Saskia De Bruin

Saskia De Bruin

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Strategic program & portfolio management | Connecting Business & IT

  • Education

    • Theresia Lyceum, Tilburg

      1985 - 1990
      High School HAVO
    • SintLucas

      1990 - 1994
      MTS Adverstising & Presentation; Interior design
    • TIAS Business School

      2016 - 2017
      Global Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) International/Global Studies GPA 3.78 (out of 4)

      Dual Executive Master degree. One from Purdue University in the United States and one from TIAS/Tilburg University (The Netherlands).

    • Purdue University Krannert School of Management

      2016 - 2017
      Global Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) International Master in Management (IMM2017) GPA 3.78 out of 4.0

      Activities and Societies: Poets & Quants Best and Brightest EMBA Global top-100 2018 Beta Gamma Sigma honor society / Golden Key International honor society Dual Executive Master degree. One from Purdue University in the United States and one from TIAS/Tilburg University (The Netherlands).

    • Fontys Hogescholen

      1996 - 2002
      Bachelor’s Degree SPD Bedrijfsadministratie

      Part-time study

  • Experience

    • Ericsson

      Oct 1994 - Dec 2001

      Set-up and transfere financial services from different countries to the FSC

      • Manager General Ledger accounting BeNeLux - Financial Service Center

        Sept 2000 - Dec 2001
      • Project Controller

        Apr 2000 - Sept 2000
      • Assistant Controller Customer Line KPN

        Jan 1999 - Jun 2000
      • Assistant Controller Business unit; Operations & Integration

        Jan 1997 - Dec 1998
      • Coordinator Financial data processing Business unit: Operations

        Oct 1994 - Dec 1996
    • Lekkerland Nederland B.V.

      Jan 2002 - Apr 2008

      - Responsible for and manage a department of appr. 6 controllers in the areas Margin controlling, Sales controlling and Logistic controlling;- Direct report to Lekkerland Finance Director;- Budget & Forecasting process and period-end closing;- Set-up and execute Customer Profitability Analysis;- Cost price calculation;- Support in customer-tender process;- KPI development and reporting in Sales, Margin and Logistics;- SAP FI/CO. - Responsible for daily analysis and control on all margin components (COGS, Bonus, Refunds and lost margin);- Direct report to Lekkerland Controller Finance BeNeLux;- Month, quarter and year-end closing;- Set-up AO/IC guide for Lekkerland;- SAP FI/CO.

      • Manager Business Controlling

        Jan 2005 - Apr 2008
      • Head of Sales & Margin controlling BeNeLux

        Jan 2002 - Dec 2004
    • Enerpac

      May 2008 - Nov 2010
      Finance Manager BU Integrated Solutions EMEA&AsianPacific

      Finance Manager for The business unit Integrated Solutions covering the area EMEA&Asian Pacific within Enerpac, an Actuant company (NYSE).* Business controlling EMEA&APAC Integrated solution projects* Risk management * Quotations & contract review and advise* Accounting/controlling for Dutch (Sales, Engineering & Production), Spanish (Sales, Engineering & assembly) and UK (Sales & Rental) located entities* SOX* Oracle

    • Lekkerland Nederland B.V.

      Dec 2010 - Feb 2013
      Manager Sales Analysis, Development, Support & Business Intelligence

      Responsible for 4 fields within Sales, deparment of 20 heads;- Sales Support for National/Regional organized customers and Logistic Service Customers- Sales Analysis- Sales Development- Business IntelligenceRunning & participating in multi department projects;- set up and maintain ISO certification for Sales- implementing multi temperature distribution- implementing service and complaint management system- continious inprovement within own department- Sales reporting in CorVu Show less

    • Lekkerland SE

      Dec 2012 - now

      Linking pin between Business, IT and external partner in Lekkerland's European Transformation program Become One. Goal is to translate Lekkerland's strategy through developing, improving and implementing business processes supported by an SAP implementation across the European companies (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands & Belgium). Area’s of responsibility: Finance&Controlling, Marketing&Sales, E-value, Pricing&Billing and Central Services.EU Tobacco Productive Directive (TPD2) Project lead for the Customer communication and roll out. Tobacco Track & Trace implementation, Customer enablement, focus on German, Dutch and Belgian market.Appr.60-80% European travel. Show less 60%-80% EU travel. As program manager Marketing&Sales I'm working in an European role. It's my responsibility with my international projectteam (BE/NL/DE/A/CH) to translate the European Lekkerland business strategy into best practice processes and work together with an external partner to develop, test and implement an ERP system (SAP) supporting these processes.Subjects to my area of responsibility in the program are Customer Acquisition, Pricing, Customer Service, Bonus&Refunds, E-Commerce (WebPortal), Loyalty&Promotions, Electronic Value products, Marketing and Customer Relation Management. Show less

      • Sr.Mngr IT Development & Digital

        May 2020 - now
      • Program Manager Europe

        Jun 2016 - May 2020
      • Program Manager Europe Marketing&Sales

        Dec 2012 - Aug 2017
    • Shopping Tomorrow

      Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
      Member expert group "Future proof technologies for digital Commerce"
    • ShoppingTomorrow - Thuiswinkel.org

      Mar 2023 - Oct 2023
      Member expert group Warehouse Logistics
    • ShoppingTomorrow - Thuiswinkel.org

      Mar 2024 - now
      Member expert group GenAI; what are the possibilities to maximize sales and margin through GenAI?
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Product Owner

      Scrum Academy
      Aug 2022
    • PRINCE2 Foundation

      AXELOS Global Best Practice
      Feb 2019
    • Masterclass Innovation

      TIAS School for Business and Society
      Apr 2018
    • Women Corporate Directors Program ‘The next generation’

      TIAS School for Business and Society
      Jan 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Value Driven Portfolio Management

      Scrum Academy
      Nov 2022
    • PRINCE2 Practitioner

      AXELOS Global Best Practice
      Mar 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Saskia De Bruin
      Best & Brightest Executive MBAs: Class of 2018 Poets & Quants for Execs Jun 2018 Global Top-100https://poetsandquantsforexecs.com/students/2018-best-embas-saskia-de-bruin-van-dijk-purdue-university-krannert/
    • Awarded to Saskia De Bruin
      Golden Key International Honour Society Golden Key Society Jun 2017