Willem Van Kuijck, Business development & Consultancy

Willem Van Kuijck

Business development & Consultancy

Van Kujck Consultancy

Location
Netherlands
Education
Diploma, Management Training Digital Leadership
Experience
44 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :44 years, 3 Months

Business development & Consultancy at Van Kujck Consultancy
  • Netherlands - Breda
  • My current job since February 2019

I have introduced the brand King Lifter (Forklifts mountable at the rear of trailers & trucks), nowadays Terberg King Lifter in the Spanish Market represented by a business partner.

Company Owner at Espaba
  • Netherlands - Breda
  • My current job since February 2021

Owner of Espaba.
International Company representing several brands in Spain & Netherlands of Food & Beverages.
Company active in automotive sector commercial vehicles, import & export worldwide & sales.
Consultancy.
Distribution of Terberg Kinglifter in Spain

Founder at Espaba
  • Netherlands - Breda
  • My current job since February 2021

Founder & CEO of Espaba.
Import & Export and distribution of Food & Drinks.
Automotive and commercial vehicles.

Head of MAN TopUsed Middle East FZE at MAN Trucks & Bus Middle East F.Z.E
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2017 to January 2019

• Restructured the setup of the MAN TopUsed Center in Jebel Ali, with a loss of 2.000.000 Euro in 2016 to a loss of only 300.000 Euro in 2017, with a decreasing market of average 50% per year since 2015, by implementing a motivating bonus system for the Sales Force and business development with network MAN TopUsed in Europe and local Importers in the Middle East.
• Achievement of the best margin per unit of average 7, 2% of the EMEA MAN TopUsed organization.
• Registering of the MAN TopUsed Trademark brand in all the Middle East countries in order to shift the business to the importers instead of being competitors of them and develop the business together, locally.

Used Trucks Director Benelux at Volvo Group
  • Netherlands
  • March 2001 to December 2016

• In 2001 Renault Trucks invited me to take the position of Used Trucks Manager for the Netherlands and to become part of the General Management team. I was in charge for the complete Used Trucks business in the Netherlands, with 8 dealerships owned by Renault Trucks and the development and support of the private dealerships.
Several years I achieved the best of overall result of EMEA and have been invited to give presentations of best practices to the Renault Used Trucks Managers in Lyon at head quarter.
• In 2008 Renault Trucks changed the setup by creating Renault Trucks Commercial Europe.
I was nominated Used Trucks Manager for the Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg).
• Head quarter in Lyon asked me to develop a buy back grid for the Light Commercial Vehicles for all the European countries, as the Netherlands was the biggest market in Sales of LCV of Europe. This grid became applicable for the whole organization.
• End 2011, Volvo Trucks took over all the shares of Renault Trucks and the setup was changed in a multi brand organization. Most managers of Renault Trucks lost their job and were replaced by Volvo Managers.
• Thanks to the excellent results I was nominated as Used Trucks Director of the Benelux for the Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks brand for the Benelux. I managed to improve sales with 5% per year and the best overall result of EMEA with an average margin of 7, 4%

General Manager at Guillermo Import & Export B.V
  • Netherlands
  • January 1991 to January 2001

International Trading company worldwide, specialised with Spain of Construction Equipment, Forklifts, Cars & Trucks, since 1993 main business Trucks
•Manage the entire business
•Purchase & Sales
•Transport
•Sales of 100 trucks a year with turnover of 2.000.000 Guilders in 1998

Office Manager at Rehoma B.V
  • Netherlands
  • January 1989 to January 1990

Company specialised in trade of Construction Equipment, Machinery & Forklifts
Sales, purchase, managing workshop, ordering of spare parts, invoicing and administration

Language Teacher at Self employed
  • Spain
  • September 1987 to June 1988

I have been living in Spain and during that time I have taught German and English to Spanish citizens

Employee at Fons van Dorst B.V
  • Netherlands
  • January 1978 to January 1987

Management of petrol station, shop, administration

Education

Diploma, Management Training Digital Leadership
  • at Technical University or Munich
  • June 2018

A Management training Digital leadership at the Technical University of München in Germany. Explaining the development of the changing digital world, how to prepare, act and follow up and manage your business and teams

Diploma, Access Database Course
  • at Cobra
  • April 2005

Access Database training and development

Diploma, Certificate of proficiency for Transport Company
  • at RSA
  • June 1997

Transport Professional

High school or equivalent, Civil , International Trade & Transport and European Law
  • at Katholieke Universiteit Brabant
  • August 1989

Specialised in Civil Law, International Trade and Transport Law and European Law.

Diploma, Driver license CCV
  • at Blom Driving School
  • May 1986

Certificate Truck & Bus driver license

High school or equivalent, Foundation Degree Law
  • at Katholieke Universiteit Brabant
  • January 1982

Foundation degree Civil Law

Specialties & Skills

Business Development
After sales
B2B Marketing
General Management
INVOICING
MACHINERY
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
PURCHASING
MICROSOFT EXCHANGE
NETWORKING
WEB SITE PRODUCTION

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
Dutch
Expert
English
Expert
French
Intermediate
German
Expert
Spanish
Expert

Hobbies

  • Cultures
  • Traveling
  • Autosport