Van der Meer Advice

Independent consultant
interim manager

Holtrop van der Vlist

Commercial Director
2010-2013

Commercial tasks and results

• 120 new clients industry earthmovers.
• 2 M € new revenue per year.
• Management of 1000 Prospects and 600 clients.

IT development

• Development of own CRM Database.
• Automation, introducing GPS System TraSec.
• Further development of Groeneveld Roadrunner TMS.

Fleet Management

• New vehicles with MT designed for transporting heavy equipment.
• Experience with heavy transport vehicles, purchase, sale and maintenance (200 heavy tractor units).

Oenema Transport

Commercial Director
2007-2010

Commercial tasks and results

• Restructuring Transportation Department.
• € 600 K annually loss into profit.
• 50 new clients and 2M € new turnover.
• Selling Department Ambulance (5 M €).
• Preparation acquisition company by sons.
• 4 European tenders passenger transport (€ 4M).
• Buying and selling vehicles (1 M € per year).
• Conducting litigation.

Fleet Management

• Purchasing, Sales and maintenance trucks. (100 units)
• Leasing and sales back designs.

IT development

• Introduction GPS Board Computer and build Interfaces with accounting and planning.

Supply Chain Management

• Warehouse activities development (5,000 pallets) and cross docking for new clients.
• Public Warehousing: Storage and making up orders + European shipments.
• Warehouse demolished in Apeldoorn and moved to Heerenveen.

Van der Werff Logistics

Commercial manager
2001-2007

Commercial tasks and results

• Close and reorganize office Harderwijk (€ 3M).
• Acquisition and integration 2 transport companies.
• Growth of 3M € to 10M € in 5 years.
• Growth of 35 to 80 trucks in 5 years.
• Development of warehouse operations.
• Tenders in transportation (€ 4M).
• Conducting litigation.
• Buying and selling vehicles (1 M € per year).

IT development

• Purchase and implementation TMS Plan and Go!
• Buying and integration of Transics Board Computers.
• Development CMS System, MS ACCESS DATABASE newsletters.

Supply Chain Management

• Organize and build warehouse (10,000 tons).
• Create and enter into and withdrawal system.
• Organize internal and external transport.

Fleet Management

• Purchasing, Sales and maintenance trucks. (100 units)
• Leasing and sales back operations.

Xerox Distribution Europe BV

Inventory Controller Specialist
Manager Logistics and Customer Service
Project manager integration
1996-2001

Supply Chain Management tasks and results

• Inventory Controller over 3,000 SKUs, 20 M €
• Worldwide shipments, containers and road- air cargo.
• Purchasing Parts UK (€ 1M), final responsibility.
• Management internal logistics: storage and release of goods.
• Leading production department, configuring printers.
• Organizing cycle count and Wall to Wall counts.
• Responsible for shipments to customers in Europe, damages and organizing quarterly endings.

Project management

• Organize the complete removal from Heerenveen to Venray. Transfer of inventories (€ 100M) and IT systems. Large and complex project of 1 year.

IT development

• Implementation of QAD MFG / PRO and Oracle in Heerenveen and Venray (superuser level)
• Development Interfaces Oracle / MFG / PRO with carriers.
• Development Xerox Intranet.
• The design and construction of a complaints database.

Van der Meer - Trade and transport

Various Jobs

Commercial tasks and results

• Purchasing gardening materials, vehicles and all other supplies with an annual value of  1 M €
• Selling department of transportation (5 vehicles)
• Expanding market sector, setting up dealer network.

Active until 2000, later role as advisor.

IT development

• Website Development, Database for billing and accounting.