Sven Molenaar

Background

About Sven Molenaar

Passionate and energetic professional with 10+ years of experience working in manufacturing operations (24/7) on different continents and within different cultures. Proven track-record of improving safety, quality and operational efficiency by improving upskilling people and standardizing processes. Versed in all operational tools and aspects like Lean Six Sigma, ISO auditing, food-safety, business economics and finance. Experienced working and managing highly unionized work forces including enterprise agreement negotiations. My style of management is people focused and data supported. Getting the right people on the right spot and empower them to take ownership of processes, decisions and operational performance. Make sure they have the right information by transparent communication enabling them to make the right calls and stand by them. Able to translate the P&L statement and other financial reporting into understandable and therefore actionable concepts across all levels of the organization. Able to work within, analyze and improve an existing operational framework or develop a new framework to enable safe and efficient operations delivering the required business results. A highly outgoing data-driven decision maker who never loses the people aspect out of sight. Fueled by developing and challenging people to be the best they can be, delivering the required results and able to do that in a sustainable way.