
Director, Head of Global eBusiness at DSM
Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Director, Head of Global eBusiness at DSM
Eindhoven Area, Netherlands
Key words: Leadership, Vision, Change, Passion, Excellence, Fun
Generalist with extensive experience in leading and changing global, multi-cultural teams and organizations.
Leadership roles in Sales, Marketing, Operations.
17 years Experience in Global, Multi-Cultural and High Change Environments.
Worked and lived in Czech Republic, US, Belgium, The Netherlands.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DSM; Chemicals industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Drives Innovation and Growth of Internet based Marketing and Sales across all global businesses in DSM.
Leads DSM's CRM program, including:
- Development and implementation of CRM Vision, Strategy and Roadmap
DSM is active worldwide in nutritional and pharma ingredients, performance materials and industrial chemicals. The group has annual sales of over EUR 8 billion and employs some 22,000 people worldwide. DSM ranks among the global leaders in many of its fields. The company is headquartered in the Netherlands, with locations in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
January 2000 — Present (8 years 10 months)
Our mission: To coach and inspire people to achieve Excellence, Self-confidence and Fulfillment based on courage, purpose and joy instead of fear need and obligation.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XOM; Oil & Energy industry)
May 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Responsible for Definition and Execution of Marketing Strategy for a global product line of specialty chemicals ($200 M revenue).
Functional leadership of sales teams in Europe and Asia and key distributors for rest of world
Direct Contract negotiation for Major Global Accounts ($80M).
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XOM; Oil & Energy industry)
December 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Responsible for running the European Customer Service Center for ExxonMobil's European Lubricants & Specialties Company with 300 professionals in Prague, Czech Republic.
Managed the growth from 100 to 300 people in less than 1 year. Implementation of 1 standard backoffice process.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XOM; Chemicals industry)
June 2001 — November 2004 (3 years 6 months)
Led a team that implemented SAP sales processes (pricing, order to cash).
Part of the tast was to standardize the sales processes across all (12) business units and all goegraphical regions for the chemical company.
This was a major achievement, especially to change the mindset of our business managers to accept that standardized processes and a globally functional organization would give us a strong competitive advantage versus every product line/region doing their own thing.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XOM; Chemicals industry)
February 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Leading European Sales team and accountable for $300 M Revenue in commodity polymers in Benelux and specialties for Wire & Cable segment
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XOM; Chemicals industry)
September 1992 — January 2000 (7 years 5 months)
Held various positions with increasing responsibility:
IT systems analyst (1992-'94), Process Engineer at Chemical Manufacturing Plant (1995-'96), Sales Representative PolyOlefins (1997-'98), Customer Service Manager Europe, Middle-East, Africa (1999)
Leadership 2004 — 2006
Attended several leadership training modules:
Enlightened Warrior Traning Camp, Guerilla Business School, Master of Influence, Train the Trainer, ..
Executive Education 2002 — 2005
Executive Development 2000 — 2003
Mobilizing People
Multi Company Executive Leadership Program
Ir. (MSc), Electrical Engineering, 1984 — 1990