Maikel Vossen - Owner / Interim Senior Procurement Professional

Go to Website

Utrecht, Netherlands

Experience

Jul 2024 - Present

1 year 1 month

Owner / Interim Senior Procurement Professional

Silverfox Procurement

Previous Assignments:

Royal Swinkels – Aug. 2024 to June 2025: Strategic category buyer Marcom, HR, E-fulfilment, Facilities, Laboratory
Infomedics – Dec. 2024 to June 2025: Procurement consultant & Project manager for tender external contact center
Royal Swinkels – Jan. to April 2025: a.i. Facility Manager for waste project and access & security project

Jan 2018 - Present

7 years 7 months

Utrecht, Netherlands

Active member

Round Table Utrecht

Active member of round table 9 in Utrecht: A club of men between 30 and 40 who focus on self-development, undertaking service activities for those in need and building further on their network.

Jan 2017 - Jul 2024

7 years 7 months

Senior Procurement Consultant

Procurement Services

Procurement Services is a professional service provider in the field of Non-Product-Related (NPR) procurement. With a total of 16 project managers, it improves the procurement function of companies. Each procurement manager is responsible for an average of 7 own customers and 20 projects simultaneously.

Below is a selection of key customers and projects, this is not comprehensive. Average savings rate across projects is 15%.

Paula's Choice: Selection of a warehouse party including parcel & pallet transport to various countries.
Vivara: Selection of transport suppliers for different countries (parcel & pallets).
DPD: Cost price negotiation of temporary workers 2022 and 2023.
Mediq: Procurement of IT services, outsourced call centres, RFP temporary workers (2x), selection of insurance intermediary, various HR processes.
Lely: 4 RFI and RFP processes: For sales software, service software, finance software integration platform, including procurement of the implementation process by integration partners.
Damen Shipyards: RFP selection of VMS system, negotiation of temp contracts, analysis and negotiation of seconded external hiring, selection of cleaning supplier, various other projects.
Hyva: Negotiation of ERP and telecom supplier. RFP ERP implementation partner. Analysis of transport routes (road, ocean, air). Selection of inbound and outbound transport suppliers for different countries (parcel & pallets). Project to optimise incoterms and warehouse process.
ForFarmers: Warehouse RFP process, including selection of inbound and outbound transport suppliers (bag and bulk goods).
Avebe: RFP temporary workers.
NIBS (Fit For Free): RFP business software and RFP CRM software.
Ahrend: Selection and management of transport contracts, RFP car lease, negotiation assembly vendors, temporary workers contract, HR services contracts.
TB Auctions: Selection of temporary workers supplier and car lease.
CBRE: International selection of property managers and suppliers for due diligence.
Procurement Services internally: Development of a CO2 footprint analysis in combination with spend analysis. Objective to map the CO2 footprint per procurement topic and initiate improvement proposals.

Nov 2013 - Jan 2017

3 years 3 months

Category Manager Professional Services

KPN

Working within the Central Procurement Office department, responsible for selecting, contracting and managing suppliers in the temporary workforce and secondment domain. Total hiring volume approx. 4,000 persons, €250 mln per year.

Responsible for various projects, including:

Initiator and project leader of 'workforce 2020' programme, aiming to hire seconded staff more efficiently and structurally improve the hiring process. Result: A cultural change within KPN by steering differently and looking at the total labour capacity requirement. Savings of € 8 million.
Project leader RFP temporary employment agencies (purchase volume € 90 mln) in which part of the temporary employment spend was in scope of the RFP and some supplying parties were renegotiated. Savings of € 5 mln.
Initiator and project leader of a major transition from contracts with a result obligation (SOW) to hiring contracts against effort obligation. Savings € 1.7 mln.
Project leader of managing the bankruptcy of a large broker with the aim of protecting KPN's image as a good client.

Oct 2010 - Nov 2013

3 years 2 months

Procurement consultant

Emeritor Procurement Solutions

Emeritor is an independent procurement services provider focused on professionalising the procurement function and achieving cost savings, for both private and public organisations. Worked at the following organisations:

DAS Rechtsbijstand: Project leader of various tactical projects within an outsourcing programme. Responsible for contract management and the implementation of a new contract management system.
Ministry of Security and Justice: Advisor tactical procurement aimed at changing the ordering process in combination with the implementation of Oracle EBS.
Staatsloterij: Project leader of various tactical projects within a procurement improvement project. Involved in implementing an improved procurement process.
Argos Zorggroep: Tactical buyer, mainly focused on contract management, supplier management and implementation of ordering procedures and an ordering system.
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation: Buyer.
Responsible for performing various spend analyses and writing reports with procurement recommendations for Vebego, Staatsbosbeheer and Provincie Gelderland, among others.

Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

1 year 1 month

Netherlands

Management Trainee

Saint-Gobain Distribution The Netherlands

Responsible for putting out marketing campaigns and organising demonstration events.

May 2008 - May 2009

1 year 1 month

Travelled around the world

Travelled in Asia, Australia and North America. While travelling, performed various jobs including a position in direct sales at Cobra Group.

Jul 2007 - Jan 2008

7 months

Graduate internship

NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips Semiconductors)

Graduate internship with the topic “How planners influence inventory: An exploratory study into the drivers of planner’s behaviour within NXP Semiconductors”

Dec 2006 - May 2008

1 year 6 months

Blackjack Croupier

Holland Casino

Summary

Full-time available for projects or positions from June 2025 onwards

Procurement professional with broad experience in indirect/non-product related (NPR) procurement. I help companies significantly improve their procurement position by using my extensive experience in managing complex procurement projects. In doing so, my focus is on optimised & compliant processes, a good match between supplier & customer and realising savings for the client.

Expert knowledge in the strategic procurement of:

HR services, including: External Hiring Temporary and Professional Services, Total Workforce Management, Consultancy/SoW, Occupational Health & Safety Services and Contact Centers. Extensive experience with sourcing strategies, hiring processes, hiring policies, VMS and MSP services.
Logistics services, such as: Fulfilment, outbound/inbound distribution, sourcing of warehousing.

Further extensive experience with:

Strategic NPR procurement projects such as ICT software & services, Marketing, Car Leasing, Insurance, Facilities Services, Telephony & data, etc.
Category management & sourcing strategy
Drafting procurement policies
Spend analysis
Vendor management

Besides my busy family life with 2 children and a partner, I exercise frequently, love skiing, go out to dinner regularly and enjoy my social life in the time that is left.

Independent, decisive, ambitious, result-oriented, pragmatic, analytical, relational oriented thinking, passionate.