Ei Openers International

The difference is not made by the technology. It is made by the people who lead.

Ei Openers develops leaders in companies where heavy technology and commerce meet. We run our programmes, interim assignments and network in Dutch and in English, so international teams, subsidiaries and dealer organisations can join the same way.

Interim consultancy Dealer leadership Commercial excellence Network
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Who this page is for

Everyone with a stake in an organisation that no longer works in one language only.

Headquarters and subsidiaries

Owners and directors who want the same leadership standard in every location, not one culture at home and something else abroad.

Importers and dealer networks

Manufacturers whose brand is carried by independent dealers, and dealer principals who grew into the role without ever being taught how to lead it.

International teams and successors

Management teams and next-generation leaders with mixed nationalities, where English is the working language of the group.

Four things we are asked for

Each of these can be a single assignment, a programme, or a combination. We start with a conversation, not with a proposal.

01

Interim consultancy

A temporary pair of hands and a second pair of eyes inside your organisation. Commercial or general management on an interim basis, with one condition: while we run it, we build the people who will take it over.

  • Interim commercial or general management
  • Entering a new market, including production and sourcing in Poland
  • Process improvement: from firefighting to building
  • Ownership handover in family businesses
02

Dealer leadership

Your dealers carry your brand, your margin and your customer relationship. Almost none of them were ever trained to lead. We work with dealer principals, area managers and importer teams, in mixed international groups.

  • Leading a dealership: people, targets and daily choices
  • Aftersales and service as a profit engine, not an afterthought
  • Dealer sessions across countries, in English
  • Culture and cooperation between importer and dealer
  • One integral culture across sites and disciplines, instead of one per location
03

Commercial excellence

For technical people who became commercially responsible and now carry margin, customer and negotiation next to the product. And for the shift from selling products to selling service.

  • Know your numbers: margin, cost and the money behind the deal
  • Negotiation and value selling in technical B2B
  • From product-driven to service-driven, company wide
  • OGSM and strategy: from plan to movement
04

Network

The insight your own company cannot give you. Leaders learn fastest from leaders in other companies and other sectors. That is why our programmes are built around an open network, not a closed classroom.

  • Sessions hosted at member companies, on the shop floor
  • Network events after programme days, open to a wide audience
  • Peer group of leaders from maritime, automotive, logistics and industry
  • Access to young talent through our community

Programmes available in English

A selection from our Dutch offer that already runs in English. Everything else can be delivered in English on request.

Interim assignments, dealer sessions and commercial excellence tracks are always built around your situation. Ask us what a first step would look like.

What it delivers

98%of our participants still work at the same company two years later.
4 to 14employees in three years at Been Hydrauliek, while the owner kept his weekends.
40+visitors at a typical network event, from decision makers to starters.

We work with companies such as Mammoet, DAF Trucks, Knapen Trailers and Aegir Marine, and with owner-led businesses of ten to two hundred people. Our home sectors are maritime, petrochemical, automotive (truck and trailer), port equipment, logistics, construction and infrastructure. The common thread: heavy technology and commerce in the same building.

Let us start with a conversation

Tell us what is not moving. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right party for it, and what a sensible first step would be.

Contact

Marco de Vrind
marco@eiopeners.nl
+32 486 80 83 83 (also WhatsApp)

Response

We reply within two working days. If it is urgent, send a WhatsApp message.

Languages

Programmes, sessions and materials in Dutch and English. Other languages on request.

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