Arnoud Vlieger

Head Of Product Development @ Ahrend

About

Key focus points to contribute in; - Innovation: incremental - moonshots - Creative concept development: cross functional - Concept Engineering: cross industry - Circular product design: strategic product architecture on environment - product - component - part - material level - Project management product development: divers models but mostly stage gate model, double diamond and the golden circle - Coaching teams and individuals on soft and hard skills to increase performance - Coaching in all above topics

Country

Netherlands

City

Amsterdam

Industry

Furniture

Skill

New Product Ideas, Cross-functional Team Leadership, 3D Design, Leadership, Budgeting, Agenda, Innovation Management, Solidworks, Product Development, Industrial Design, Product Design, CAD, Engineering, Concept Development, Design for Manufacturing, Design Engineering, Rapid Prototyping, Sketching, Injection Molding, Drawing

Experience

Head Of Product Development

Ahrend

2021-7 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Amsterdam Area

Responsible for the product development of all product categories. Innovation - New Concept - New Product Development- In market products improvements Ahrend is a leading expert in the field of professional work environments. For over 120 years, Ahrend designs and creates healthy, innovative and inspiring work environments. Ahrend specializes in Activity Based Working concepts and invests in innovations with the focus on wellbeing and productivity of clients and end users. Thanks to Ahrend’s innovations and wide range of services, organisations are able to get the most out of their work environment.

Manager Product Development

Ahrend

2016-2 - 2021-6 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Responsible for the product development of Seating at Ahrend Innovation - New Product Development- In market products - Customized products for projects Ahrend is a leading expert in the field of professional work environments. For over 120 years, Ahrend designs and creates healthy, innovative and inspiring work environments. Ahrend specializes in Activity Based Working concepts and invests in innovations with the focus on wellbeing and productivity of clients and end users. Thanks to Ahrend’s innovations and wide range of services, organisations are able to get the most out of their work environment.

Chair - Dutch mirror committee NC302010 Office- and Education furniture

NEN

2020-3 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

Delegated expert in CEN TC207 - Furniture and ISO TC136 - Furniture. Specialized in Seating and Circular design by Sustainable directives.

Senior Product Engineer / Project Manager

Joolz

2013-8 - 2016-2 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Technical project leader of a team of 4 great personalities. Responsible for the product development of the DAY2.

New Product Development Engineer Toys

Canenco B.V.

2012-8 - 2013-8 · 1 yr 1 mo

Asia, South China, Canton region

New product development engineer of toys

Product engineer

Bugaboo

2008-4 - 2012-8 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Event Production Assistant

Free Mind event support & productions

2001 - 2011 · 10 yrs

Any event site to be build from any size needs an efficient production team. Being part of the Freemind family is a bless. Dedication to get the job done "by all means necessary"! 10 years side job, just for fun! Placing and building stages, barriers, tents, banners, lights, etc...

Design engineer

Top Vision Group

2007-3 - 2008-3 · 1 yr 1 mo

Haarlem Area, Netherlands

Worked as a design engineer with a NPD team of 5 on the future product portfolio. Responsible for all technical matters of all products at hand. Technical support with China based suppliers and responsible for high quality parts and products. Set up of an engineering system in 3D CAD, 2D drawings library, IQC workflow, contributed to company process improvements. Responsible for technical NPD support for designers and contribute towards feasable concepts.

Design Engineer

BETA BV - Pressure & Temperature switches

2006-8 - 2007-2 · 7 mos

Rijswijk

From part time job as student Industrial design to first job. Pressure & Temperature Switches. Design and manufacturing of safety switches used for mainly petrochemical industry. World wide certification including ATEX. Responsibilities: - Set up of test laboratory - Modifying specification and requirements custom build switches - Building of prototypes - Testing of specials and prototypes - 2D drawings, creation and updates and transfer to 3D