Nick Koot

Experience

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  Victoria Vesta Insurance The Netherlands

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1991

  Information/systems analyst

  After extented ICT trainings I started my career as information analyst/system developer responsible for the functional design of a new claimshandling system

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  Tiel Utrecht Insurance

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1994

  Manager Data Centre

  Responsible for the datacentre of the insurance company including all mainframe and mass-printing operations, hard- and software.

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  Nationale Nederlanden

  Jun 1992 - Jun 1994

  Corporate Recruiter

  Responsible for the recruitment, selection and career development of the group of about 50 management trainees in terms of training, new positions, visability in the organisation.Sr manager New Business Mercantile Mutual AustraliëSr manager New Business Mercantile Mutual AustraliëMercantile MutualMercantile Mutualjun. 1994 - jun. 1997 · 3 jr 1 mndjun. 1994 - jun. 1997 · 3 jr 1 mnd

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  Mercantile Mutual

  Jun 1994 - Jun 1997

  Sr manager New Business Mercantile Mutual Australië

  Resposible for the backoffice of the risk insurance business that was experiencing substantial growth in its independent broker business. In total managing 100 staff divided over 4 departments

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  Nationale Nederlanden Insurance Poland

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

  Director HR

  A start-up company in its second year of existence with a fifth position in the market and with spectacular growth figures. The assignment was to strengthen the internal support processes such as, HR, Legal, Compliance, Governance and the group insurance portfolio to support the growth. Most emphasis went into the HR function with new policies on benefits, function house, salary framework, processes, etc..

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  Nationale Nederlanden

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  General Manager National Nederlanden Emplyee Benefits Poland

  Next to my board responsibilities at NN Polska I became profit responsible for this new pensions-related product line in Poland. Managed some 50 staff in the area’s of Sales and Marketing, Administration, Legal and Finance

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  ING

  Jan 2002 - Oct 2010

  De back office for all HR administration and payroll for ING in The Netherlands, as well as man-aging all in- and output to the tax office and social security organisations. In the shared service centre HR-administrations of 21 ING companies in the Netherlands were integrated and merged into one PeopleSoft system. HR-intranet (ESS-MSS), HR IT-systems and call centre. In total 280 direct staff in 4 locations servicing 36.000 employees with a budget of around EUR 30 mln. The task at hand was to fix the severe operational problems in the shared service centre after the introduction of it two years prior. If unsuccessful I was to prepare outsourcing of the unit Within a year a restructuring was implemented after which over another 4 years costs were reduced with close to 50% in combination with an increase of the customer satisfaction levels from 5 to 6,9 on a scale from 1 to 10. Based on these results the outsourcing was no longer in the cards. Show less As Chief of Staff in the the regional management team responsible for regional projects, support staff and processes such as the annual Medium Term Planning , In addition acting HR manager for the region dealing with all HR related issues in the region. Implemented the Group HR policies in the area of Talent Management, HR systems and processes. Monitored all developments of local employment terms and conditions to ensure implications were clear and acted upon if needed. Together with the IT division I finalized a feasibility study into the implementation of PeopleSoft throughout the region, starting in Romania. Show less

  • Manager Shared Service Centre HR

    Mar 2005 - Oct 2010

  • HR Manager ING retail and private banking

    Apr 2004 - Apr 2005

  • Regionaal HR manager ING Central and Eastern Europe

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
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  ZZPér

  Oct 2010 - Sept 2011

  Sabbatical jaar

  Refuelling the tanks, reflexion and making old dreams come true. A 9 months journey to and through Latin America. Sailed the Atlantic twice, rounded Cape Horn, saw LatAm’s most stunning places and met many inspiring (and not so inspiring) people.

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  Self Employed

  Dec 2011 - Aug 2014

  Owner/director

  After my sabbatical I registered as an independent interim manager/consultant. At NationaleNederlanden I was responsible as sr. user in a large SAP HR implementation, for communication and final sign-off on the functional requirements and system testing.Alongside of this I set up a network of independent consultants for a midsize consultancy company and got involved in assignments around HR shared Services they had going at AEX listed companies

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  DNV GL

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Regional Manager Shared Services HR West, South Eastern Europe

  Responsible for HR administration and payroll in 24 countries in Europe in a phase after a merger of three the certification companies (De Norske Veritas, Germanische Lloyd and Kema). In total the HR team consisted of 35 HR staff, split over 8 hubs, servicing approximately 3000 employees. In the Netherlands the job included the entire back office and compensation and benefits of 1000 employees.

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  Freelance

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2018

  Self employed interim manager/advisor

  Picking up where I left my self-employed life in 2015. Largest assignment in this period was a change management role at a.s.r. insurance company, in which their IT-infra department was reorganised and downsized to better suit the future IT needs of the organisation.

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  De Keizer Marine Engineering

  Apr 2018 - Dec 2020

  HR director

  A third generation family business in the world of building super- and mega yachts with two ambitious young owners. In this 2,5 year period of tremendous growth we managed a acquire 270 electrotechnical engineers against all odds, A huge task for the organisation at large but certainly also for the HR -team, having to cope not only with the recruitment efforts but also maintaining the other HR functions in operation. An unforgettable experience at a very special organisation.

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  Jaarbeurs

  Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

  Recruitment specialist

  A challenging assignment at this 105 young year old iconic organisation. After the difficult Corona period in which a large contingent of staff was made redundant, it was imperative we could scale up staff numbers to cater for the post-Corona hype in the events business in time of great shortages in the labormarket in this industry. A great HR-team in a great company. We got the number of vacancy to a one-year low.

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  Blinkers Thuiszorg

  Oct 2022 - May 2023

  Programma manager

  Een heel mooie opdracht in de Zorg waarin ik deze belangrijke sector heb leren kennen in de rol van Programma manager bij deze innovatieve thuiszorg organisatie met grote groeiambities. De organisatie runde een "über-achtige" applicatie waarin thuiszorgtaken werden aangeboden aan ZZPérs in combinatie met taakgerichte opleidingen. Op deze wijze werden nieuwe mensen naar de thuiszorg gebracht. Het project betrof veel HR aandacht voor recruitment en HR processen. Toen de organisatie in zwaar weer kwam heb ik met de regiodirekteur en HR een aantal locaties gesloten. Show less