Damen
Jos van der Meijden is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in naval operations, business development, and team leadership. Currently serving as a Naval Consultant, Business Development Manager, and Manager of Naval Sales Support at Damen since April 2023, Jos plays a crucial role in shaping Damen Naval's commercial strategy while providing insights into naval operations. Previously, Jos held the position of Tender Manager (ad interim) at Damen, successfully leading a tender team that secured a contract for a Colombian frigate. With prior experience as an Area Manager and Team Lead at The HEINEKEN Company, Jos emphasized safety, quality, and team performance while managing operational processes. Jos's military background includes key roles in the UAE Armed Forces as a Senior Naval Training Advisor and Head of Navigation & Warfare Training, alongside an extensive career within the Royal Netherlands Navy. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Business Administration from Stenden University and naval management training from the Royal Netherlands Navy College.
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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.