Harmen van der Pal

Within the energy transition and Alfens growth, building the central Supply Chain Organization (green field) to support the three Business Lines. Scope includes S&OP, warehousing, purchasing, transport, outsourcing, kitting process, project management and master data. Created a 3 years roadmap and implemented a harmonized and standardized Supply Chain organization, implemented S&OP process and tooling. Competences: o Leadership, management and coaching o Matrix organization o Build a high performing team o Change management, to professionalize the organization o Warehouse execution/ operational management o International network for project logistics o S&OP process and implementation o Inventory management/forecasting (Slim4) o Purchasing and vendor management o Create a Supply Chain strategy (using the strategy break down) derived from the overall strategy

Lead the implementation and adaption of Alfens new strategy process. Standardised project and portfolio management. Created the future Supply Chain roadmap.

Taking a leading role in building the Supply Chain Consultancy practice in Europe. Creating a go-to-market strategy by a market assessment (what challenges do our customers face) and connect those to our existing and new products to develop. Build and grow the team to respond to the market needs.

DSV is one of the global leading LSP. As Global Business Development Director I am leading development of the Industrial/High Tech vertical within DSV Solutions. Positioning DSV and her solutions into the heart of the customers challenge, by creating sustainable solutions and products. Supporting the customer on a SC level and creating the future roadmap for DSV to play in this industry. Examples: - Redesigned the SC of a leading manufacturing company in order to meet SC and commercial ambitions - Implemented a SC strategy assessment tool to ensure a synchronization of the SC priorities to the commercial strategy - A leading marine manufacturing company: full assessment of the total cost to serve and reorganized the supply chain by centralizing some of the field engineers activities

Within the family owned Caterpillar dealer Pon, my team international team responsible for the supply chain of parts. This being the warehouse functions and parts inventory management/purchasing in all four countries in the matrix organisation. Responsibility of the parts supply chain, parts service levels, cost of operations, warehouse management and transport. Competences: o Leadership, management and coaching o Matrix organization o Transfer pricing setup/service based costing (implemented) o Change management, to professionalize the organization o International (change) management, with different cultures o Warehouse execution/ operational management o Stakeholder management o OEM relationship and management o Inventory management/forecasting o Purchasing and vendor management

Pon is a family owned international trading company with its head office in the Netherlands. Pon Logistics is within Pon the logistic service provider and therewith responsible for logistics execution for Pon companies. Next to these services Pon Logistics is an internal provider of consultancy and project management for other Pon companies. At Pon Logistics I am senior project manager and in that role managing multidisciplinary projects. Overview of largest/most important projects: • Pon Leusden; create business plan to mechanize the warehouse operation for small parts and overall responsible for the implementation. • Pon CAT; within the Pon CAT organizations I have executed multiple projects. Most important ones; overall plan for parts distribution and warehousing in Norway, optimize inbound flow from Caterpillar to Pon Cat and footprint study for Sweden. • Amring Sweden; overall responsible for end-to-end project. Project had the aim to merge multiple locations into one new location. This project was including real estate contracts, WMS implementation, movement and organizational changes. • Continental tires; overall responsible for the extension of a current facility, renewing of current facility and the design and implementation of a production facility for wheel/tire assembly. • Partspeople; overall responsible for logistics and IT in the design phase of a new concept to sell original spare parts of Volkswagen to general workshops. • Team manager, during my role as project manager I have been asked to run an operational department on an interim basis. During this job I have elevated the team and couched one of the senior employees to succeed me afterwards. Competences: o Consultancy o Change management, to professionalize the organization o International change management, project teams with different cultures o Project management in terms of tools and skills o Stakeholder management o Leadership and coaching o Exploring new business and changes

Consultant within the SAP business. Executed different projects at a wide range of companies. Most important ones: TomTom (assistant project manager), Philips/NXP (people manager and recruiter) and Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals (project manager SAP SD/MM and data management). At Akzo Nobel responsible for the technical team as well. Competences: o Manage an international team (mainly India) o Ability to abstract processes and improve them o Change management during SAP implementation

In this supermarket I've started as an employee of the food department. Within a short period I've started as evening manager and assistant outlet manager in holiday periods. In this function I was responsible for the complete food and non food department and during holidays the end responible for the complete supermarket. Within this function I've had to manage a team of about 30 people.

As part of my master thesis at the Vrije Univesiteit I did a research at Interpharm to improve the delivery of medical products to the pharmacies. As a result of this study I developed a concept for Interpharm to implement Central Filling as a concept to delivery repeating medication. As part of this study I've publiced an article in the Pharmaceutical magazine (Pharmaceutisch weekblad).

As part of my master program at the Vrije Universiteit I did, together with a team, a project called Valid People. We helped a, charity company to set up a business plan to start a new activity to (re)integrate in workingenvironments. This company started succesfull after our project.

As part of this study I've done many business projects: - Supply chain intergration at Akzo Nobel Coatings - Valid People set up a business plan - Interpharm supply chain study - central filling

I have done a bachelor study at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Business Logistics. During this study I have done external projects for Natura Artis Magistra, Geldnet (part of GS4), Rijkswaterstaat, Schiphol Group and Volunteering consultancy for Valid People).