Paul de Ruijter

Supporting company owners and directors gaining focus, insight and control; in an active hands-on way. Current and finished assignments: • CFO at a Machine Builder in the Food Industry • Involved with a start-up in the Energy Industry and one in Healthcare • Business coaching, on the job: a fast growing service entrepreneur; a CFO with a major transition

Leading a producer in the bicycle industry. Re-shuffled propositions and brought focus for the shareholders and other management team members. Cost reduction program implemented and finished.

Leading the management team of the German/Swiss cluster through this period of transformation to more stability, increase sense of urgency and be more target focused. Leading and coordinating a number of change projects. Coaching newly appointed Director and some of his management team members.

Leading and result responsible for the operations and service delivery of finance services in: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Mongolia, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. Size: between 120 and 60 FTE

Leading the shared services operations in 8 western European countries (Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Switzerland). With a team of 5 country managers, leading a total group of around 110 FTE. Providing Finance, HR, IT and Purchasing services to internal customers

Implementing the shared services organization in the Netherlands; Finance, Purchasing and IT (8 FTE)

General responsibility for the operation in the Netherlands, plus Sales manager for one of the divisions (35 FTE) Main achievements: • Change legal structure of the company & asset free balance sheet • Increase profitability, through improved sales competencies • Increase market share, through territory management • Successful introduction of new tools and applications • Implementation of full CRM application

Financial Manager for the divisions in the Netherlands and Belgium. Managing a finance departments in Zwijndrecht (3 FTE) and Overijse (3FTE) Main achievements: • Implement new ERP system (AS400 based) • Credit control process improvement • Balancesheet restructuring • Legal structure change of companies