Edwin Tanis

Angestellt, Credit & Collections manager EMEA & AsiaPacific, Progress Software

Rotterdam, Niederlande

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Specialties: Credit & Collections management
Blackbelt in Lean6Sigma
Change management
People Management
International scope
Trainer
Shared Services Center
Business Process Outsourcing
Centralization
Customer Service
Communication. Strengths; Committed: Investin
proactive learning. Clear Thinker: Able to quick
Problem solving Imagination: Identifies creative
motivating and influencing. Team worker: Respect

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Edwin Tanis

  • Bis heute 14 Jahre und 6 Monate, seit Jan. 2010

    Credit & Collections manager EMEA & AsiaPacific

    Progress Software

    - Centralize Credit & collections activities of 250mio USD portfolio from 17 countries in a Shared Service Center in Rotterdam - Develop vision on credit management, implement order to cash strategy, set up and maintain regular dialog with European sales and billing departments - Identify/set up KPI’s to create transparency and monitor progress, through dashboards - Reduced past due balance with 10 mio USD in first year of SSC

  • Bis heute 17 Jahre und 1 Monat, seit Juni 2007

    Co owner

    Tankstationexploitatie IJsselland BV

    Exploitation of 3 petrolstations under the Shell label in the Rotterdam area. Staff approx. 30 FTE, Turnover 32 mio EUR.

  • 1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Sep. 2008 - Sep. 2009

    Senior specialist process

    Eiffel
  • 11 Monate, Okt. 2007 - Aug. 2008

    European Credit manager

    Mitsui Rail Capital Europe BV

    - Set up credit & collections management structure for 260 locomotive lease business representing an asset value of 600 mio EUR - Identify KPI’s for identified credit & collections structure - Manage integration of Dispolok acquisition in Munich (Germany)

  • 3 Monate, Juli 2007 - Sep. 2007

    Interim Credit & Collections manager

    GE Healtcare Lifesciences/Medical Diagnostics

    - Reorganize credit & collections of >300 mio USD LS/MDx portfolio in EMEA - Set up new communication structures, Improve local reporting on KPI’s to HQ

  • 2 Jahre, Juli 2005 - Juni 2007

    Program manager with GE Healthcare Ultrasound

    GE Corperate Financial Services Working Capital Solutions

    - Successfully manage remote collections teams of 15 FTE’s in EMEA region driving collections and past due performance for a > 500 mio USD portfolio - Realized significant improvement on KPI’s like overall collections, reduction of past due balance, # and value of dispute balance, u

  • 1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Apr. 2006 - Apr. 2007

    Trainer

    GE Corperate Financial Services Working Capital Solutions

    - Delivering classroom trainings to credit & collections specialists across Europe in order to obtain their collections certification.

  • 7 Monate, Dez. 2004 - Juni 2005

    Team leader with GE Healtcare/GE Medical Systems Information Technologies in Fre

    GE Corperate Financial Services Working Capital Solutions

    - Successfully managed collections team of 6 FTE’s in Freiburg, responsible for the EMEA region, driving collections and past due performance for a >25 mio USD portfolio - Driver in project which reduced past due exposure of GEMS IT in Saudi Arabia. 03 2005, PD 14.6 mio USD, aft

  • 3 Jahre und 3 Monate, Sep. 2001 - Nov. 2004

    Project manager/6 Sigma Black Belt

    GE Corperate Financial Services Working Capital Solutions

    - Successfully managed project, which resulted into a total redesign of the way bank statements were handled throughout total GE WCS in Europe. In this project all bank statement booking activities of all portfolio’s in Europe were outsourced to a newly created Cash Management Ce

  • 1 Jahr und 5 Monate, Apr. 2000 - Aug. 2001

    Credit Controller

    Interoute Telecom

    - Portfolio size average 7000 private customers. Successfully set up direct debit and implemented auto dunning cycle.

  • 3 Jahre und 1 Monat, März 1997 - März 2000

    Team leader

    PricewaterhouseCoopers Shared Services Center

    - Responsible for team of 25 FTE’s managing all operational activities in Accounts Receivables BP in Europe - Key contact for BP Austria regarding Accounts Receivables

  • 8 Monate, Juli 1996 - Feb. 1997

    Accounts Receivable Administrator

    Mobil Oil

Ausbildung von Edwin Tanis

  • HBO Bedrijfskunde

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Fließend

  • Deutsch

    Fließend

  • Niederländisch

    Muttersprache

Interessen

entrepreneurship
(classic)cars
windsurfing
snowboarding
mountainbiking

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