Flexmanager - Manager Business Operations

Manager Business Operations

Work Experience

Working experience:

Company: Distri Group
Duration: Since 2001
Title: Manager Business Operations, responsible for operations concerning all business units within the group. Target and budget responsible for new products and services (Wallie, electronic distribution, international expansion)

Company: Fourcroy Group/ISPC International
Duration: 2000/2001
Title: Project manager, Responsible for marketing management projects. Responsible for:
Market research and market positioning for brands and subsidiaries
Waste management program of the company,
Geo marketing for existing and new subsidiaries
Market IT-order program

Company: CSS Rocomp
Duration: 1999/2000
Title: Sales Consultant, advise and sell commercial projects (ERP Exact software) in the area of automation to (potential) clients. Responsible for a target, managing people and generate clients through organising seminars and direct marketing.

Company: JBR Management consultancy
Duration: 1998/1999
Title: Consultant, Finding solutions for strategic questions mainly involving mergers and acquisitions by using field- and desk research.

Company: Stellenbosch Farmers¡¦ Winery, Stellenbosch
Duration: 1997/1998
Project: Worked for a portfolio of brands in the wine & spirits industry. The focus was on the development of a new strategy and new product development to revitalise the strength of the existing brands and create new brands.
Title: Marketing manager New Product Development. Researching new and existing markets to increase market penetration and market share.

Company: Europcar Interrent
Duration: Part-time from 1994/1997
Title: Counter employee; Interim Station manager, responsible for managing a car rental station with 10 employees.

Company: IBM Nederland NV, Utrecht
Duration: 4,5 months completed in May 1996.
Nature of project: An operational marketing plan for two segments of the small and medium-sized companies as an outcome of a new strategic policy.
Title: Marketing/research assistant

Company: Referee Sportsmarketing Holland BV, Aalsmeer
Duration: 6 weeks, 1994
Nature of project: Research to commercial value of sponsoring in the dancing sport.
Title: Marketing/research assistant

Education

Study: NIMBAS (Netherlands Institute of MBA studies)
University of Bradford degree of Master in Business Administration with specialisation in marketing
Duration: 6 months in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 3,5 months in Bradford, UK, 6 months management project. Certificate taken in July 1998

Study: HEAO-CE with differentiation Sports, Economics and Communication
Duration: 4 years, certificate taken 1996.

Study HEAO; 1991 (equivalent to university)
Duration: 1 year (general direction)

Study: HAVO
Duration: 5 years; Certificate taken in 1991

Courses:

- NIMA-A, B marketing, certificate taken in 1995
- Meta Morphose, international sales course (UK), certificate taken in 1999
- D-Train Exact, IT-product knowledge, certificate taken in 1999

Skills

My international marketing management specialisation of the NIMBAS-Bradford MBA led to positions as Marketing Manager for Stellenbosch Farmers Winery in South Africa, and then for ISPC International/Fourcroy Group in the Benelux. After this phase the focus has been on business operations for the Distri Group. Distri Group is a fast growing company within the telecom industry and market leader in the prepaid market. My specialisation focuses on the development and implementation of innovative marketing and management concepts. My personal interests, as a pragmatic strategist and marketing generalist, lie in the realisation of effective marketing strategies (marketing communication, branding and positioning), business development (development of relationships with alliances and business partners) and the supervision of the changing processes within organisations.

Keywords: Ambitious, Go-getter, Willing to invest, Persuasive, Team player, Positive attitude, Fun

Languages

- Fluent in Dutch, English; average in German; average in French; basic knowledge Spanish

Other

- Advisory board member Momentum since 2004
- Member of the NIMBAS MBA Think-Tank, since 2001
- Sponsor proposal, track-cyclist T. van Niekerk, 1997
- Organisation Outdoorkamp (Ardennen), 1995
- Sportclinics (Fitness, Soccer, Tennis), 1993-1996
- Youth leader/trainer soccer team 1990-1992