Distribution Manager at Corus Packaging Plus & Management Trainer at INHolland University & InHolland Academy
Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
Distribution Manager at Corus Packaging Plus & Management Trainer at INHolland University & InHolland Academy
Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
I am a qualified Dutch graduate in commercial marketing and international business communication. Analytical and energetic manager with international focus and very diverse project experience. Comfortable and motivated in changing, challenging, complex and dynamic environments. ‘Red line’ in my career consists of innovation, creative product marketing and communication. Academic background in business communication and export marketing management.
Currently accountable for strategic distribution planning at Corus Packaging Plus, based in CPP central office IJmuiden.
Profound language skills: fluent English, German, Spanish and Dutch (native).
Multidisciplinary working experience is gained in a large variety of industries, such as: media, advertising & internet (public broadcasting, B&P, Wolters-Kluwer), multinational technical companies (Philips, Corus), wireless (Nozema) and education (InHolland University).
MBTI-type: ENTP
Product marketing, programme management, IT development (e.g. business intelligence, inter/intranet apps), consultancy & sales, purchasing (ao E-procurement/Auctions) and supply chain development. During my carreer I have allways taken a special intrest in innovation, international business culture, changing environments and international cooperation. I value people, creativity and enjoy working in a multidisciplinary and international environment.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Teaching management courses to business professionals in e.g.:
- International business
- Business ethics
- Strategic marketing planning
- Change Management
- Quality management
- Brainstorming & Creativity
Also evaluation of business projects/studies.
(Public Company; Mining & Metals industry)
September 2005 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Accountable for strategic distribution planning at Corus CPP.
Corus Packaging Plus is a truly multinational company within the Corus Group. Working closely with a variety of transport, logistics and packaging specialists in the local business units and organisations in The Netherlands, UK, Norway and Belgium.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Mining & Metals industry)
January 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 9 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)
2003 — January 2004 (1 year)
Focus on labour market communication at universities and polytechnics. Worked several times with great pleasure and success for this dynamic and customer focussed media company as a media consultant, both fulltime in 2003-2004 as well as part-time/freelance in combination with my other job at Philips between 1996 and 1998.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year)
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
December 2000 — 2001 (1 year)
New business development pojects aimed at strategic wireless concepts and innovative business cases for digital radio (DAB/DRM) in close cooperation with national and international public and private broadcasting companies.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 8 months)
Started here as a freelancer setting up portal for building and construction industry. Continued working as full-time employee further developing and managing internet website applications.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
Focus on relationship building and business creation with special attention to developing new interactive textmedia within the total media-mix (TV-Radio-Textmedia) of this leading and professional public broadcasting company.
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Semiconductors industry)
May 1996 — December 1998 (2 years 8 months)
Worked within the international marketing department developing several intranet platforms and sales forecasting databases/datawarehouses, supporting business intelligence and internal communication campaigns. Highly dynamic, international and innovative environment, in between technical sales & marketing, logistics, R&D, logistics, communication and regional sales.
post-Graduate, Purchasing & Supplies management, 2003 — 2004
post-Graduate (QE = qualified exportmanager), International marketing management/Export management (QE-qualification), 1997 — 1998
drs (doctorandus = Masters qualification), Business Communication, 1989 — 1994
History 1991 — 1991
Equals UK HND in Business studies, Marketing, 1986 — 1989
pre-university 1979 — 1985
motorcycling, swimming, mountain hiking, beekeeping, skiing, IT networking (opensource) and my Solex (super-cool retro-bike)