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Univar
Principal
Name: Sjoerd van den Burg
Position: Manager of HR
Company: Univar
“xentys professionally and quickly delivered candidates with the right profile for our procurement and supply chain vacancies. The price/performance ratio of xentys’ efforts was definitely good.”
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Interim professional
Name: Martin van Steijnen
Position: Logistics manager EMEA
Company: Univar
Martin was recruited by xentys in late 2015 for the role of logistic manager EMEA at Univar. In particular, his responsibility is to optimize transportation.
Martin’s background: Born in 1968, education M.Sc. in Business Administration. Background in consulting, specifically focused on the logistics sector. Then worked in transportation/logistics at the executive level.
Martin’s characteristics: analytically strong, highly experienced in the world of logistics and transportation, politically agile. In his position, makes a significant contribution to Univar’s results in Europe and has a strong facilitating role in strengthening the synergy within this organization.
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