Jürgen Donders, Managing Consultant, Gordian Logistic Experts B.V.

Moderator - Optimal Spare Parts Management

Jürgen Donders (1969) is managing consultant at Gordian Logistic Experts B.V. Gordian is a fast growing consultancy firm with a focus on service supply chain management. He has a background as an air force officer. In that role he served as a Logistics Manager and Engineer in several positions. In his last assignment within the air force he was the Squadron Commander of the 921 Logistics Squadron of Airbase Leeuwarden (F-16 Fighter base). Further he was responsible for air force logistics in the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). He combined these activities with several master studies on procurement, transportation, production and inventory management. After his air force assignment he was manager of the Logistics Engineering department at Thales Netherlands. In that job he was responsible for the Logistics Support Analysis for Thales’ naval radar systems. As a consultant Jürgen was responsible for many projects at various companies such as Royal Netherlands Airforce and voestalpine Railpro. Jürgen is an enthusiastic and very experienced leader, manager and consultant. He preferably is amongst the people to jointly meet the preferred results. He is capable to motivate people and drive them into action. Combining theoretical models and plain understanding in practice is a challenge for him. There can be shown a lot of improvement potential in a report, but in the end it all must be realised in practice. Continuous improvement in the preferred direction is what really matters to him.