
jelmer witkamp
@jelmerwitkamp
I lead digital transformation and sustainable operations for SMEs.
What I'm looking for
I've led digital transformation, ecological transition, and business strategy at EARL Domaine Claude Moritz, modernizing commercial and production workflows through CRM and ERP systems.
I installed NFC chips and IoT sensors to improve production-cost analysis and profitability, while directing the winery's conversion to Organic Farming certification through traceability and audit systems.
As a vineyard owner and manager, I recruited and trained teams of up to 2 permanent employees and 20 seasonal staff, coordinated vendors, and expanded export clients across Europe, the UK, Canada, Japan, and Ghana.
I'm a trilingual project and operations manager who connects field realities with strategic management, bringing hands-on experience in sustainability, e-commerce, go-to-market strategy, process improvement, and stakeholder coordination.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Création d'une base de connaissance sur les techniques de jardinage respectant la biodiversité
Complete steering of corporate strategy: modernization of tools, ecological transition, and
HR management.
- Digital Transformation: Spearheaded the migration to modern management tools (CRM and ERP) to optimize commercial tracking and production workflows.
- Innovation & Data: Installed NFC chips and IoT sensors on equipment and plots to refine production cost analysis and optimize profitability
Development of new revenue streams and modernization of brand image.
* Product Launch: Created a locally-sourced sub-brand (end-to-end management from
product design to Go-to-Market strategy and distribution).
* E-Commerce: Designed and launched a full e-commerce website with payment gateway
integration, significantly increasing direct sales.
* Quality Certification: Managed the "High Environment
* Site Coordination: Managed a team of 3 installers and served as the technical interface
with sales representatives and drafters.
* Production: Analyzed industrial blueprints and adapted technical specifications to
ensure project feasibility; managed fabrication and prototyping.
* Client Relations: Handled project handover/acceptance with clients and managed
after-sales service (problem-solving).
Various activities in joinery, both on-site and remote.
Worked as English Language Instructor at Le Clifton Training Centre.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
CFPPA Obernai
Responsable d'Exploitation Agricole, Viticulture and Enology
2016 - 2017
Managing a winery from A to Z; mastering various manual tasks, as well as choosing, developing and adapting production techniques and practices. Also includes administrative competencies, including employee management, legal contexts, and accounting and financial management of a farm in Alsace, France
Maastricht University
Master's degree, Politique d'Innovation
2014 - 2014
ESST "Science & Policy" on the dynamics between knowledge production bodies (Universities and R&D institutions) and local governmental agencies, aiming at developing local economic activity.
University of Strasbourg
Master 2 (M2), Science & Technology Studies
2012 - 2014
Master's program dedicated to epistomology and knowledge transfer, and relation management between scientists and politicians, the general public, and/or companies.
AFPA
CAP Joiner, Woodworking
2010 - 2010
Training leading to autonomy with various woodworking and joinery skills and techniques.
Utrecht University
Master 1 (M1), Direction Artistique
2006 - 2007
A 1-year MA program focusing on creative development, managing and leading creative teams and individuals through their production process, in both for-profit and not-for-profit settings.
Universiteit Utrecht (Utrecht University)
Master of Arts - MA, Creative Development
2006 - 2007
Research on the relation between man and emerging techonologies in creative processes and cross-overs between art and science.
University College Utrecht
Bachelor of Humanities, Philosophie, art moderne, nouvelles technologies
2003 - 2006
Philosophy, art history, literature and comparative theology. Option in museology.
Specialised in new media art.
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