Management

The management of GPO-Healthcare consists of Rob van der Kolk (r) and Jeroen de Wilde (l)

Rob van der Kolk

Rob has 14 years of purchasing experience; firstly as procurement and logistics manager and later as Consultant Procurement with an international consultancy firm.

Rob is fascinated how companies and institutions translate their strategy towards their relationship with their suppliers. His expertise is Procurement and creating effective partnerships between parties in the value chain to realise their strategies. His procurement expertise has been stengthend with a post graduate course in Management Consultancy at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Starting from a a solid base, Rob works with enthusiasm on feasible solutions. He enjoys creatively solving complex problems  together with the client. Rob is co-founder of GPO-Healthcare.

Jeroen de Wilde

The combination of entrepeureurial spirit and the eagerness to "do good" have been the key drivers for Jeroen to focus his energy on the healthcare sector and to found GPO-Healthcare

Before GPO-Healthcare Jeroen worked in the Pharma / Food- and Supply Chanin Management sector in different countries in Asia and Europe. He has a broad expericience in the fields of Procurement, Production, Marketing & Sales, Business Development and General Management. His drive and extensive experience in opening new markets and introducing new concepts, make him  an experienced "builder". In the Procurement field he has - within a multinational company - developed an internal Group Purchasing system. He has masters degree from the University of Delft in the Netherlands.