David Houben

Background

About David Houben

Master in Electro-Mechanical engineering with over 20 years of automotive experience of which 10 years doing business and leading teams on a global scale. Currently Director of Sales and Business Development at Yazaki Europe for the Commercial Vehicles Business Unit. Experiences: International sales leader with proven track-record in the automotive Doing business in Asia, China and the rest of the world Project and Program management for global programs in automotive Effective communication between parties with different perspective. Key characteristics: Facts and figures based decisions Strong analytical capability Mindset with long-term view Continuous improvement / Change management. One the key factors of success throughout my career has been the capability for handling and communicating issues between customers and company internal departments, combining technical, project management and commercial angles. Other strengths include my facts-and-figures based nature and the constant drive for improvement, which I also promote for people around me.