EXPERIENCE

I have gathered over a decade of logistics and supply chain experience. This has been in several companies and markets like in the FMCG, Pharmacy, Automotive, Production and Distribution market in both B2B and B2C environments. Below my resume in text form to get an idea of the different jobs I’ve had, projects I’ve done and roles I fulfilled within these projects. This can basically be seen as an extensive resume which can also be found on my LinkedIn page.

Broekman Logistics delivers the promises of their industrial partners, by looking beyond logistics. They offer a full range of customised logistics services in the Machinery, Industrial and Chemical markets.

After six months I came back in the same role. This time remoddeling an racking for one of the customers. Another project was optimizing an kitting / display building department. The third part I focussed on was creating a dashboard that focusses on financiel numbers / performance.

Senior Logistics Engineer, Feb 2025 – ongoing in Venlo

Alliance Healthcare is a leading distributor and wholesaler of pharmaceutical, surgical, medical and healthcare products throughout Europe.

I started as a logistics engineer with the goal to help out during the startup of a new partially automated warehouse. The main focus was on improving and stabilizing the inbound and putaway department. This was a highly operational role with daily boots on the floor mentality and lots of trouble shooting to keep the operation flowing.

Logistics Engineer, Jul 2024 – Jan 2025

I started as a senior logistics engineer with the goal to help out with the current warehouse issues. The warehouse needs a redesign supported by new inbound, putaway, replenishment and picking logic that needs to be defined based on compliance rules.

Senior Logistics Engineer, Feb 2024 – Jul 2024

Cordstrap is dedicated to making the movement of goods safer by engineering out the risk through innovative, safe, strong and fully compliant solutions.

I’m working at Cordstrap as the project leader with the goal to create an insight into the performance of the production department. The clear focus will be on getting insight into the uptime of the different machines, however other topics such as quality and performance will also be taken into account. This will lead to an OEE dashboard across all departments across all plants.

Highlevel the flow is getting information setup in the PLCs, then extracting this information and placing it in a database with Ignition software that will be hosted in the cloud from which visuals in PowerBI will be created.

OT Project Leader, Nov 2023 – ongoing in Oostrum

DPD is part of Geopost, one of the world leading parcel delivery networks operating in nearly 50 countries.

During my time (3 days per week) I’ve been working on several projects, all with the goal to improve the performance of the delivery services offered within DPD. I’ve been gathering requirements from the operations and been matching that with the IT requirements to prepare these project for implementation. These projects focussed on making a distinction between 2B and 2C, implementing an AI based tool to ‘auto correct’ addresses received from the customer and getting a new geocoding solution in place.

BI Project Manager, Nov 2023 – Jan 2024 in Belgium

DPD is part of Geopost, one of the world leading parcel delivery networks operating in nearly 50 countries.

During the seven months at DPD Belgium I’ve worked on improving the last mile. The last mile is, as the name indicates, is the final part of the journey from the depot to your doorstep. The main focus has been on improving the system side of things.

Not hindered by any real previous knowledge about last mile logistics I’ve started asking the basic questions to find out what parts make up the last mile to enable a clear focus on the things that actually matter. These basic question were fundamental since it forced me and others to question the status quo which led to some optimization ideas. Four pillars were defined; geocoding, restrictions, route optimization and the subcontractors actually delivering the parcels. On each of these pillars concrete analysis and actions have been taken or planned in order to improve the performance of each individual component in order to increase the overall last mile performance. In a nutshell;
Geocoding: increase quality and decrease complexity (and cost) by reviewing other (online) providers.
Restrictions: made analysis for reviewing restrictions, operational responsibility for managing these.
Route optimization: found edge cases of suboptimal routes creating the base work for the provider to optimize the engine.
Subcontractors: started with dashboard setup to periodically review and feedback the performance in order to elevate the quality delivered to the end customers. The fundamental subco model will be reviewed to see if there are ways to work more flexible with the subcontractors.

PUD (PickUp and Delivery) Optimization Manager, Apr 2023 – Oct 2023 in Belgium

Shop Apotheke is a leading online pharmcy which supplies pharmacy and general drug store products to end users.

