Your business has to deal with
Changed circumstances at company level
Have you lost your grip on the growth of your company or department due to a change in circumstances? Or is your company growing faster than you can currently handle yourself? Have you been acquired and is change necessary, for example, the restructuring of your company? Want to renew your mission & vision or perhaps they are missing?
Uncontrolled projects
Do you no longer have a grip on lead time, quality, scope or costs? Have you lost control of the projects?
Engineering issues
Does it take too long to develop (new) products? Is the competition ahead of you? Is the quality of your products lacking behind?
Imbalance between the speed of sales and then the rest of the organization
Do the orders keep coming but can't operations keep up? Or is your operation waiting and those orders that do not come through?
Resource (capacity) issues
Due to problems with employee capacity, you are temporarily looking for someone who can continue the daily business and perhaps innovate in some areas. When the best employee(s) is/are in the right place, you can scale down the interim capacity.
Recognizable?
Do you recognize yourself in one or more of the above matters? Please contact Ikigai Technical Management.
Also feel free to contact me if you have other issues that your company encounters and that you can use help with. I like to think and work with you and your colleagues to make your company work optimally again.
Who am I
My name is Tim de Hond and I founded Ikigai Technical Management (ITM) to help your company grow from A to Z, using my knowledge and experience.
I have a technical and business education and have been working in the manufacturing & technology industry since 2007. Since 2017, I have been manager of departments active in the engineering and production of technical products. In 2023 I started my own company Ikigai Technical Management.
Ikigai is a Japanese word that has no exact translation. It is what you get out of bed for every day or what is the reason for your (company) existence. I love it when I walk around in a technical environment and can realize growth. This with a group of people who have a shared passion, for example through a product / machine or service that they jointly develop and / or produce.
Ikigai Technical Management is an organization that focuses on supporting companies active in the technology or manufacturing industry. ITM offers this support through interim assignments, where I carry out a defined assignment. As an advisor, I help companies implement changes. This is done by working together with the employees on a clear strategy, clear structure, understandable processes and by putting the right people in the right place. I believe that growth comes from own employees and not from an analysis or report from an advisor. Finally, as a coach I help employees or groups (intervision) to improve or remove obstacles.
During my career I have always enjoyed working on growth within a department or company. From nothing or something very small, building up to something very beautiful. This is my Ikigai (生きがい) or that which I enjoy getting out of bed for. I'm ready to help your business.
What I do
My focus is on supporting organizations, departments and individuals in realizing their ambitions. My support starts with a request for help, growth or change of the organization or the people themselves. Through my expertise and experience I can help organizations, departments and individuals to achieve their goals and realize ambitions.
My method is focused on having (or creating) a clear strategy, clear structure, understandable processes and putting the right people in the right place. Because this ensures effectiveness, productivity and efficiency. These are the crucial aspects that are essential for the success of an organization or person.
Effectiveness is a measure of achieving results. It reflects delivery reliability, the ability to work on the right things and achieving results (goal orientation). The emphasis is on the customer and meeting their needs.
Productivity is the balance between results and effort (or sacrifices you have to make). Productivity is concerned with the behavior of employees and their ability to perform optimally.
Efficiency focuses on optimizing the use of resources (sacrifices). Efficiency provides insight into the performance of tasks, such as speed, working method and quality (doing things correctly). The emphasis is on controlling costs.
My strength is using my knowledge of technology, operational excellence, customer intimacy, commerce, financial insight, lean & agile working.
How I work
My core values
Having fun
Humor in the workplace is important. It provides moments of relaxation, it puts things into perspective, it connects people and promotes cooperation
Balance
Ensure balance in what you do. In order to grow as a person you must be balanced. If you are able to grow (or allow employees to grow), your company will grow with you.
Adaptability
Always keep learning new skills.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” – Charles Darwin
Balance
Having Fun
Adaptability
Trackrecord
Experience
At a manufacturer of waste collection solutions, I realized a productivity increase by 10%, in the assembly plant. This has been achieved, among other things, by replacing the line assembly process with cell assembly. I also changed the operational planning in Excel towards planning in ERP, based on available resources and materials.
Operations Management
Both within production environments (After-market & OEM) and in Engineering services. Turnover ranging from
€17mln - €115mln and responsible for 20 - 150+ employees.
Engineering Management
Operating on an international level. Responsible for teams of 6 - 8 employees. From Engineering To Order to Configure To Order.
Project Management
Projects ranging in size. Smaller 4 phase projects to larger 7 phase projects. Bridge between sales, purchasing, logistics, production and engineering.
Sales
Sale of Engineering Software (a.o. CAD, CAM) to technical companies. Winning engineering projects and secondment of technical personnel. Setting up satellite offices for an engineering firm.
Engineering
Technical projects carried out for OEMs in the automotive & aerospace industry. Cooperation projects carried out with universities, colleges and industry (RAAK)
Education
California State University, Northridge (USA)
Master of Science, Engineering Management
HAN University (NL)
Bachelor of Science, Autotechniek
Success happens to those who work for it
“Tim is an excellent operational manager to analyze, optimize and, importantly, implement processes in steady-going companies.”
Bart van Nunen, COO
GeesinkNorba
Ikigai Technisch Management +31 621 216 448 | Info@itm.contact BTW NL004324186B60 | CoC 88692841 Privacy Statement