Thomas Gernot

Responsible for the global procurement activities of direct materials for agrochemical formulations. Leading a team of 5 procurement managers and coordinating the global community of procurement managers for formulation chemicals (in total 20 people). Managing the company’s interests in respect of the purchasing categories of specialty solvent, surfactants, biozides and pigments. Accountable and responsible for a global purchasing volume with about 1200 different product types.

Responsible for global marketing activities for soil fumigation materials and European sales activities for insecticide/herbicide. Managing the company interests in the European joint venture with Mitsui & Co Ltd at the European office in Brussels. Responsible for profitability and sales volume of accountable products. Coordinating the worldwide marketing and sales activities for the brand products BASAMID® and DD® together with Mitsui organizations in the regions.

Responsible for marketing activities in the field of polymers, polymer additives, cosmetics, electronics, photographic imaging, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and others. Leading a group of 20 marketing managers. Responsible for profitability and sales volume of accountable products. Organizing the marketing activities in different countries and different market segments.

Responsible for marketing activities in the field of life science industry. Leading a group of 2 junior marketing managers. Responsible for sales volume and product margins of accountable products. Custom manufacturing activities for a broad range of agricultural companies. My main key accounts have been located in Japan and Korea but also in western countries. Successfully acquired new businesses with launch products. Global responsibility for the insect repellent Bayrepel© (Icaridin, Picaridin).

Responsible for Bayers sales activities to the life science industry in Germany. Leading a group of ten junior sales managers and five field staff. Responsible for a sales volume of accountable products. Supporting the project based business of Bayers fine chemicals marketing department. Establishing and widening the customer contacts to the target industry: - defining customer approach for the key accounts in the life science industry (pharmaceutical industry) - budgeting of annual sales

Market development in the field of technical chemical intermediates for personal care, photographic and electronic industry. Supported by a junior marketing manager. Responsible for a sales volume of several millions. Developing of new products together with customers outside of life science industry. Working as a team member in Bayers strategy market surveys about photographic and electronic industry.

Responsible of the product development of packaging film for food industry. Leading a group of 5 technicians. R&D budget of 3 mill DM p.a. Tasks were the development of new packaging films and the improvement of the production process with the help of statistic methods. Establishing a process data tracking system with six sigma reports.

Academic research as a fellow of Prof. W. Michali. Leading a group of 6 to 9 student workers. R&D budget of 0,6 mill DM p.a. Field of research was concurrent engineering, rapid prototyping, mould making and simulation of injection moulding processes.

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