During the first two years I mainly focused on improving the warehouse flows within the 20.000m2 warehouse ; increasing both performance as well as quality all whilst reducing cost (yes sometimes you can have all three). The main projects I initiated and completed myself where based on a new way of working by integrating substantially more system driven logic and introducing a new way of picking the customer orders.
The new system guided way of working has been completely self designed and programmed by our inhouse programmers (Microsoft Dynamics). The main problem was that the warehouse was ‘full’, where in reality we just needed to utilize the space more efficiently. After careful analysis I’ve decided we needed to switch from a multi item/single location to a single item/multi location system, which had a huge impact on inbound, stow, replenishment and picking performance as well as quality. I’ve designed an automated ABC analysis that recalculated the best box sizes / locations types on a regular interval and tries to ensure that each item is always in the best possible location. Since no system is perfect I’ve added ways to manually intervene when required. In short this project increased performance with around 300% and enabled an increase in our customer order output off 400% (from 20.000 to 80.000 customer orders a day).
The other project was a new way of picking where the main goal was to increase quality. We’ve invested in new terminals with finger scanners and designed a new (Android) application that allowed us to create and use several picking requirements for different people and areas simultaneously. This, in combination with the above project, increased the first time right quality off outbound orders from around 92% to 99+%.

The following years I was working in a project team that was setup to design and setup a new warehouse (40.000m2) with a new WMS (Microsoft Dynamics). My main focus was on the engineering part, meaning making sure assumptions are no longer assumptions and making sure that the designed solution would actually be feasible from both static as well as dynamic capacity. This meant I did lots of heavy lifting regarding all calculations required and here I’ve further developed my analysis skills. In the end we partnered up with SSI and implemented six a-frames, eight miniloads and a shuttle system. Next to this a put to light sorting method was implemented alongside lots and lots of conveyor belts. Next to the physical warehouse we also redesigned a new WMS ourselves meaning all processes for this had to be thought out, documented and programmed and tested. A clear decision here was that the physical warehouse is leading and the WMS has to support, this meant lots of custom programming was required.

In my final year my focus shifted more towards BI and enabling everyone to manage their departments based on data instead of gut feeling. This meant developing dashboards that could be used by the different departments. These dashboard would contain things like performance metrics, realtime progress tracking and trend developments over the last weeks. During this time I further developed my PowerBI and SQL skill set.

Other project I’ve done over the years was designing and helped implement a smaller manual warehouse in Italy (6.000m2). I’ve made all calculation and supported for the warehouse moves from the old to the new warehouse for both the Venlo move as well as for Italy. I’ve helped implement new purchasing software (AddOne) to help our procurement department reduce increase product availability and decrease stock days on hand. The final project I was working on was one with the aim to increase quality (reduce the likelihood that customers don’t get what they ordered) and reduce workload by reducing the number of checked parcels that are actually correct. This is done by creating a picture of the box content and using Machine Vision and AI to determine if this box needed a manual check or not, this was done in conjunction with the external company Mediaan.

Senior Process Engineer / Business Analyst, Jan 2017 – Jan 2023 in Venlo

Inalfa Roof Systems is one of the world’s biggest providers of vehicle roof systems. Inalfa designs, develops and manufactures sunroofs and open roof systems for the major OEM’s in the automotive industry.

During my time at Inalfa I was mainly working on the Audi A5 / Porsche Panamera project. During the project phase of a sunroof (~2 years) the complete supply chain needs to be setup for the mass production phase. Things like packaging designs, both for the incoming parts from our suppliers as well as the outgoing goods (finished sunroofs) to the customer. Having a good packaging is vital since this will ensure that the quality of the product doesn’t get compromised during transport and handling. Things like linefeeding on the production line internally as well as making sure the packaging works with the automation of the customer is a real challenge.
Other topics included making sure to have the right BOM in the system (LN Infor) and trying to make sure that the right items, in the right quantities at the correct revision levels are in stock and available. This is a challenge with many changes happening in parralel and manual production, this calls for great flexibility and fast handling.
EDI is also a vital part for the mass production phase, the customer will give several plannings and time horizons with the shortest only being hours before the sunroof is required inside their factory. In order to achieve this external partners are being used that provide JiS (Just in Sequence) services and that are situated near the customer.

I’ve learned a lot during my time at Inalfa. Not only on how a production company works and the extreme eye to detail and quality standards required in the automotive industry. But also how to handle high pressure / stress environments for longer periods of time.

Supply Chain Engineer, Aug 2015 – Dec 2016 in Venray

CEVA Logistics is a 3PL operating world wide with world class logistic solutions within it’s contract logistics branch.

In may 2012 I moved to the Venray site where I was part of an implementation team for Microsoft on strict deadlines (1,5 months from start to go live inbound and 2 weeks later go live outbound), an unique experience. This periode really showed me how much can be accomplished if you work hard, work smart and work together. During the setup I was responsible for location management, so making sure all is setup both physically as well as systematically. During and after the Go Live I mainly focused on the flows that didn’t go well, which involved a lot of inventory management, here is where I’ve started building my inventory management knowledge.

