Dr. Eric Uerdingen

• Leading a team of 19 employees. • Responsible for the P&L balance of the fire protection business. • Managing all customer-facing functions - Marketing, Product Management, Sales, New Business Development, R&D and Technical Service. • Developed and currently introducing a new fire protection brand to the market. • Established and regularly adjusting a rolating three-year business plan.

• Lead a team of six employees. • Developed, implemented and regularly adjusted Wolman’s company strategy. • Managed Wolman’s product portfolio & innovation pipeline. • Steered Wolman’s longterm biocidal registration pipeline. • Managed systematic acquisition and leveraging of market & customer intelligence. • Developed and executed needs-based segment-specific marketing plans. • Developed, internally and externally positioned the Wolman brand. • Assessed various M&A options and supported M&A activities.

• Consulted B2B-marketing and sales strategies and their implementations for construction chemicals, performance plastics and paper chemicals divisions. • Consulted new business development teams with respect to their business models and product launch approaches for specialty chemicals, agrochemical and performance plastics divisions. • Managed a group-wide project for the development and implementation of a new SAP module to support business units in differentiating their service levels.

• Developed and marketed new chemical specialities (Ionic Liquids) and their application in the cellulose industry and biofuel industry. • Developed an IP strategy for Ionic Liquid applications. • Globally acquired prospects for Ionic Liquid-based applications. • Negotiated contracts (joint developments, IP/know-how licensing, supply contracts) with prospects for mid-to-longterm business.

• Lead multiple production cost optimisation projects (commodities / specialties). • Analysed & economically assessed chemical processes and their value chains. • Developed market models for commodity chemicals to support product management and purchasing teams for strategic as well as operative decision-making.

Process retrofitting: Systematic cost analysis & cost optimization

Systems Process Engineering