Curriculum vitae of candidate f 5865

 

First Name    Henk

Residence     Doorwerth, The Netherlands

Year of Birth  1950

 

 

Catchwords

General Manager                       /Consultant for Board / CEO in case of problems

Crisis Manager                       

Change Manager                       /Counsellor in turnaround, acquisitions and

Business Process Redesigner    /downsizing or liquidations

 

 

Work experience

 

2006 – today: Independently interim manager

 

Wholesales business in bathrooms      

Problem:          Too little profit and cash generation.

Action:             Define the KPI’s  and consequently work with them.

Result:             25% profit improvement and acceptable cashposition.

 

Insurance Broker

Problem:          Communication between shareholders disturbed, causing continuity  problems.

Action:             One out of 4 shareholders forced to leave and sell his shares, another shareholder wanted to go as well; found financials to pay them off.

Result:             A new fresh start for the business without internal discussions,

 

Importer of mobile phone gadgets

Problem:          Very fast growth with no internal organisation, causing severe cash problems

Action:             Installing a new organisation form, including liquidity prognoses.

Result:             Two happy owners of a still growing business.

 

 

2001 – 2006: Internal crisis- and change manager at Autobar Group

 

Managing Director ad interim at Depa

Problem:          After unsuccessful implementation of new software, profit, turnover,

                       motivation and market leadership were gone

Approach:        Making a new business plan with workarounds for software problems.

Result:            Company is ready for sale

 

Managing Director Wisselaar Fastfood (a daughter of Autobar)

Problem:          Assignment to dismantle the business

Approach:        The initial task was converted into partial sale, partial integration in    

                       sister company and partial liquidation.

Result:             Reduction of the financial damage with 50%, moreover employment

                       saved for 35 staff.

 

Procurement Project Director Autobar Group

Problem:          After many acquisitions many differences in local purchasing

Approach:        Step by step centralisation

Result:             € 500,000 profit improvement after half a year

 

Managing Director Wisselaar Fastfood

Problem:          Assigment to merge with Filtrum

Approach:        Sale of non-core business (wine business), streamlining and  finally merging

Result:             25% profit improvement

 

 

Previous functions

 

1985 – 2001                        Managing director Depa B.V., Wijchen,

                                          daughter company of Autobar; before that I was   

                                          commercial director, purchasing manager and sales

                                          manager. 60 € million turnover, 130 employees.

                                          Depa was market leader and made ongoing 

                                          profit which was 20% above the average of the

                                          market.

 

 

1984 – 1985                        Interim manager Holleman Holding B.V.,

                                          Katwijk. Depa had plans for acquiring this  

                                          company;

                                          I had a non competition clause and it was

                                          not possible yet to work for Depa.

 

 

1982 – 1984                        Head Purchase/Logistics at Veriplast B.V.,

                                          Apeldoorn, daughter company of Autobar.

 

 

1973 – 1982                        Buyer Hema B.V., Amsterdam.

                                          Domestic articles, lighting, car-,

                                          garden- and fishing-articles.

 

  

 

Knowledge of languages

 

English and German fluently in word and writing; French reasonably well

 

 

Personal characteristics

 

 - focus on maximising profit

 - stimulated  by challenge

 - eye for detail, together with helicopter view

 - informally if possible, formally if necessary

 - teambuilder, peoplemanager

 - pragmatically, no nonsense, fast decision maker

 - feeling for humour

 - ability to see things in their proper perspective