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Arjan de Vries is an experienced procurement and supply chain management professional currently serving as Manager Procurement for Damen Cargo Vessels at Damen Shipyards Group since January 2015. In this role, Arjan focuses on supplier selection and contracting related to various vessel types, including dry-cargo and tanker vessels. Previously, Arjan held the positions of Senior Supply Chain Project Manager and Purchase & Logistics Manager at Damen Shipyards Bergum, where responsibilities included strategic purchasing and contract management for various maritime projects. Arjan's career also includes roles as a Strategic Purchaser at Ship's Equipment Centre Groningen B.V. and Supervisor Planning & Purchase at Gallagher Europe, along with an early experience as an Assistant Buyer at Scapino. Arjan holds multiple qualifications in procurement and economics from prestigious institutions and has ongoing education in contract and supplier management.
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Oceans, seas, lakes and rivers offer growing possibilities in the areas of trade, food, energy and recreation. To ensure global prosperity for next generations and keep the earth habitable with an ever-increasing population, it is essential to utilise and protect these possibilities as efficiently and responsibly as possible. Damen provides unprecedented maritime solutions for this, through design, shipbuilding, ship repair and related services. We offer versatile platforms that enable our customers to be successful and that raise the standard in terms of safety, reliability, efficiency and sustainability. We want to become the most sustainable shipbuilders in the world. In the previous century, we revolutionized shipbuilding. Thanks to standardisation, we were able to supply our customers with better ships, faster. More than 90 years and 6,500 ships later, the importance of standardisation is only increasing in the light of zero-emissions and digitalisation. We do not build our ships alone, but together with an extensive network from the international maritime cluster. We firmly believe in the power of sharing. It means that we also use our craftsmanship to build platforms on production facilities that are not ours. In this way, through knowledge transfer, we not only contribute to better, safer and more eco-friendly ships, but also to sustainable local development and prosperity. We are a family owned business and stand for fellowship, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and stewardship. Our playing field is the world. Our horizon is the long term. We firmly believe in our team, but also in the strength of the individual. Each colleague is an entrepreneur, focused on ensuring truly satisfied clients and making our contribution to a better world. In every aspect of our business the next generation is our starting point.