DIRK JAN DE WITH Chief Procurement Officer
Dirk Jan De With joined Covestro in April 2015 as Chief Procurement Officer being responsible for the procurement of all materials and services for the company . Previously he has spent 27 years with Unilever in The Netherlands , Germany , Israel , Italy and Switzerland and held senior management positions in all areas of the supply chain . He has been leading the supply chain in Unilever Israel , Planning & Customer Service for Ice Cream Europe and established the Unilever supply hain Company in Switzerland and implemented SAP across all operations in Europe . In his most recent role he was leading Ingredients Procurement and implemented Sustainable Sourcing in line with the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan . During that period he served as President of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative ( SAI ) Platform .
De With has a MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Twente University in The Netherlands and a MBA from the European University , Antwerp / Belgium .