Dick van Gendt holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration. After completing his Bachelor degree in 2010 he started working as a Purchaser for a Wholesaler that was focused on the Maritime Industry. During this job Dick felt in love for both the Procurement profession and the Maritime industry. What he loved most about this industry are the challenging projects and great variety of people you work with. After working for two years as a Purchaser Dick decided to move on to the next challenge which he found within Boskalis. Within Boskalis Dick gained the responsibility for the procurement of consumables and spare parts for 30 tugboats in West-Africa. Because of the good results and hard work the number of tugs and areas grew over the years, at the end of 2016 his team was handling the procurement for over more than 120 tugboats in Australia, the Middle East and West-Africa.