stephen van der ven

* Interim General & Commercial Leader at WorldVentures, global leading direct seller in travel & leisure. * Turnaround and Business Development in the area of: * Optimizing business models to significantly increase customer loyalty and revenue * Optimizing sales support to and through large networks of representatives and customers * Addressing commercial, PR, legal & fiscal challenges in Europe / EMEA * Preparation of new country openings in Europe & Africa. * Preparation of new payment methods. * Engaging and closely interacting with key representatives to optimally capture and fulfill business needs

Regional management UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland

General & commercial management. Turn around management involving disciplines such as finance/planning/accounting, sales, marketing, services, warehouse/logistics, legal, fiscal, people management/training, event management.

* Provided full range of general management for UK, IR, NL, BE, as well as interim general management for FR, GE, AU, SZ. 25 FTE sales, marketing, distributor services, warehouse Achievements: * Reversed 10-year sales decline UK in 1 year, championing massive change including reorganization; successfully grew sales in 2010-2014 in between 12%-82% yearly. * Achieved double-digit growth in BE, GE, AU, SZ as of 2010 onwards, after many years of decline * Rationalized Opex in between -15% to -33% in NL, FR and GE, leveraged economies of scale in years of growth * Drove high-impact improvements, leading multiple projects ao branding campaigns, communication plans, increased distributor support, and powerful go-to-market strategies to increase sales.

* PepsiCo, the +$65B global leader in food and beverage industry, 1 of top 5 consumer product companies in world. * Responsible for Pepsico brands: Lays, Smiths, Duyvis, Snack-a-Jacks, Cruesli, Tropicana, Gatorade. * Designed and led vision and strategy for largest field sales force in the Netherlands (28 FTE) * Built powerhouse field sales force from 8 to 28 FTE, despite FMCG industry trend of lay-offs, recruiting, developing, empowering, leading, setting clear goals for high-caliber talent, retail industry award after 1 year * Outperformed challenging volume & profit targets by +20%, profitability in 1 yr vs target break-even 2 yrs * Accounted for 50% of total company growth, massive increase product visibility & turnover 2,300 supermarkets * Capitalized in store opportunities, massive promotions/merchandising, strong innovation distribution build up * Optimized performance via creative in-store theme events/concepts and highly qualitative POS materials

* AB Inbev, the US$83B World’s largest beer brewer, 1st in beverage industry Fortune magazine World’s Most Admired Companies Planned and led successful launch of beer draught home system developed in joint venture with Philips, “Perfect Draft”. Led multidisciplinary team including Finance, Legal, PR, (Trade)Marketing, Pricing, Logistics, and Supply Chain. * Leading comprehensive innovation & business plan incl financial & commercial analysis and planning. * Created, directed flawless execution of complex launch plan providing inspirational leadership. * Developed scenarios for unique cooperative franchise structure with other breweries Grolsch & Bavaria. * Won industry award for Perfect Draft in 2004

Trade/Retail) Marketing Pringles (launch), Swiffer, Haircare (Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Herbal Essences), Vicks/Healthcare Senior Accountmanager Makro, Laurus, Out of Home/New Business

Activities and Societies: 1989-1998: very active at Student Union Quintus: ao Treasurer of the Union, Chairman Rugbyclub, Member of the Board, many other committees