PROFILE
Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement Manager with international experience.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with strong management and operational skills. Result oriented, analytical and flexible. Pro-active & enthusiastic. Strong in teamwork and empowering people.
Keeping the focus on Customer, People and Process.


EXPERIENCED IN
• Leading Manufacturing Organisations & Production Sites.
• Operational Excellence, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma (LSS)
• Managing organisational & cultural change.
• (Aroma) Chemical & Pharmaceutical Batch Production.
• Quality- & HSE Systems, cGMP, FDA requirements (API manufacturing), auditing.
• Project Management (improvement, investment & tech transfer projects).

CAREER HISTORY

Lean on Us (NL)
Interim Management & Consultancy Sep 2014 – Present

Actuant Corporation (EU) Aug 2012 – Aug 2014 Continuous Improvement Leader Europe
* Support Actuant BU & Site leaders on LSS Strategy and roll out of LSS in the BU's / Sites
* Facilitate Kaizens & LSS events in the BU's
* Provide LSS / Project management training.
* Actuant Subject Matter Expert on Problem Solving & A3 thinking

MSD, Oss (NL) Jan 2010 – June 2012
Project lead MPS roll-out & Site manager
Roll out of MPS (= Merck Production System) in several plants. Project Coach, Kaizen facilitator, Yellow Belt trainer. Experienced in use of LSS tools. Implementation of “High Performance Organisation”. Project savings > 3.500 k€.

Schering Plough, Oss (NL) Apr 2008 - Dec 2009
Manager Operational Excellence API / Biotech.
Project portfolio manager, Opex implementation. Leading Cost of Goods reduction project

NV Organon / Schering Plough, Apeldoorn (NL) Oct 2005 - Mar 2008
Site Manager and Plant Manager Chemical API Production
• Site management Apeldoorn Site (total staff: 100): (Production, R&D, Engineering)
- Communication with authorities, environmental permits, BRZO.
- Quality & HSE inspections and Customer Audits. Chairing local Works Council.
- Accountable for Site (master) plans, Site budgets, Site communication structure.
• Leading API production plant. Accountable for production budgets.
• Project lead introduction of “Blockbuster” API product & related investment programme


NV Organon (AKZO-NOBEL Pharma), Oss (NL) May 2004 - Sep 2005
HSE Project leader
• Project leader Pre-Project 'Integration Quality & HSE management systems.
• Various HSE / Quality projects (HSE permits, Eco efficiency, integrated change control)


Diosynth Ltd (AKZO NOBEL Pharma), Buckhaven, Scotland (UK) 2002– 2004
Site Operations Manager
Managing all Operations (production of pharmaceutical intermediates) of the Buckhaven Site: Production, logistics (purchasing, planning, warehousing), engineering / maintenance and technical (processes). Responsible for operational budgets and 120 Staff.
Total turnover: EURO 30 mln. Key member of local MT, reporting to local MD.
• Redefinition of Operational KPI’s.
• Implementation of ‘Site Manager / Product manager’ structure.
• Implementation of Good Housekeeping structure, resulting in major improvements in Good Housekeeping / cGMP levels.
• Improvement of internal communication-, planning - and reporting structure.
• Process introduction / Tech transfer of highly active pharmaceutical intermediates (API’s).
• Co-drafted the Local Company TOP (Three year Operational Plan).
• Managing a major (85 FTE's) site redundancy programme.


Diosynth B.V. (AKZO-NOBEL Pharma), Oss (NL) 1994-2001
Plant Manager Chemical Production
Management of the API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) production in 2 subsequent Plants (Staff: 80-100). Initiating development, innovation, and implementation of improvements. Responsible for plant budgets (production, personnel, maintenance, investment). .
• 2000-2002: Project leader of project for a ‘state of the art’ expansion of production capacity of Plant 5 (investment: EURO 18 mln).
• Introduction 5-shift system in Plants 2 & 5.
• Successful implementation of various organisational changes (integration of production-units, organisational structures), partly making use of external consultants.

Diosynth B.V. (AKZO-NOBEL Pharma), Oss (NL) 1993-1994
Trainee Production Management
Getting acquainted with Quality- and HSE-management systems and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients production.


I.F.F. (Nederland) BV, Tilburg (NL) 1987-1993
Manager Process Laboratory / Small-Scale Production Aroma Chemicals
Management of process development activities on lab- and pilot- plant scale for the batch-production of Aroma Chemicals (Staff: 7). Management of the Small Scale Production Department (Aroma Chemicals). Contacts with R&D and production departments in the US, UK, Spain, The Netherlands. Leading process safety assessments.
• Integration of Lab and Small-Scale production departments.
• Facilitated numerous plant process introductions / improvements.
• Leading process rationalisation programme (Tech transfer to Spain).





I.F.F. (Nederland) BV, Tilburg (NL) 1985-1987
Process-Engineer Aroma Chemical Production
Optimisation and introduction of chemical / physical batch-processes for the plant production of Aroma Chemicals. Trouble shooting and problem solving (quality, capacity, efficiency, HSE). Selection of process equipment.


TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Training
Lean Six Sigma certified Black Belt (Maruna / Merck) 2011
Design for Six Sigma 2010
Lean Six Sigma certified Green belt 2009
Lean Six Sigma “Yellow belt” trainer 2008
Middle Management Forum (MMF), AKZO NOBEL in-house training (UK) 2003
Management Development Program (MDP), AKZO NOBEL in-house training 1998
Middle Management Course, Boertien & Partners (Naarden) 1995
Fundamentals of Business Management (FBM), AKZO-NOBEL in-house course 1994 -1995
Quality of Work & Organisation, 5-month course (Adviesgroep Koers, den Bosch) 1990

1-4 day trainings, e.g. “TPS, media training, conflict management, project management, advisory skills, communication skills, performance management training, coaching etc.

Education
Business Course (S.L.B.), Eindhoven (NL) 1988-1991
Diploma: 1991 (cum laude)
3 year evening-business course (Bachelor level)

Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Technology 1975-1985
Major: Organic Chemistry, Product Technology
Minor : Technical Biology / Biochemistry
Alfa / gamma: Business Economics
Graduation: Zeolite catalysis

Secondary School, Atheneum B, Rotterdam (NL) 1969-1975


LANGUAGES

Oral Writing/Reading
Dutch Native speaker Mother tongue
English Fluent Excellent
French Basic Basic
German Fair Fair


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: August 27th 1957
Nationality: Dutch
Marital Status: Married, 2 children 1991 (m), 1994 (m)
Interests: Music listening, Culture, (mountain)-walking, Hiking / Nature.

Gedreven / enthousiast
Analytisch
Resultaatgericht
Teamplayer
Flexibel

Lean on Us: Interim management & Consultancy Sep 2014 - heden
Actuant Corp: Continuous Improvement Leader Europe Aug 2012 - Sep 2014
Project leader roll out Merck Production System & Site manager, MSD (Oss) Jan 2010 - Jun 2012
Manager Operational Excellence API Biotech, Schering Plough Apr 2008 - Dec 2009
Site Manager & Plant manager Chemical API production, Organon (Apeldoorn) 2005 - 2008
HSE project leader: Organon (Oss) 2004 -2005
Site Operations Manager: Diosynth Buckhaven (UK) 2002-2004
Plantmanager Chemical API Plants: Diosynth (Oss) 1994 - 2001
Trainee production management: Diosynth (Oss) 1993 - 1994
Manager Process lab & Small Scale Production): IFF (Tilburg) 1987 - 1993

(berg) wandelen
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