Eric Van Den Heuvel

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Sr Director of Operations at Foremost Farms USA

Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States

Overview

Eric Van Den Heuvel is a seasoned food manufacturing professional with over 30 years of experience in the dairy industry. He specializes in developing cohesive teams and utilizing Lean Six Sigma principles to manage complex manufacturing processes with a focus on safety, quality, and value.

As a plant manager, he successfully implemented turnaround strategies that resulted in an 83% reduction in facility issues.

Personality Overview

Believer

Full Of Energy

Informal

They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections.  They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be. Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.

Topics They Care About

Operational Excellence
Employs continuous improvement processes to drive measurable results in safety, quality, service, and value across multiple plant operations.
Food Safety & Quality
Has extensive experience developing and monitoring compliance for regulatory, customer, and company quality standards, previously serving as Sr. Director of Quality.
Team Leadership
Focuses on developing cohesive, results-oriented teams and implementing management systems that engage the entire workforce in the manufacturing process.

Media Appearances

Eric has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2018
Sr Director of Operations at Foremost Farms USA
9-2016 - 2-2020
Sr Director of Quality at Foremost Farms USA
1-2015 - 9-2016
Director of Operations at Foremost Farms USA
Plant Manager at Golden Guernsey Dairy, LLC
Plant Manager at Dean Foods d/b/a Golden Guernsey Dairy

Education

Education details unavailable from Milwaukee School of Engineering Business Excellence Consortium - Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma cour
Education details unavailable from Participated in a number of employee safety, food safety, and leadership conferences.

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Insights For Selling To Eric

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Talk about their team and how your product will help them do things better and easier
  • Use adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘coolest’, ‘unbelievable’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Don’t be too formal, focus on building comfort and trust
  • Avoid ifs and buts, don’t talk too much about the risks etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Eric is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Eric

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Eric move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Eric take some risk or not?

  • They can accept limited risks, ones that they think will not impact them personally.

You And Eric

Personality Compatibility


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