Maikel (J.) Vossen
Owner / Interim Senior Procurement Professional
Experience
Owner / Interim Senior Procurement Professional
Silverfox Procurement
- Royal Swinkels (Aug. 2024 – Jun. 2025): Strategic category buyer Marcom, HR, E-fulfilment, Facilities, Laboratory
- Infomedics (Dec. 2024 – Jun. 2025): Procurement consultant & project manager for tender external contact center
- Royal Swinkels (Jan. 2025 – Apr. 2025): a.i. facility manager for waste project and access & security project
Senior Procurement Consultant
Procurement Services
Procurement Services is a professional service provider in the field of non-product-related (NPR) procurement, improving the procurement function of companies with an average savings rate across projects of 15%.
Paula’s Choice: Selection of a warehouse party including parcel & pallet transport to various countries.
Vivara: Selection of transport suppliers for different countries (parcel & pallets).
DPD: Cost price negotiation of temporary workers 2022 and 2023.
Mediq: Procurement of IT services, outsourced call centres, RFP temporary workers (2×), selection of insurance intermediary, various HR processes.
Lely: Four RFI and RFP processes for sales software, service software, finance software integration platform, including procurement of the implementation process by integration partners.
Damen Shipyards: RFP selection of VMS system, negotiation of temp contracts, analysis and negotiation of seconded external hiring, selection of cleaning supplier, various other projects.
Hyva: Negotiation of ERP and telecom supplier, RFP ERP implementation partner, analysis of transport routes (road, ocean, air), selection of inbound and outbound transport suppliers for different countries (parcel & pallets), project to optimise incoterms and warehouse process.
ForFarmers: Warehouse RFP process, including selection of inbound and outbound transport suppliers (bag and bulk goods).
Avebe: RFP temporary workers.
NIBS (Fit For Free): RFP business software and RFP CRM software.
Ahrend: Selection and management of transport contracts, RFP car lease, negotiation assembly vendors, temporary workers contract, HR services contracts.
TB Auctions: Selection of temporary workers supplier and car lease.
CBRE: International selection of property managers and suppliers for due diligence.
Procurement Services internally: Development of a CO2 footprint analysis in combination with spend analysis, mapping the CO2 footprint per procurement topic and initiating improvement proposals.
Category Manager Professional Services
KPN
Worked within the Central Procurement Office department, responsible for selecting, contracting and managing suppliers in the temporary workforce and secondment domain for a total hiring volume of approx. 4,000 persons (€250 mln per year).
Initiator and project leader of ‘workforce 2020’ programme, achieving a cultural change within KPN by steering differently and optimising total labour capacity requirement, resulting in savings of €8 million.
Project leader RFP temporary employment agencies (purchase volume €90 mln), renegotiating part of the temporary employment spend, delivering savings of €5 million.
Initiator and project leader of transition from result-obligation (SOW) contracts to effort-obligation hiring contracts, achieving savings of €1.7 million.
Project leader managing the bankruptcy of a large broker to protect KPN’s image as a good client.
Procurement Consultant
Emeritor Procurement Solutions
Emeritor is an independent procurement services provider focused on professionalising the procurement function and achieving cost savings for private and public organisations.
DAS Rechtsbijstand: Project leader of various tactical projects within an outsourcing programme; responsible for contract management and implementation of a new contract management system.
Ministry of Security and Justice: Advisor for tactical procurement aimed at changing the ordering process combined with implementation of Oracle EBS.
Staatsloterij: Project leader of various tactical projects within a procurement improvement project, implementing an improved procurement process.
Argos Zorggroep: Tactical buyer focused on contract management, supplier management and implementation of ordering procedures and an ordering system.
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation: Buyer.
Performed spend analyses and wrote reports with procurement recommendations for Vebego, Staatsbosbeheer and Provincie Gelderland.
Management Trainee
Saint-Gobain Distribution The Netherlands
- Responsible for marketing campaigns and organising demonstration events.
Graduate Intern
NXP Semiconductors
- Conducted an exploratory study titled “How planners influence inventory: An exploratory study into the drivers of planner’s behaviour within NXP Semiconductors.”
Black-Jack Croupier
Holland Casino
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Experienced in Professional Services, Healthcare, Telecommunication, Insurance, Government and Administration, and Food and Beverage.
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Experienced in Procurement, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Customer Service, and Marketing.
Summary
University education & working level
Professional experience 15 years
Strategic buying 10 years
Full-time available for projects or positions from June 2025 onwards
Procurement professional with broad experience in indirect/non-product related (NPR) procurement. I help companies significantly improve their procurement position by using my extensive experience in managing complex procurement projects. In doing so, my focus is on optimised & compliant processes, a good match between supplier & customer and realising savings for the client.
Skills
- Expert Knowledge In The Strategic Procurement Of Hr Services, Including: External Hiring Temporary And Professional Services, Total Workforce Management, Consultancy/sow, Occupational Health & Safety Services And Contact Centers. Extensive Experience With Sourcing Strategies, Hiring Processes, Hiring Policies, Vms And Msp Services.
- Expert Knowledge In The Strategic Procurement Of Logistics Services, Such As: Fulfilment, Outbound/inbound Distribution, Sourcing Of Warehousing.
- Extensive Experience With Strategic Npr Procurement Projects Such As Ict Software & Services, Marketing, Car Leasing, Insurance, Facilities Services, Telephony & Data, Etc.
- Extensive Experience With Category Management & Sourcing Strategy.
- Extensive Experience With Drafting Procurement Policies.
- Extensive Experience With Spend Analysis.
- Extensive Experience With Vendor Management.
- Characteristics: Independent, Decisive, Ambitious, Result-oriented, Pragmatic, Analytical, Relational Oriented Thinking, Passionate.
- Experience With Implementation And Use Of Oracle And Vms Software, Familiar With Sap And Crm Software, Microsoft 365, Ms Office And Outlook.
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Education
Tilburg University
Master of Science, Supply Chain Management · Supply Chain Management · Netherlands
Tilburg University
Bachelor of Science, Business Studies · Business Studies · Netherlands
Hogeschool van Utrecht
Foundation year diploma, Logistics and Economics · Logistics and Economics · Utrecht, Netherlands
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