Our Background and Network
At Procurementnetwork, we literally read and write Procurement & Supply Chain.
The owner and founder of Procurementnetwork, Erwin Overdijk, started his career in supply chain and after completing his HBO (Higher Professional Education) degree in Economics and after finishing the NEVI 1, 2 and 3 modules - comparable to CIPS, Procurement Managers education - he completely focused his career on Procurement.
In the year 2000 he founded the Dutch Procurementnetwerk.nl and Procurementadvies.nl and a year later Procurementnetwork.eu.
Since than he has build up a large national and global network of procurement and supply chain professionals, on LinkedIn (10k+!) and with our websites with top positions in search machines.
We now have around 25 years of experience with national and international headhunting, interim management and change management assignments in Procurement and Supply Chain.
To get an impression of our experience and services, please view some of our completed assignments in our Portfolio.
Next to that we also strengthened our presence in this niche market with international job boards in Procurement & Supply Chain:
Before founding Procurementnetwork, the owner Erwin Overdijk fulfilled many procurement positions & assignments, such as:
Key Account Manager and Recruitment Manager Procurement at Yacht,Key Clients: Ministry of Interior and Foreign Affairs, Numico, Shell Global Solutions. Including recruiting, supervising and coaching a group of 10-15 procurement consultants.
Procurement Change Manager Ground Support Equipment at KLM Equipment Services B.V.,Reorganization of the procurement of ground support equipment (GSE) and the global purchase and sale of GSE and components.
Interim Senior Project Buyer & Stock Reorganization at Railpro BV, Volker Wessels,Reorganization of inventories, reorganization of deliveries and contracts (SLA, JIT/Inventory)
Interim Senior Project Buyer, oil refinery projects at Aramco Overseas, Saudi ArabiaComplex procurement projects related to refurbishing, renovation, and/or construction ofoil refineries.
Procurement Change Manager for aircraft components, tools, and GSE at KLM Cityhopper,Reorganization of the procurement of rotables components, consumables, spare parts for 11 Saab 340 aircraft.
Senior Buyer for aircraft components, tools, and ground support equipment at KLM CityhopperReorganization of purchasing consumables and spare parts, windows, structures, radomes, cockpit panels, interior, aircraft tires, tooling, for
11 Saab 340 aircraft.
Senior Buyer Far East, non-food consumer goods, Euro-Decor BV and Edelman BV,Purchasing Far East decoration materials and seasonal items (Christmas, Easter) for department stores such as Bijenkorf, V&D, Grote Tuincentra, etc.
