CURRICULUM VITAE : Herman Oord, consulting architect
Knowledge and qualities:
- Broad knowledge and qualities regarding : costs of shipbuilding, account calculations, purchase, hull purchase, sales, specifications, documentation, design, project team management, business relations, conciliation, arbitration, shipyard organisation.
- Knowledge and qualities regarding : shipbuilding and outfitting, ship systems and components, financing, planning, supervising, ship repair and maintenance, ship conversion and production engineering.
- Familiar with : administration, taxes, banking, investors, shipping, jurisdiction, subsidies, insurance and financial reorganisation.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2008 – present Self-employed
ConsultShip bv, Kampen
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1997 – 2008 Managing sales engineer, member of the management team:
Medium-sized Dutch shipyard in “modern industrial style”.
Managing sales engineer in a modern medium-sized Dutch shipyard for the new building of sea going cargo ships. Concise summary of the shipyard : annual capacity 6-10 ships, series of 4-12 vessels, annual turnover 35-70 million euro, fixed personnel 80-120 persons, industrial buildings for ships 135×18 metres. Hull construction in The Netherlands as well as subcontracted to foreign countries. Ship types: Sea-river cargo ships from 1.800 up to 3.300 ton deadweight and seagoing cargo ships from 3.600 up to 12.000 ton deadweight.
New building project(product) development:
- Ship design in direct cooperation with the designer;
- New building specifications and account calculations;
- New building contracts of sale and new building offers in dialogue with the CEO;
- Alternative product development : hotel passenger ships for inland navigation.
New building product realisation:
- Maker list.
- Tenders, purchase preparation for subcontractors of distinctive systems;
- Tenders, purchase preparation for suppliers of distinctive components;
- Purchase negotiations and purchases (annual 25-40 million euro);
- Purchase of newly built hulls in foreign countries in direct cooperation with the CEO;
- Checks and balances regarding the execution of the new building contract of sale;
Organisation:
- Support to the management with regard to:
- Shipyard organisation and reorganisation;
- Financing shipyard and new building ships;
- Planning & control;
- Annual budget, annual statistics;
- Subsidies;
- Legal affairs;
- Starting a new shipyard for newly built hulls in a foreign country;
- Participant of the commercial team (assessment of new building requests);
- Development of standard data forms and key figures.
- Support to the new building production departments:
- Project manager and specialist in complex guarantee/insurance matters;
- Alterations in ship series (description, calculation, sale, purchase).
- Day to day administration of the sales engineering department.
1988 – 1997 Manager ship repair and project manager new-building:
Small Dutch ship-yard in “traditional style”.
Manager ship repair and project manager new building in a traditional small Dutch shipyard, a family-owned company for new building and repair of inland navigation and small seagoing ships. Private manufactured hull, engine room and interior. Concise summary of the shipyard : annual capacity 1½ – 2 ships (new building) 150 ships (repair), personnel 30-45 persons (new building) 30-65 persons (repair), industrial buildings for ships 90×12,5 metres, total annual turnover approximately 10 million euro. Ship types: cargo ships for inland navigation, mussel cutters, ferry-boats, floating hotel-ship, hotel-passenger-ships for inland navigation, hull mega yacht, building blocks for third parties, 12 sea(river)ships of 1.500 ton up to 3.500 ton deadweight. Frequent services in the ship repair department: renovations, conversions, maintenance for various ship-types, replacing main engines and or propulsion plants, survey’s, damages and hull extensions.
New building product development and product realisation:
- New building specifications and account calculations;
- Tenders, purchase preparation for supplies and subcontracting;
- Overall project manager of new building ships starting at the new building contract of sales, stopping after the warranty period. Contact person for the principal;
- Purchase negotiations and purchases;
- Purchase of newly built hulls in foreign countries in direct cooperation with the CEO;
- Alterations in ship series (description, calculation, sale, purchase).
Manager ship repair department:
- Planning en control;
- Order intake and description of the services;
- Cost calculation/offer/negotiation/sales in cooperation with the commercial manager;
- Day to day administration of the ship repair department;
- Purchase of expensive/difficult components or subcontracting;
- Invoicing;
- Relations and contacts with customers, government, classification boards, insurances, subcontractors and suppliers.
Organisation:
- Support (specialist) the board of directors with regard to:
- Shipyard organisation,
- Sales,
- Planning & control,
- Personnel department.
STUDIES
1986-1988 : University (Naval Architecture), Delft,
1982-1986 : Institute of Technology (Naval Architecture) Haarlem,
1975-1982 : Pre university education (β) Kampen.