Transport Manager Asia Pacific & Deputy Distribution Service Manager Asia Pacific at IKEA
China
Transport Manager Asia Pacific & Deputy Distribution Service Manager Asia Pacific at IKEA
China
Retail operations, Distribution operations, Strategy creation,Leading bigger groups of people, Operations management, Change management, Creating co-worker involvement, People strategies in a retail & distribution setting, Purchasing of distribution services
(Privately Held; Retail industry)
January 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for IKEA Transportation for in Asia Pacific, both procurement and execution of services (operating from 12 countries, import & export).
Second in command (deputy) for all Distribution Services of IKEA in AP (4 DC's, transport, supply development, customs, quality, social & environment).
Chairman of Transportation MT in AP, Member of Transport Global Management Forum, Member of Distribution Service Asia Pacific Management team, Member of Strategic Team which defines IKEA Range from a supply and distribution point of view for Asia Pacific, Member of advisory board of IKEA Indirect Services, Chairman of Distribution Operations Group
(Privately Held; Retail industry)
2005 — 2008 (3 years )
Overall responsible and accountable for store operations of IKEA Amsterdam (150 mil. euro turnover, 620 employee's from 34 different origins, top 20 store within IKEA group, flagship store for retail NL)
In role as Store Manager IKEA Amsterdam, member of the MT Retail Netherlands (1 bil euro turnover, 4,200 co-workers). Been member of IKEA MT Netherlands from 2001 to end 2008.
(Privately Held; Retail industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years )
Responisble for logistics activities within the IKEA retail company in the Netherlands (instore logistics, transportation, order management). Matrix manager for 10 store logistics functions and ca. 1,000 people staff.
Member of MT Retail Netherlands (4,200 co-workers, euro 1 bil. turnover) from 2001 to 2008. Member of IKEA global retail logistics forum, Chairman of retail logistics NL forum, member of 10 different stores advisory boards, advising in all aspects of store/retail operations (from 2002 to 2004).
(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years )
Master , Logistics & Martitime business studies , 1988 — 1994