Olaf Prijt

Olaf Prijt has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of sourcing, procurement, and IT management. Olaf has held various leadership roles in prominent companies such as Fortum, Nokia Networks, Microsoft, Nokia, SSCplus BV, Shell, and IBM.

At Fortum, Olaf currently holds the position of Head of Sourcing & Partner Management, Business Technology, where they manage global sourcing for Business Technology and builds partnerships with companies worldwide to drive digital transformation in the clean energy sector.

During their time at Nokia Networks, Olaf served as the Head of IT Procurement, Application Development, Maintenance & SW. Olaf was responsible for sourcing and procurement of IT services, subcontracting, application development, and software. Olaf led the implementation of agile and DevOps sourcing methods and negotiated global IT contracts with multinational companies.

At Microsoft, after the acquisition of Nokia's phone business, Olaf was the Director, Head of IT Sourcing. Olaf focused on optimizing costs, managing termination risks, and integrating the sourcing and IT environment into Microsoft. Olaf played a key role in the transformation of IT services and implemented sourcing strategies for various categories.

In their earlier career at Nokia, Olaf held multiple roles including Director, Head of IT Sourcing, Senior Manager of IT Category Operations, Global Category Group Manager for IT Services, Category Group Manager for IT Services, and Sourcing Manager. Olaf was responsible for developing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and standardizing category specific products and services.

Prior to their time at Nokia, Olaf worked as an Account Manager at SSCplus BV, where they handled account and relationship management, as well as business development. Olaf also gained experience at Shell as a Service Level Manager, where they integrated services into an integrated service portfolio.

Olaf started their career at IBM as a Customer Manager and gained management experience in technical support, project coordination, and network performance tools.

Overall, Olaf Prijt's work experience showcases their expertise in sourcing, procurement, IT management, and building strategic supplier relationships across a range of industries.

Olaf Prijt attended the University Twente at Enschede, the Netherlands in 1994, where they studied informatics. From 1990 to 1994, they pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science at Hogeschool Utrecht at Hilversum. Prior to that, from 1988 to 1990, they completed professional education in Electrical Engineering at Sibrandus Stratingh College at Groningen. No information is available about their education before 1988.