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Track record

Results speak louder than promises. Below is a selection of assignments and what they delivered.

Turnaround · Retail/Home

From laggard to European top-10

Situation

A regional distribution center (112,000 m², 500–700 FTE) for a global home furnishings brand was structurally underperforming on both cost and service.

Approach

Data-driven turnaround plan, culture change towards people-driven leadership, and built a new value-added assembly department.

+50% EBITDA YoY Top-10 site Europe €120M contract renewed MHE fleet −30%
Director · Fashion & Lifestyle

Flagship campus: 2,500 FTE, €125M revenue

Situation

Ultimately responsible for the largest campus of a global 3PL player, serving international fashion and lifestyle brands.

Approach

Established financial controls and governance, launched a continuous improvement program and led a behavioral shift from task-driven to people-driven leadership.

Absenteeism −33% Productivity +10% YoY
Turnaround · Food & FMCG

Two DCs back into profit

Situation

Two distribution centers (65,000 m² combined, ±50 customer contracts) were loss-making; customer confidence was under pressure.

Approach

Led a turnaround focused on cost structure, contract management and crisis management, while onboarding a major new retail customer at the same time.

Loss-making → structurally profitable Major retail customer onboarded
Interim GM · Scale-up

From loss-making start-up to profitable scale-up

Situation

A young logistics service provider was growing fast, but without the governance, structure and profitability to sustain that growth.

Approach

As interim General Manager, responsible for the company as a whole: professionalizing the organization, getting a grip on the numbers and building a scalable operating model.

Ongoing assignment Start-up → scale-up transition

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