Peter Slootweg
Verified Expert in Finance
Growth Expert
A global commercial, HR, organizational, and strategic change program builder and facilitator with strong people leadership skills, Peter is an expert at business transformation across functions and cultures. With excellent cross-cultural skills, he has implemented international ERP systems at three different Fortune 500 companies and transformed a greenfield worth $1 billion in Korea into a customer-focused company with a revenue of $125 million per year.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
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Work Experience
Chief Commercial Officer
BNCT
- Led a transition of a $1 billion construction project into an international customer-focused business turning over $125 million annually at 51% EBITDA for 2021.
- Designed, implemented, and led commercial and operational business processes from scratch, including strategic management, reporting, forecasting, competitive analysis, staffing, customer service, performance management, and contract negotiations.
- Built all aspects of an executed BNCT brand and PR strategy, producing and approving all press releases and sales and marketing materials.
- Led the creation of the company mission and vision, brand, and commercial strategy from the ground up, including all functions and staff.
- Justified tariff increases of 2% to 8% annually by managing operational performance and terminal service levels on a daily and weekly basis.
- Grew the business by pacing two expansions of 700,000 TEUs each in 2015 and 2020, achieving 15.5% EBITDA growth in 2020 despite COVID-19 restrictions.
Global Sales Transformation Excellence – General Manager
Maersk
- Pushed the transformation of Maersk's global sales functions by physically partnering with 21 country sales teams to move Maersk into the "next era of selling."
- Led the production and implementation of Maersk's global sales competency model for development and performance management purposes.
- Teamed with the corporate executive board, Hay Group, and Maersk L&D to work on the "Daily Maersk" strategic product, developing tools and processes for sales force to launch.
- Facilitated the continued sales transformation process via remote coaching and the sales dashboard monitoring via weekly regional and global sales leadership calls.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) and Terminal Management
Lloyd's Maritime Academy | Middlesex University - Middlesex, United Kingdom
Executive Master's Degree in Human Resources Leadership
Rotterdam School of Management - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and International Business
European University - Antwerp, Belgium
Certifications
Team Performance and Situational Leadership Trainer
Drexler - Sibbit
Leadership | Train the Trainer Certification
Hay Group
Prince 2 Project Management
APM Group
Skills
Data & Analysis Software
Salesforce
Finance
Pricing
Other
Change Management, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Business Performance Management (BPM), Onboarding, Organizational Development, Learning & Development, Human Resources (HR), Terminal, Leadership, Recruiting, Business Administration, Logistics & Supply Chain, Business to Business (B2B), Negotiation, Sales Transformation, Commercial Strategy, Train-the-Trainer, Performance, Cross-cultural Communication, Market Research & Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Facilitation, Customer Satisfaction, Public Relations (PR), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Organizational Change Management (OCM), Microsoft Office, Innovation, Project Management, Business Coaching, Advertising, Business Transformation, Organization Building, B2B Sales Pipeline, B2B Lead Generation, Instruction & Coaching, Survey Design, Sales
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