All round sales & marketing professional with key strengths in international business.
Consulting in 3D printing business cases (how can 3D-printing enhance / facilitate your business) as well as 2D/digital printing.
Skills and competencies
• Strategic & creative thinker combined with results focused execution
• Team builder, problem-solving strengths, and good communicator.
• Personal characteristics: open minded, flexible, customer focus, pragmatic, integrity
• Having held P&L and budget planning responsibilities at senior level
Owner @ * New Business Development & Sales in 3D printing in B2B markets
* Partnering with NextStep3D, providing solutions for additive manufacturing
* Prodways: Precision 3D printing
* 3Dfactories: Profi3DMaker From May 2015 to Present (8 months) MBI Participant / Investor @ Investigate business / investment opportunities in Benelux and / or Europe. Interested in participations in SME’s that are looking for “the next step”; take national business to international level or for non-EU companies start new European business. Type of industry doesn’t matter as long as there is a common entrepreneurial passion. From January 2013 to Present (3 years) EMEA Sales Development Manager @ Develop business in emerging markets
Generate growth in existing markets through online programs and repositioning of products From November 2010 to December 2012 (2 years 2 months) Product Manager LFP Supplies @ Product Marketing Management Large Format Inkjet Printers.
Management of Ink & Media Portfolio for Photography & Fine Art market. From July 2007 to November 2010 (3 years 5 months) Product manager @ Working in an environment of printers transitioning their business from traditional to digital, creating revolutionary solutions such as customized book printing and magazine printing, digital photo albums, online business cards. Today it's common, than it was new... From January 2006 to June 2007 (1 year 6 months) Sales & Marketing Director @ World leader in coating solutions. Early adopter in digital print industry manufacturing substrates / supplies, working with all leading Original Equipment Manufacturers like HP, Xerox, 3M, Kodak/Encad and Oce. Strong in innovative products for a young growing industry.
Steep learning curve in terms of new markets and applications opening up thanks to digital IT solutions. From 2002 to 2004 (2 years) Sales & Marketing Management @ Product Management 1995 - 1998
Marketing Management 1998 - 2001
Marketing Director 2001 - 2002 From 1995 to September 2002 (7 years)
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Economics, University degree in Business Economics (Drs.) @ Maastricht University From 1988 to 1992 Basic degree Bus. Economics, Law & Business Economics @ Tilburg University From 1984 to 1988 VWO @ Mencia From 1975 to 1982 Frans Craandijk is skilled in: International Business Strategy, Online Sales, Channel Management, B2B, Marketing Strategy, New Business Development, Sales Management, Sales, International Sales, Channel Partners, Product Marketing, Digital Printing, Product Management, Account Management, Business Strategy
Websites:
http://www.prodways.com/en,
http://www.nextstep3D.com