Jari Folmer

From podcasts to training courses – I’d like to know absolutely everything. Not only because of my insatiable curiosity, but also because the perfectionist in me likes to get it right.

Yes, both in the pub and in the office! After all, contagious motivation is esential in both change and stakeholder management.

I take a system-based approach to consider the whole system and its impact on all areas, in order to make a holistic decision from there.

There I go again: sustainability is my great theme. With my incisive questions, I make other people think about their purpose and impact.

As project manager at PWN I was responsible for reviewing and optimalising the ‘ProjectBased Working’ (Prince2) methodolody together with relevant stakeholders and internal departments. Not only was I successful in leading the project, but also in monitoring the inbedding of more than 30 stakeholders. I also came up with and implemented a new consultation structure between various departments together with the team manager Installation and Pipe management. Besides, I optimalised the processes within Team Maintenance with an external project team. 

In a team whose goal it is to make ASML a more sustainable company as a whole, I worked as a Project Management Officer (PMO). Half of my time I supported the Program Team Manager of the ESG (environment, social and governance) team, where we translate ASML’s sustainability strategy on these themes to the organization for subsequent implementation. The other half of my time I supported a project to make ASML CSRD compliant. My tasks in this project ranged from typical PMO tasks such as preparing, setting the agenda and facilitating meetings to diving deep into the subject matter to be able to translate strategy into practical meaning for ASML. I saw again how valuable it is to always have a questioning and curious attitude in your communication, but I also learned that at other times there is a need for someone who can and dares to give direction. The key lies in alternating those two techniques at the right time. My passion is sustainability, and I love learning from my seasoned sustainability colleagues how to go from strategy to a sustainability policy implementation and execution. And that within such a large company. Every day I learned something new about the company, about sustainability, or about something I can do even better myself to make an impact together.