Dr. Andre Schäfer

crossfunctional role, being the intermediate between the commercial teams, supply chain, marketing and production/R&D supporting new product and business development and optimize the product portfolio to ensure longterm sustainable growth

Managing the main global key accounts with various plants across the world, responsible for the growth of CMC sales to direct customers and distributors in D/A/CH-area and Eastern Europe Participated as team member and team lead in different projects focusing on new product development, market launch and product profitability/portfolio optimization

Regional Sales Manager responsible for the CKP product portfolio (pectin, carageenan, xanthan, CMC) in the D/A/CH-countries and Eastern Europe, main application areas were paper, detergents/fabric care, cosmetics, pharma, ceramics, construction and others driving sales through strong negotiation skills as well as technical knowledge in contacts with R/D people or developers on the customers side

Sales and Application Engineer - main focus on D/A/CH Paper Industry with some additional experience in corrugating and other industrial applications, driving growth in sales through strong customer intimacy by direct contact to key decision makers and stakeholders in customers purchasing well as direct contacts to R&D, providing technical support in product introduction phase as well as in customer trials active in the starch&sweeteners business division

BWL: Marketing Chemie: Anorganische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie