Sif Holding N.V.

Board/Management Information • Oct 2, 2025

PROFILE

" As an experienced leader with a robust background in operations, supply chain and digitalization, I specialize in the manufacturing industry. I have a reputation for driving organizational change by enhancing processes, optimizing structures, and implementing cutting-edge IT solutions. I recognize that the success of any initiative hinges on the commitment and motivation of the team involved. Therefore, I adopt a bottom-up approach to problem-solving, prioritizing a thorough understanding of an organization's culture and challenges before devising and implementing solutions. I thrive on tackling complex challenges and am highly motivated by the opportunity to make a significant impact on an organization's success."

CONTACT

PHONE: +31 613142628

EMAIL:

timmermanspepijn@gmail.com

PEPIJN TIMMERMANS

Operations & Supply Chain Management

EDUCATION

MSc European Automotive Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire, UK

1995 - 1996

• Completed a diverse, internationally-focused Master's degree program at the University of Hatfield, Fachhochschule Hamburg, and Porsche in Germany.

Higher Technical School Automotive in Apeldoorn, Netherlands 1991 - 1995

WORK EXPERIENCE

VDL Bus Valkenswaard Operations.

2024-current

• Restructuring and managing the operations & Supply Chain processes within VDL Bus Valkenswaard
• Reducing WIP/ Increasing Quality & Output/ Performance mngt/ Data driven Supply Chain/ Organizational performance, KPI's

VDL Bus & Coach Transition Mngt & Chief Procurement Officer a.i. 2023-2024

• Restructuring and managing the procurement organization ad interim
• Optimization of core engineering, order preparation and Supply Chain processes and organization

VDL Nedcar Chief Supply Chain Management 2020–2023

• Leading the continuation of the IT landscape renewal at VDL Nedcar, with a focus on SAP automotive.
• Serving as interim Supply Chain Management for an automotive start-up in the USA.

LANGUAGES

Dutch: Native English:- Good German: Good

SKILLS

Change management Leadership Empowerment Agile Lean

HOBBIES

Padel Mountain biking Skiing Hockey coach

VDL Nedcar CIO

2018–2020

• Led the restructuring of the IT organization to become agile scrum-oriented, empowering employees.
• Successfully renewed MES environment, implemented a new Low Code platform, and migrated R3 to S4HANA.
• Implemented an innovative governance structure with a focus on Industry 4.0 and scaled the data science team within VDL Nedcar.

VDL Nedcar Chief Supply Chain Management & IT 2013–2018

• Built an organization and simultaneously implemented projects to launch and scale vehicle projects for customer BMW, with a project scope of over 100M investments and operational budgets over 100M.
• Focused on Supply Chain Engineering, Procurement, Production Planning, Configuration Management, Inbound Logistics, and Material Handling.
• Span of control up to 800 employees.

Schleifenbauer Co-founder and managing director 2008–2013

• Schleifenbauer, a company that develops, manufactures and sells configure to order power distribution units for data centres
• Successfully scaled the business to 4M in revenue and 15 employees
• Main focus areas next to leading the organization were business processes, Backoffice and manufacturing.

ATOS Solution manager & Program manager 2005–2008

• Served as Solution Manager for the IT outsourcing project of Heijmans N.V. and as Program Manager for the Heijmans data center move to the ATOS data center in Amsterdam.

Nedcar Manager IT operations & Department manager Logistics 2006–2005

• Started as a Production Control Engineer and moved to Material Handling Department as a team manager in logistics with 45 direct reports.
• Worked on several SAP implementation projects and finally managed IT operations responsible for core business applications with a team of 15 employees.