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Marianne Velstra

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Corporate procurement director a.i. at SHV Holdings Company
📍 Wassenaar, South Holland, Netherlands

Marianne is an entrepreneurial procurement director with extensive experience leading global teams at SHV Holdings, Shell, and AkzoNobel. She is an expert in business transformation, cost reduction, and stakeholder management. Colleagues describe her as a curious and collaborative leader who is focused on achieving results.

She is passionate about working with diverse, international teams to find and execute opportunities that are beneficial to all. Marianne is driven to add value for companies by working with people, respecting the planet, and bringing her operational excellence experience to new industries.

Unique fact: While at AkzoNobel, she led a transformation program that resulted in cost reductions exceeding 20%, surpassing the companys strategic target.

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Experience
34 Years
Current Role
Corporate procurement director a.i.
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Wassenaar, South Holland, Netherlands
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Global Procurement Strategy
Her career has focused on senior global procurement and category director roles at multinational corporations like SHV Holdings, Shell, and AkzoNobel.
Business Transformation
Led a major transformation and change management program at AkzoNobel, centralizing processes and aligning the organization across more than 100 sites in Europe.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Corporate procurement director a.i.
SHV Holdings Company
10-2023
Senior global category director
SHV Holdings Company
4-2021 - 10-2023
Senior Procurement Manager
Shell Recharge
1-2014 - 10-2020
Global indirect Procurement Category Director
AkzoNobel
4-2018 - 3-2020
NPR excellence and transformation
AkzoNobel
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