Flexmanager - Interim Food

Interim Food

Work Experience

Expertise

Board, Director, MT, Management, Sales, Export of FMCG food products to international retail.

Open for
CEO, MD, D, MT, NED positions in FMCG food companies selling to international retail and distribution.

Summary

Experience;
- 30 years international FMCG food business
- Of which 15 years employed/career and 15 years entrepreneur

Activities at present;
- Succesfully sold own food companies
- Since then investing, real estate, merger & acquisition of food companies

Motivation;
- Entrepreneurial goals achieved
- Time to to actively add value for others within the field of my expertise

Experience

Director Owner
January 2001 - Present (15 years 8 months)
Utrecht, Holland office.
Sales of FMCG food to international retail
Mergers & acquisitions of food companies

Director Owner at NINO B.V.
January 2015 – January 2017 (2 years)
Utrecht, Holland Office
Sourcing labor intensive services and products from Asia to Europe

Director Owner at Robin Food Sp Z o.o.
January 2012 - October 2014 (2 years 10 months)
Krakow, Poland office.
Sourcing from production. Retail brand babyfood to retail and distribution

Director Owner at Robin Food Ltd
January 2009 - October 2014 (5 years 10 months)
Hong Kong office.
Sourcing from Dutch production. Stocks in Holland and China. Selling
and distributing own NINO top segment brand China government licensed
babyfood Infant Formulae to Chinese import, retail and wholesale in
16 Chinese provinces

Director Owner at Robin Food B.V.
January 2006 - October 2014 (8 years 10 months)
Houten, Holland office.
Sourcing from 17 food production sites in and around the EU. Stocks
in Holland. Selling retail brand babyfood to European retail and distribution

Director Owner at Health Concern B.V.
December 2005 - October 2014 (8 years 11 months)
Houten, Holland office
Sourcing from production sites. Stocks in Holland and Spain. Selling retail
brand functional food to European retail and distribution

Marketing Sales Director Europe (Hain Celestial Europe B.V.) at
The Hain Celestial Group
January 2001 – June 2002 (1 years 6 months)
Marketing & Sales Health & Organic Food to European retail and distribution

Vice President European Sales (Tivall Europe B.V.) at Nestle S.A.
January 1995 - January 2001 (6 years 1 month)
Marketing & Sales Meatfree Food to European retail and distribution

Sales Director (Boekos B.V.) at Groupe Soparind Bongrain
January 1992 - January 1995 (3 years 1 month)
Production, Marketing & Sales Processed Meat to European retail and distribution

Export Manager (Stegeman - BP Nutrition, now Sara Lee) at BP
January 1989 - January 1993 (4 years 1 month)
Production, Marketing & Sales Processed Meat to European retail and distribution

Management Trainee at Wessanen
November 1985 - January 1989 (3 years 3 months)
Production, Marketing & Sales Food to European and US retail and distribution

Trainee at Council of Europe
March 1985 - October 1985 (8 months)
Trainee in an international EU organisation

Skills & Expertise

General
Strategy, Management, Sales, International Business, Team Building, Networking

Specific
Food, FMCG, Retail, Product Development, (International) Sales, (International) Purchasing, Marketing, Logistics, Food Industry, Food Safety, Ingredients, Key
Account Development, Consumer Products, Product Innovation, mainly Dairy,
Healthfood, Babyfood, Chilled, Frozen and shelf stable food products

Languages

English
Full professional

Dutch
Native

German
Professional

French
Limited

Personal

Dutch national, living in Utrecht, Holland. Married, young child/toddler. Regular fitness, swimming, biking. Energetic, positive attitude, ambitious, result oriented, renewing, improving, coaching, motivating, can do mentality, international outlook, entrepreneurial, team player, experienced. Born 31-3-1962 in U.S.A.

Education

Education

Post University
German language courses at Goethe-Institut

French language courses at Alliance Française

Strategy courses

Commercial and negotiating courses

Read various books on business, economical and political/historical issues

Activities and societies; Chairman Child Care Foundation Driebergen, Chairman
Child Care Foundation Driebergen-Doorn, Chairman Friends of Child Care
Foundation, Co Founder and Chairman of Business Club Driebergen

Leiden University
Drs, International Relations, Political Science and International Relations 1980 –
1985. Grade: Master

Activities and Societies: Minerva, part time journalist, part time import &
distribution, traineeship for European Parliament Strasbourg France

Rijswijkse openbare scholengemeenschap
High school, Majors Mathematics, Sciences and Economy, 1975 - 1980

Activities and Societies: Editor school newspaper, co organizer school events

Interests

First and foremost
People

Business
International food business, Selling FMCG food products to retail and distribution, Mergers & Acquisitions food companies, Food sector, Sourcing labor intensive
products and services from Asia, Talented/Ambitious People

Private
People, Friends, International News, Economy, Politics, Various Sciences, Foreign Cultures, Travelling, Children, Health, BHV (First medical aid, reanimation, fire
fighting), Health, Helping/Coaching

Sports
Fitness, Biking, Swimming

Hobbies
Cooking, Internet, Travelling, Reading

Skills

FMCG Food, Internatipnal, Management, Marketing, Sales

Languages

Languages

English
Full professional

Dutch
Native

German
Professional

French
Limited

Other

Passion for FMCG Food