The Team

André is managing director and for 50% owner (the other 50% is owned by Marco Horneman) of BeGlobal. Together with Horneman, he founded BeGlobal more than 20 years ago.
André deals with the day-to-day operations of BeGlobal. "The thing I enjoy most about my job is defining the future strategy; sustainability is now a heavy focus in our strategy."
His business (as well as personal) motto: "Always build long-term solutions and relationships. Be honest and sincere, even if it doesn't benefit you directly."

André attended high school in America, took HBO commercial economics, philosophy and business studies at Erasmus. What he would be doing if he were not active in the product media business? "Probably I would be active in sports coaching."

Marco is managing director and owner for 50% (the other 50% is owned by André Noordwijk) of BeGlobal. Together with Noordwijk, he founded BeGlobal more than 20 years ago.
One of his passions in his work is working with the client toward a full service solution. His experience and philosophy formed over the years reads "Stay yourself, be honest, do what you say and say what you do.

Marco is a business economist. If he and André had not started BeGlobal, he would have been working in the hospitality industry, but banking has always appealed to him as well.

Marco is account manager, or first point of contact for clients. He works with clients on projects, including making proposals for supporting promotional products.
"The most enjoyable part of my job is the customer contact and developing a product that positively surprises the customer."
He has been doing this work for 13 years, benefiting from experience in hospitality and customer service gained in the hospitality industry, where he was previously employed.

He went through secondary and higher hotel school as a prerequisite. "If I wasn't doing this work, I would be working in the hospitality industry as a host/sommelier or maybe even running his own restaurant," he said.

Mark works at BeGlobal as a senior account manager. In this role, he visits BeGlobal customers, as well as targeting new customers. "My goal is to provide every customer with the right product media. Within my position, I also have a lot of contact with producers and manufacturers about products, certification and purchasing. Within my position, I have support from the inside sales department through making proposals and purchasing, here I direct them where necessary." What he likes best about his position is the variety in customers and work. "No project is the same and a different solution can be devised for every customer." Mark has worked at BeGlobal for almost 5 years, of which about 4 years have been in an account management role. What in particular has he learned in previous work circles that he now uses in his work at BeGlobal? "My main learning is to always be open and honest, a deal is a deal."

Previously, Mark was a student of Sport Marketing and Management at the Hogeschool Rotterdam. "If I wasn't doing this work, I would also be active in the sales profession, but in another industry. Sales is my passion."

As account manager, Rian is responsible for a fixed group of customers. He guides and supports their projects, and ensures that the products are delivered on time - that's what he does.
"I take care of clients and always try to surprise them with a creative, out of the box idea."
What do you like most about your job? "The multitasking, I love that, and supervising all the projects with a helicopter view. This always with a smile on my face, you won't easily get me off my stride or cranky."
"I also like it when the customer shows how satisfied he is with our proposals and solutions.
When the client lets us know that we did our job well and that they got the intended effect from it, that really gives you a kick. Then you remember what you and your team are all about.
do!"

Rian has now been working in this profession for 12.5 years, moving from inside sales to outside sales over time. Through the trade association PPP, he has acquired several
taken industry-related courses.

He studied HBO Commercial (Sports) Economics at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Consequently, he has sporting hobbies: running, cycling, soccer and snowboarding. When he
would not be working at BeGlobal, he would be working in an environment that would be primarily related to sports.
have.

Roald is traffic clerk. "My job is to make sure that order processing runs smoothly," he says. He maintains contact with the suppliers where the product media are purchased. He also deals with customers' brand stores and web shops.
Roald has been doing this job for two years. He loves picking and working out the orders. "Taking care of things behind the scenes suits me," he says.
"In this work environment, more than before, I can focus on my job. This allows me to focus my attention more on the progress of the orders I put into the system, the expectation of our customers and communication with suppliers. I find that very pleasant, and obviously benefits the customer."

Roald trained as a pharmacy assistant MBO level 4, and if he were not doing this work, he would want to work in a hospital pharmacy, where you are very focused on people's well-being. Having contact with people, listening well to them, knowing what they want and supporting them, that's in his fibers.

Michelle is a commercial employee, and from that position she keeps in touch with customers and is active in the field of order processing, two aspects of her work that she therefore enjoys doing. She has been doing this work for over 2 years, supported by her previous work experiences where she learned the importance of good handover and taking responsibility over an order or quote.

Her prior training included aviation services. But if she did not work at BeGlobal, she would run her own lunchroom.

Ivo is the graphic designer at BeGlobal, making sure that the artwork designed by the client or by him is completely in order before it goes to the manufacturer. "Designing artwork myself, or coming up with a cool product design together with the customer is something I find super fun. Especially when you later have the product in your hands."
He graduated from the Graphic Lyceum in 1993, and has been working at BeGlobal since 2018. His learnings: "Doing what you enjoy in a fun and professional team benefits the quality and quantity of your work."

If he did not work at BeGlobal, he would choose a position at an advertising agency to help create artwork for major campaigns.

She is an all-around bookkeeper/financial assistant. "I like to figure things out and troubleshoot problems so that the bookkeeping is 'tight'." She has been doing this work for more than 20 years.
Her main lesson from previous work circles? "Enjoyment in my work has to do with three factors: the company has to want to keep developing, there has to be a good accounting package and nice colleagues!"

Prior education is BKB, BKC, PDB, MBA, part of SPD, and if she wasn't doing this work at BeGlobal, Purdy would be running her own beauty salon.

Since the merger of Intercédé and BeGlobal, Cocky has held the position of sales manager at BeGlobal. "From this position, I am responsible for the customers brought in by Intercédé and I coach the sales team. The experience I have gained, both inside and outside the industry, I want to share with the team in order to contribute to making it an even stronger team."
What does she like most about her job? "Actually, I like everything. And if I have to name something: working with colleagues on creative concepts for our clients. It's always great to see how you can surprise your clients with this."

In 1993, Cocky and a colleague started Intercédé for themselves. They soon achieved great results with airlines and received large orders for the 75th anniversary of KLM, which immediately laid the foundation for further expansion. That expansion began with the partnership with Red Band Venco, which gave Intercédé the rights to use Droste and King brand products as promotional products for their clients by customizing them to give them the look and feel of the customer. Then they also expanded the range to include product media and corporate gifts. After a few years, her colleague found the company too big and stepped out. Together with her husband Hans, Cocky continued the business. Later, the timing turned out to be unfortunate: it was just before nine eleven, the aviation customers were having a hard time, and that also affected Intercédé.

Learning by doing applies to Cocky. For decades she has worked with buyers and marketers of large companies on the one hand and suppliers on the other. This has given her a large dose of experience and she knows the ins and outs of product media, from which her colleagues and certainly also customers benefit.

Cocky went to Schoevers after her high school education. Later, she was asked to teach at Schoevers. "Teaching I did in the evenings in addition to my work at a law firm. After I got a commercial management position at Lips Fire Cabinets, I quit that."

What would she want to do if she were not working in the promotional products industry? If so, she would want to work in law or education, something that is reflected in what she has done before.