What people who worked with me say:
“Vanessa is a dynamic and energy infusing leader of supply chain operations. She has mastered the science of this subject and utilizes that knowledge to artfully deliver results in this space. Vanessa and I worked closely together on transformation teams. Under her leadership a major transformation with an extremely important customer for Philips Lighting NA delivered unprecedented service and inventory breakthroughs.“
Rohit Khetarpal – Director of Business Transformation, Philips Lighting North America
“Vanessa was a key member of our leadership team at Grover. While she was formally our VP logistics, she quickly took on a much broader executive role, effectively serving as Acting COO by owning and orchestrating the full scope of our logistics operations, a highly complex and business-critical area in Grover’s tech rental model. Her ability to structure, scale and manage such a demanding function with both strategic vision and operational excellence made a significant impact on the company. Vanessa is one of those rare people who are able to combine strong leadership with hands-on execution. Reviews from her team were always ecstatic given her clear guidance, knowledge and ownership. I would highly recommend her.”
Linda Rubin – interim CEO, Grover
“Vanessa was a great asset to my team in Asia. She truly understands end-to-end supply chain management in a global context. She has a strong theoretical background in supply chain processes and practical experiences of relevant ERP systems and IT tools to manage the integral supply chain and support the business. She combines this with a pragmatic ‘Can Do’ mentality to hands-on drive customer service level and bottom line improvements.”
Paul Voets – General Manager Philips Lighting Luminaires (Shanghai) Ltd. Co.
“Vanessa is unafraid to tackle the challenging topics and the status quo. In doing so, she widens the discussion and vision to enable well balanced decision making but, importantly sustainable growth.”
Dr. Michelle Rae – Director of Product Quality & Safety, Zalando
“I had the pleasure to work alongside Vanessa as a member of the North American Business Transformation Team of Philips Lighting. Vanessa combines strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with expert level knowledge in supply chain and a natural curiosity to tackle arising issues outside of her comfort zone. Her break through attitude in combination with a strive to improve the business every day a little bit makes Vanessa an extraordinarily valuable asset in times of change. Vanessa simply gets the job done and makes it fun to be part of the journey.”
Berthold Zeep Ph.D. – Transformation Manager, Philips Lighting
“She is an authentic and inclusive leader, with a massive skill on change management and business knowledge, being able to explain complex processes into plain language.”
Daniel Motiño Camúñez – Business Intelligence Lead Customer Fulfillment, Zalando
“I had the pleasure to work closely with Vanessa on logistic and product compliance related topics within Zalando. I enjoyed working with her and treasured her rich industry knowledge and experience and her open mind in our collaboration. She was a very appreciated counterpart to sound ideas and to unpack complex topics related to the logistic infrastructure and the product compliance governance setup of the company. Vanessa never shied away to address issues and when needed to escalate them to the highest decision making level; always with the intention to improve processes and the company overall.”
Matthias Hurler – Director Private Label, Zalando