Johan Smits
Purchasing Manager at Scania Nederland
Zeeland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJohan Smits is an experienced purchasing and supply chain leader with 10+ years driving procurement, MRO and warehouse transformations across industrial and logistics environments in the Netherlands. He has led strategic sourcing, SAP implementations and spend programs (managing multi‑million euro categories) while building procurement teams and professionalizing processes from tactical buying to long‑term policy. Known for energizing teams and stepping into critical situations, he combines hands‑on operational know‑how with continuous improvement skills (Six Sigma/Black Belt background) to deliver measurable inventory and process gains. Currently Purchasing Manager at Kelvion Refrigeration and with prior roles at Scania, SABIC and Indaver, he blends commercial negotiation strength with warehouse and maintenance‑process expertise. A practical, people‑oriented leader, he’s as comfortable optimizing ERP workflows as mentoring buyers to become true business partners.
11 years of coding experience
Nevi 1, Nevi 1 at NeviPraktijkdiploma bedrijfsorganisatie, Praktijkdiploma bedrijfsorganisatie at .associate degree, technical business administration, associate degree, technical business administration at Hogeschool Utrechtbachelor, international logistics, bachelor, international logistics at HZ University of Applied Sciences
Github Skills (200)
actioncontroller10
eager-loading10
unbound10
bundler10
html10
browser-detection10
dom10
php10
ruby10
activerecord10
datetimepicker10
mysql10
datetime10
phpmyadmin10
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
LeftClickBV/crypt_keeper
Feb 2022 - Dec 2025
Transparent ActiveRecord encryption
Contributions:9 pushes in 3 years 10 months
transparentrailsrubyencryptionactiverecord
LeftClickBV/icalendar
Jul 2020 - May 2022
icalendar.rb main repository
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
icalendar
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