcing and supply chain strategies & management • 5S, Kanban, Lean, Kaizen, TCO analyses• Negotiations, product re-design, product launches, supplier change Show less

• Commodity Manager/strategic sourcing for electronic and fabricated components

  • Aug 2011 - Feb 2012

  • Spend 10M€, 3 people with full responsibility including salary setting• Commodity strategies• P&L responsibility for team• Global local suppliers• Negotiations, product re-design• Supply chain management• Supplier strategy

• Supply Chain Manager Sweden & Baltics

  • Dec 2006 - Aug 2011

  • Setting up supply chain solutions (EDI, VMI, KANBAN, forecast handling, automation) • Create and implement market strategies for supply chain in region • System integration, optimization and implementation • Change management • TCO • Industrial, automotive and contract manufacturing customers • Setting up supply chain solutions (EDI, VMI, KANBAN, forecast handling, automation) • Create and implement market strategies for supply chain in region • System integration, optimization and implementation • Change management • TCO • Industrial, automotive and contract manufacturing customers