CUTOVER MANAGER – Giant Global, for Imperial Brands PLC (Jun 2025 – Sep 2025)
Prepare a pilot migration to SAP S/4HANA under a tight deadline, picking up exactly where the previous team left off
Brought back into Imperial Brands via Giant Global (UK) to finish the test phase, build and validate the cutover plan for a pilot S/4HANA migration at a cigarette factory in Poland.

• Completed the System Integration Tests and User Acceptance Tests
• Delivered a cutover plan including data-migration plan (1.700 steps) covering all processes and connected systems
• Ran a full dry-run of the cutover and data-migration plan across all involved departments, from Sales, Planning and Procurement to Data Management and Finance teams worldwide

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER – Imperial Brands PLC (Sep 2020 – Apr 2025)
Lead multiple parallel projects for one of the world's largest tobacco manufacturers, from regulatory compliance to scientific data infrastructure
Returned as Senior Project Manager, initially to implement a global regulatory information platform, then took on further projects running in parallel.
Implemented the LifeSphere regulatory platform (EasyDocs, RIMS, Publishing)

• Built the roadmap for the future Tobacco and Blending System
• Implemented DataLab, a scientific data lake on the Azure platform
• Delivered a B2B web portal on Salesforce

PROJECT MANAGER – Royal Philips (Feb 2020 – Feb 2022)
Help a global electronics leader automate product and material compliance across REACH, RoHS and Prop 65
Philips treats sustainability as a driver for innovation and growth. Philips Group Sustainability selected iPoint Compliancy Agent as its central solution for automated product and material compliance.

• Designed, configured, tested and delivered iPoint / iPCA
• Enabled product declarations to the SCIP database of the European Chemicals Agency
• Integrated iPoint with cPLM Windchill compliance dashboards for materials and products

MIGRATION MANAGER – Imperial Brands (Jan 2018 – Nov 2019)
Pick up 25 years of on-premise history and make it work again in the Cloud, in only one year and with minimal business disruption
As part of the strategic IT2020 programme, non-core activities such as data-centre hosting, software development and functional support were outsourced.

• Migrated QAD ERP (1 central + 11 local databases) to the Cloud, across 21 factories, 6 automated warehouses and 6 finance centres worldwide
• Transitioned 13.000 customised programs from Windows to Linux
• Migrated 2.900 users, 600 shopfloor terminals, 400 RF scanners and 275 interfaces

Working under high pressure, with multiple teams running in parallel and near-constant travel, we accomplished what many thought impossible — and still made it enjoyable. Following the successful completion of the QAD-Cloud project, I went on to manage two further projects in parallel, together with European and Indian teams:

• Piloted the ARAS PLM system
• Introduced material traceability in ERP and MES

PROJECT MANAGER – Neways Electronics International (Apr 2017 – Dec 2017)
Replace long-running, ad-hoc initiatives with a standard project approach, centred on selecting and implementing standard business applications
European Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) organisation producing advanced electronics.

• Introduced a standard project methodology (PRINCE2/PMP)
• Selected an Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS)
• Selected a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• Rolled out Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) functionality

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT – Enexis Netbeheer (Jan 2017 – Mar 2017)
Development and introduction of a Supply Chain Planning data model
Grid operator managing 2.7 million electricity and 2 million gas connections across 10 sites, running a multi-year programme to optimise processes and underlying systems.

• Connected strategic, tactical and operational levels of resource planning
• Built a conceptual data model based on standard manufacturing-industry products
• Delivered a proof of concept for operational planning at the Breda site

PROJECT MANAGER – Imperial Brands PLC (Dec 2012 – Dec 2016)
Manage complex, parallel ERP projects across multiple countries and cultures
Imperial's Group Information Systems is responsible for strategy, design, development, delivery and support of core manufacturing applications across global manufacturing sites.

• Full ERP implementations (QAD2010), including data migration and integration with central systems, at a Spanish cigar factory, a Belgian rolling-paper factory and a German cigarette-tube factory
• ERP integration with automated high-bay warehouses in Ukraine and Poland
• Software selection for an Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS)
• Redesigned the shop-floor terminal (MES) application

Further foundational experience

• PROJECT MANAGER - Weir Minerals China (2010-2011)
  Set up ERP and operating procedures for a new manufacturing facility in China.
  A green-field project with special attention to cultural differences and protecting intellectual property
• ICT MANAGER - Weir Minerals Netherlands (2010)
  Restructured the ICT department; improved productivity and restored customer confidence
• PROJECT MANAGER - Weir Minerals France (2009-2010)
  Migrated ERP from Oracle EBS to CEGID while relocating production lines and logistics to France.
• MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT- Celanese Acetate (2008)
  Reviewed and optimised SAP logistics configuration, reducing inventory costs
• SHOPFLOOR MANAGER - Flextronics Reverse Logistics (2008)
  Restarted production and warehouse operations (180 FTE) using Lean Sigma after the organization was relocated.
  The department was subsequently audited as HP Global Best Performer.
• LOGISTICS MANAGER - Paradigit Groep (2007)
  Reorganised the logistics department, improving lead-time reliability
• MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT - Look-O-Look (2007)
  Analysed supply chain planning; redefined SAP SCM usage
• LOGISTICS MANAGER - Curtec Nederland (2006-2007)
  Rearranged warehouse layout and introduced KPI reporting
• OPERATIONS MANAGER - Copaco Netherlands (2003-2006)
  Ran Order Management, After Sales and Logistics for this Benelux ICT and telecom distributor, restructuring the warehouse and implementing SAP-LES with full RF functionality.
• OPERATIONS MANAGER - Lifeware (1991-2002)
  Joined shortly after start-up as an MT member; grew the ICT-distributor's operations and IT services, then led the integration with sister companies A-Line and Amtron and the transition from Omnivers ERP to SAP R/3.
• SERVICES MANAGER - Reijers Computers (1987-1991)
  One of the first regional ICT suppliers for office environments; introduced repairs, helpdesk and service-contract functions during the early rollout of PCs, office applications and networks.