The months are years after that I’ve done many projects. Some of them are setting up a new way of letting the system (PKMS) assign items to locations (dynamic slotting) and the flows related to that, from inbound to replenishment to picking. Next to that I was responsible to deliver quotes and do the setup on all customer requests, for example during the launch of the Microsoft Surface we had to reflash all units with new firmware. I’ve redesigned the picking area with new logic for the flowracks that were being used and designed new shipping boxes to reduce the amount of air being shipped. We implemented a new first article inspection process and I’ve setup a business contingency plan in case one of the components used in daily operations would break down. We’ve also optimized the quality checks that were build in by the Vanderlande system by creating some parameters that helped us reduce conveyor overflow and helped to focus on the errors made in the previous processes.

I’ve also started developing my analytical skills more by building performance dashboards (Excel based with SQL background) for each department, setting up new waving tools (MS Access) for better wave and truck planning. At CEVA is also where I first got in contact with LEAN and Kaizens which I helped implement and execute over the years.

Logistic Engineer, Jun 2012 – Jul 2015 in Oss & Venray

My second job started at CEVA Logistics at their site in Oss for the customer Nokia Care. I’ve worked here for about 6 months before moving to their new site in Venray. For Nokia I mainly focused on the inventory accuracy by creating a new ABC analysis for smarter cycle counting. I’ve also changed the way they count and the way the results were being reported back to the customer. Next to that I helped implement a new department (Tier 1 Customer Care) where I managed the new office setup and build all reporting tools together with a colleague. My final project was planning and executing a complete Wall 2 Wall count, where I’ve made the planning, reporting tools and system to system reconciliation with the customer.

Dec 2011 – May 2012 in Oss

Nu Skin is a Multi Level Marketing (MLM) company that sells it’s products exclusively to the end users via so called distributors. The main focus of the products is on anti-ageing technology from the inside out and the outside in.

My first ‘real’ job, exciting. During this year I’ve stated with operationally ‘taking over a market’ and I was responsible for having the correct items in stock (SAP), this in order to get to know the processes. After that I’ve done smaller project. I’ve developed a performance dashboard for the assembly department that keeps track of the different batches that were released, the progress of those batches and how the performance was and calculated a CoG (Cost of Goods) for this. Together with a colleague we made a proposal on how to reduce transport cost for a route between Rotterdam & Budapest. I’ve performance an extensive financial benchmark between Nu Skin and other MLM competitors to see gauge how we were performing and were we had opportunities to improve. Finally I’ve made some analysis and proposals on how to reduce and prevent the dead stock levels in the warehouse.

Operations Analyst, Dec 2010 – Nov 2011 in Venlo

Education & Courses

2023 – Tableau
Introduction, Analyzing Data, Creating Dashboards, Case Study, Connecting Data
Tableau—one of the world’s most popular business intelligence tools. I’ve learned how to use Tableau to quickly clean, analyze, and visualize data. Through hands-on exercises, I’ve learned how to organize and analyze data, create presentation-ready visualizations, build insightful dashboards, and apply analytics to worksheets. I’ve then ramped up my Tableau skills by learning how to use data connectors to combine and prepare datasets and manage data properties.

2022 – Power BI
Introduction, Data Preparation, Data Modeling, Data Visualisation, DAX and Case Studies
Power BI can be used to quickly clean, analyze, and visualize your team’s data. Through hands-on exercises, I’ve learned how to organize and analyze data, create presentation-ready visualizations, and build insightful dashboards and reports. I’ve then ramped up my skills by learning how to prepare data in Power Query and combined that with DAX which gives powerful control over visuals and reports, allowing for better performance and more flexibility.

2022 – SQL
Introduction, Joining Data, Data Manipulation, Intermediate SQL, PostgreSQK and Window Functions
SQL is a powerful language used by data-driven businesses, large and small, to explore and manipulate their data to extract meaningful insights. Through hands-on exercises, I’ve discovered SQL basics, such as how to structure and query relational databases. As you progress, you’ll use these foundations to quickly summarize and join tables and use window functions and built-in PostgreSQL functions to analyze your data.

In 2019 I followed a 10 day Greenbelt course from UMS+, I’ve completed the test with a 98% score and completed the project (DMAI) except for the Control (C) phase due to the new warehouse getting priority. I’ve never officially received a certification.

In 2014 I’ve completed a 4 day AutoCAD Basic course given by an Autodesk® Authorized Training Center.

I’ve completed the Master Global Supply Chain Management & Change in 2010.

I’ve complete the Bachelor Logistics & Economics with a Minor in International Business Management in 2009.