Personal profile
Ton van der Zande is a cost, result loyal driven professional, who treats everyone with respect
He is a creative problem solver with a strong “can do” attitude and helicopter view.
He is open minded but to the point and a mediator if this is required. Also a hard negotiator by contracts and purchase.
He has proven record and experience in production environments by international organizations in the food, high tech, retail, engenieer fasting rivets, paper and coating industry.
Proven self-starter by change -, improvement - and project menagment.
Experience in production planning, production implementations, start up production lines, production improvements, purchase and total supply chain approach.
He is experienced pragmatic and ambitious in logistics with demonstrated capabilities in operational, return logistics, international transport and fine-distribution.
Proven record and experience with change management in 3PL and 4PL environment, lean manufacturing, 5S method and 6 Sigma (“green belt level”).
He proven himself that he can handle great fluctuations in warehouse and transport volumes on a daily basis.
Great knowledge of IT applications and implementation of software as ERP, WMS, TMS and CMS.
Integrating several operations to one, setting up new warehouse and managing several warehouses at the same time.