
Saskia De Bruin

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About me
Strategic program & portfolio management | Connecting Business & IT
Education

Theresia Lyceum, Tilburg
1985 - 1990High School HAVO
SintLucas
1990 - 1994MTS Adverstising & Presentation; Interior design
TIAS Business School
2016 - 2017Global 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 - 2017Global Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) International Master in Management (IMM2017) GPA 3.78 out of 4.0Activities 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 - 2002Bachelor’s Degree SPD BedrijfsadministratiePart-time study
Experience

Ericsson
Oct 1994 - Dec 2001Set-up and transfere financial services from different countries to the FSC
Manager General Ledger accounting BeNeLux - Financial Service Center
Sept 2000 - Dec 2001Project Controller
Apr 2000 - Sept 2000Assistant Controller Customer Line KPN
Jan 1999 - Jun 2000Assistant Controller Business unit; Operations & Integration
Jan 1997 - Dec 1998Coordinator 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 2008Head of Sales & Margin controlling BeNeLux
Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

Enerpac
May 2008 - Nov 2010Finance Manager BU Integrated Solutions EMEA&AsianPacificFinance 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 2013Manager Sales Analysis, Development, Support & Business IntelligenceResponsible 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 - nowLinking 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 - nowProgram Manager Europe
Jun 2016 - May 2020Program Manager Europe Marketing&Sales
Dec 2012 - Aug 2017

Shopping Tomorrow
Mar 2022 - Oct 2022Member expert group "Future proof technologies for digital Commerce"
ShoppingTomorrow - Thuiswinkel.org
Mar 2023 - Oct 2023Member expert group Warehouse Logistics
ShoppingTomorrow - Thuiswinkel.org
Mar 2024 - nowMember expert group GenAI; what are the possibilities to maximize sales and margin through GenAI?
Licenses & Certifications

Product Owner
Scrum AcademyAug 2022
PRINCE2 Foundation
AXELOS Global Best PracticeFeb 2019
Masterclass Innovation
TIAS School for Business and SocietyApr 2018- View certificate

Women Corporate Directors Program ‘The next generation’
TIAS School for Business and SocietyJan 2020 
Value Driven Portfolio Management
Scrum AcademyNov 2022
PRINCE2 Practitioner
AXELOS Global Best PracticeMar 2019
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Saskia De BruinBest & 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 BruinGolden Key International Honour Society Golden Key Society Jun 2017
Languages
- duDutch
- enEnglish
- geGerman
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