Nico Van Der Weij's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Responsible for Finance Operations of AkzoNobel Decorative Coatings (sales of around 4.2 bln and 16,000 employees in 2013). Broad background in Finance & Control in production oriented companies (AkzoNobel and Campina Melkunie). Both in B2B and B2C. Process oriented pragmatic Finance Director who is familiar with the whole scope in Finance & Control. Thorough understanding of SAP and integration of entities within existing SAP environments. Specialties: Finance & Control in the broadest sence Business Transformation Finance transformation Business partnering Mergers & Acquisitions Optimization of processes SAP implementations Transfer pricing Integration of entities Set up of management reporting TeamplayerDirector Finance Operations @ Responsible for Finance Operations of AkzoNobel Decorative Coatings (sales of around 4.2 bln and 16,000 employees). Director Finance Operations is part of the international Finance management team of Decorative Paints Global. Achievements: - Responsible for the finance part of the implementation of a new business model for Decorative Coatings leading to a more centralized organization. - Successfully executed the finance transformation program within EMEA. - Implementing the outsourced shared service concept together with the outsource party InfoSys. - Responsible for the harmonization and standardization of the transactional finance processes. - Harmonization of the set up of SAP in the countries leading to standardized management reporting - Integrating and setting up the global Finance organization From October 2012 to Present (3 years 2 months) Director Finance Operations Decorative Paints EMEA @ Responsible for the Accounting and In Control of AkzoNobel Decorative Coatings (sales of around 2.8 bln and 12,000 employees). Achievements: - Responsible for defining the strategy for the restructuring of the Finance function - Investigating and preparing execution of the outsourcing of the Finance transactional activities to a 3rd party - Build-up of the central finance function in EMEA From August 2011 to October 2012 (1 year 3 months) Director Control Chlor-Alkali @ Responsible for the financials of AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals Chlor-Alkali (sales of around 700 mln and 1,000 employees). Chlor-Alkali has a leading position in Northwest Europe for chlorine, caustic lye and chlorine derivatives for industrial applications. It operates the biggest merchant chlorine unit in Europe (Rotterdam), supplying its customers mainly by pipeline. The main raw materials to produce chlorine and caustic lye are energy and salt. Chlor Alkali operates plants in Rotterdam, Delfzijl, Bitterfeld, Ibbenburen and Frankfurt. Since the recent expansion the Rotterdam plant has an annual production of 600,000 tonnes of chlorine, which is about two third of our total capacity and is the largest membrane plant in Europe. Chlorine finds application in EDC/PVC, epoxies, polyurethanes, phosphorus compounds and caustic is used in a large number of processes in the chemical, pulp and paper, textile, food and mineral industry Achievements: - Realized acquisition of Frankfurt based LII (turnover € 150 mln and 350 employees) - Concluded the organizational integration of LII into Chlor-Alkali and implemented SAP - Chairman of the Workgroup Economic Outlook of the VNCI (association of Dutch Chemical Industry) From October 2003 to August 2011 (7 years 11 months) Director Control a.i. Industrial Chemicals @ Acting as Director Control for the Business Unit Akzo Nobel Industrial Chemicals (sales 1 bln and 1,600 employees) until a new Director Control was appointed. This appointment was next to my role as Director Control Chlor-Alkali. From October 2010 to March 2011 (6 months) Manager Global Control @ Manager Global Control for the Business Unit Car Refinishes. Global business unit with a turnover of € 700 mln and 4,500 employees. Manager Global Control is part of the Finance management of Car Refinishes. Achievements: - Responsible for the controlling of the Global departments (€ 70 mln) From October 2000 to September 2003 (3 years) Hoofd bedrijfseconomische zaken @ From November 1998 to September 2000 (1 year 11 months) Management accountant divisie Kaas @ From April 1996 to October 1998 (2 years 7 months) Trainee @ From September 1995 to March 1996 (7 months) Eindhoven Area, NetherlandsManagement trainee @ From August 1993 to August 1995 (2 years 1 month) Vaandrig @ From 1992 to 1993 (1 year) EMFC, Finance and Control @ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam From 2010 to 2011 RC, Registered Controller Economics @ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam From 1995 to 1998 Master's Degree, economics @ Rijksuniversiteit Groningen From 1986 to 1992 VWO @ RSG Magister Alvinus scholengemeenschap From 1983 to 1986 Van Swinderen Mavo From 1980 to 1983 Nico Van Der Weij is skilled in: SAP, Change Management, Finance, Accounting, Business Control, Management, SAP R/3, Mergers & Acquisitions, SAP BW, Hyperion Enterprise, Managerial Finance, GTD, Microsoft Excel, Cross-functional Team Leadership, MindManager