John Jeckmans

Qualifications:
Bsc Shipsengineer; Executive MBA 2001; Avatar Master and Avatar Wizard (license for personal coaching); Accredited Associate to Institute for Independent Business IIB; Associate to NOBCO (Netherlands Chapter for Proffesional Coaches); Various workshops related to European "sourcing", licenses, distributorships, transfer pricing, projectmanagement; procurement and sales (Harvard method of doing business); TQM (Total Quality Management)

Core Experience:
Business to Business (B2B); Marketing & Sales; (new) business development; strategy development; from vision to practical organisational lay out; general management; coaching & counselling; Product Development (QFD); Project Management: Change Management; training; 25 years in export market and company development (former Eastern-Europe; India, Africa); private label programms; sales promotion; product management

Industry:
Business to business mainly; turnkey installations; offset printing equipment; centrifugal pumps for powerstations; petrochemical plants; drinking & waste water equipment; navy and commercial marine. Outside work experience in building lay societies; professionalising non-profit organisations such as church societies, tourist board, city centrum management, etc.

Comments:
Have hold various positions from inside sales engineer, to project engineer, project manager, product manager, sales manager, sales coordinator; Manager Marketing & Sales; Manager Business Development; Managing Director over a time span of 25 years. Have worked worldwide (exception Latin-America and Oceania). Fluent in Dutch, English and German, working (rusty) knowledge in French.

Present:
Started my own company end of 2004, and now working as business coach & advisor, interim manager, personal coach

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