Robert Waalder

Robert Waalder is the Founder and Managing Director of Sourcing Champions, a boutique procurement consultancy based in Amsterdam committed to advancing procurement into a competitive advantage. He has built Sourcing Champions to be an organization that empowers companies to unlock value through strategy, innovation, and collaboration.

Before founding Sourcing Champions, Robert served as Vice President Procurement at Philips, where he gained extensive leadership experience in high-tech, fast-moving, and international environments. He has also honed procurement approaches that shape strategy, drive transformation, optimize cost, and accelerate innovation. He now brings this expertise into his leadership at Sourcing Champions.

With a visionary, tech-forward mindset, Robert blends strategy with hands-on execution. He empowers procurement teams to excel through best possible operating model and AI-driven procurement solutions. The greatest motivation for him is seeing Sourcing Champions advance together with clients towards a shared vision of purposeful procurement.