Eric van Steen
Vice President, Supply Chain
Bridgestone Asia Pacific

Eric has over 25 years of experience in supply chain management and business/IT transformation - both in consulting and industry roles - across Europe and, mostly, Asia.

In his current role as Vice President, Supply Chain he is responsible for all Planning, Procurement and Logistics activities across the Asia Pacific, India & China (APIC) region supporting a revenue of ~4Bn USD based on an output of >50M tires from 11 factories with a procurement spend of >2.2Bn US$ and distributed through >100 warehouses with a team of >1,000 staff.

He reports to regional Group President and acts as the Secretary General for the Global Supply Chain Management Committee.

Prior to joining Bridgestone, Eric worked in Singapore for a number of multinationals covering different industries (Consumer Goods, Med-Devices/Pharma, Electronics): Johnson & Johnson (Customer & Logistics Services Transformation Lead), Electrolux (APAC Supply Chain Director), Accenture (Director), RS Components (ASEAN Head of Supply Chain and Business Transformation Lead) and he started his career with Philips Electronics (Regional Supply Planner) in Vienna, Austria.