Tjibbe Jan is a senior distribution specialist who looks beyond Excel to shed new light on challenges. As a logistics, operations and supply chain project manager with over 25 years of experience he connects processes, ideas and numerical and other analyses with people. His open approach, his clarity and drive and the sense of calm he radiates encourage people to work together. He is practical at taking people along with him on the journey of continuous improvements, looking for (and finding) transparency and simplicity in processes and always focusing on achieving and securing results.
Starting out in supermarkets and moving via line management roles at MT level he became a logistics and operations manager at a multi-site retail organisation. He is now active as an independent contractor in interim management, project management and logistics advice, working in hectic and highly commercial organisations to improve professionalism and logistics and to reduce costs. All based on clear agreements.
Activity-based costing and professionalising inventory management and warehouse processes, as well as warehouse management systems, step by step are all challenges Tjibbe Jan is used to dealing with. The activities he has performed at a strategic level include designing and implementing a new business and distribution model. His no-nonsense background in retail is useful in more production-oriented food and non-food businesses, while his background in freight forwarding enables him to spot opportunities for collaborating and linking with related areas such as sales, procurement and finance. Working together, he believes, is the best way to achieve improvements.
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