Dr. Benjamin Schäffner

Angestellt, Global Head of Market Segment Industrial & Transportation, Evonik Operations GmbH
Shanghai, China

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Polyurethane additives
Homogeneous catalysis
sustainable chemistry
alternative reaction media
photography
Process Development
Projektmanagement
Abteilungsleitung
Flexible Polyurethane foam production
Industrial Coatings
Coatings
Führung
Interkulturelle Kompetenz
Auslandserfahrung

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Benjamin Schäffner

  • Current 2 years and 3 months, since Mar 2024

    Global Head of Market Segment Industrial & Transportation

    Evonik Operations GmbH

  • 1 year and 4 months, Mar 2023 - Jun 2024

    Vice President BL Coating Additives Asia

    Evonik Operations GmbH

  • 2 years and 1 month, Feb 2021 - Feb 2023

    Business Director Comfort&Insulation Greater China

    Evonik Operations GmbH

  • 7 months, Jul 2020 - Jan 2021

    Head of Strategy Division Specialty Additives

    Evonik Operations GmbH

  • 1 year and 5 months, Feb 2019 - Jun 2020

    Head of Business Innovation & Strategy at Comfort & Insulation

    Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH

  • 1 year and 4 months, Nov 2017 - Feb 2019

    Manager Strategy & Growth

    Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH

  • 7 months, Apr 2017 - Oct 2017

    Technology Manager Comfort Foams Asia

    Evonik Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

  • 1 year and 7 months, Sep 2015 - Mar 2017

    Technology Manager Flexible Foam Greater China

    Evonik Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

  • 5 months, Apr 2015 - Aug 2015

    Technical Manager, Flexible Foam

    Evonik

  • 3 years and 7 months, Sep 2011 - Mar 2015

    Project Manager

    Evonik Industries

    Project Manager

  • 2 years and 2 months, Jul 2009 - Aug 2011

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Stanford University, Department of Chemistry

    Transition metal catalyzed reactions in organic chemistry.

  • 3 months, Apr 2009 - Jun 2009

    Scientific Co-Worker

    Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e.V.

    Research in homogeneous and heterogeneous transition metal catalysis.

  • 4 years and 5 months, Oct 2001 - Feb 2006

    Student Research Assistant

    TU Clausthal

    2006-2008 (Uni Rostock) supervision of tutorial seminar; 2005-2006 (TU Clausthal, Institute of Organic Chemistry) supporting analytical work (GC) and the chemical administration; 2005 (TU Clausthal, Institute of Technical Chemistry and Polymer Science) research on ionic liquid monomers: Synthesis of polyelectrolytes out of ionic liquids; 2001-2003 (TU Clausthal, Institute of Physics) Supervision of the tutorial seminar in physics.

  • 6 months, Apr 2005 - Sep 2005

    Intern

    BASF AG

    Homogeneous Catalysis.

  • 2 years and 1 month, Oct 1998 - Oct 2000

    Tourist Guide

    Tourist Information, Halberstadt

Ausbildung von Benjamin Schäffner

  • 2 years and 4 months, Jun 2009 - Sep 2011

    Catalysis, Organic Chemistry

    Stanford University

    Homogeneous Catalysis with Pd-catalysts

  • 3 months, Dec 2008 - Feb 2009

    Inorganic Chemistry

    Universitat Rovira i Virgili Tarragona

    Asymmetric Hydrogenations with Ir-Catalysts

  • 3 years and 2 months, Mar 2006 - Apr 2009

    Catalysis, Organic Chemistry

    University of Rostock

    Alternative Reaction Media, Asymmetric homogeneous Catalysis

  • 5 years and 5 months, Oct 2000 - Feb 2006

    Dipl. Chemie

    Clausthal University of Technology

    Basic and Advanced Study in Chemistry and diploma thesis

Sprachen

  • German

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

  • English

    C1 (Fließend)

  • Spanish

    A1-A2 (Grundkenntnisse)

  • Russian

    A1-A2 (Grundkenntnisse)

  • Chinese

    B1-B2 (Gute Kenntnisse)

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