Experience

Harima Chemicals Group Inc

• Japan
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operating Officer

  • Jun 2022 - Present



SunPine

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Board Member

  • Feb 2022 - Present



Lawter Inc.

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Commercial Director EMEA & NA

  • 2015 - Present

• Commercial Director EMEA & NA & China

  • Feb 2011 - 2015

  Per February 2011 the Ink and Adhesive Resin business of Hexion/Momentive has been sold to Harima Chemicals and since then this unit functions as a standalone Company by the name of one of its heritage companies: Lawter. Approx 80% of the worldwide business is generated in the EMEA/NA/China regions



Hexion

• Commercial Manager EMEA Ink and Adhesive Resins

  • Apr 2009 - Feb 2011

  As of April 2009 Hexion Ink and Adhesive Resins went through a major integration where two Management Teams were reduced to one Management Team. As of then I was responsible to integrate the Ink sales team and Adhesives sales team to one European sales team. Working with a team of highly professional Account Managers spreaded over Europe. Lead of Customer Sales Desk. Participating in teams which are deciding about: Sourcing,Capital Expenditures, Toll Manufacturing, R&D projects, Strategy and member of the Global Business Team Show less



Momentive

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Commercial Manager Adhesive Resins

  • Jan 2008 - Mar 2009

  Globally responsible for the adhesives business. Position meant also disentangling of Ink business and Adhesives business on Account/Area Manager level. Extensive traveling to be part of contract discussions with our multinational customers in order to grow the business. Being part of multinational and multidisciplinal teams to decide on R&D projects, Capital Expenditures, Global sourcing, Divestments and Closures, Strategic Path Forward. Working with Blackbelts on 6 sigma implementation of the Growth strategy. Member of the Global Business Team Show less

• Sales Manager Ink and Adhesive Resins Europe

  • Jun 2006 - Dec 2007

  Akzo Nobel Ink and Adhesive Resins was acquired by Hexion Specialty Chemicals and became the absolute nr 1 in Ink resins. I was commercially responsible and integrated the two business from a sales side which also meant a move from Maastricht Netherlands to Kallo Belgium. Customer service desks had to be integrated into one (smaller) and also the salesfoces needed to be reduced. Apart from that the business had to go through the implemtation of a new ERP system (SAP). Main task was to prevent to much attrition of the business whilst integrating the nr 1 and nr 2 into the absolute nr 1 position. We were able to manage this process succesfully. Show less



AkzoNobel

• Netherlands
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Manager Ink and Adhesive Resins Europe

  • Jan 2004 - May 2006

  Akzo Nobel Ink Resins merged with EKA Chemicals in Maastricht and started to work out of Maastricht Netherlands with Ink and Adhesive Resins. After a 6 month period where we started with two sales managers, I took over the responsibility of the integrated business in July 2004. Departments were integrated. Best practices were implemented. Systems developed to track Sales, Opportunities, Complaints and close cooperation with Supply Chain and Procurement was developed to optimize the business by pruning the portfolio. This period lead to a number one position in the market. Show less

• Sales Manager Ink Resins Europe

  • Jan 2002 - Dec 2003

  Responsible for Sales Marketing Product Management. Leader of team of Key Account Managers based in Bergen op Zoom Netherlands. Succesfull implementation of different portfolios from acquired companies (Nares Resins Portugal, Vianova Resins Germany and Ascona Resins Argentina). In this period Ink Resins went from a marginal player towards the number two position in Europe by utilizing our rebuilt factory in Portugal. Close cooperation with R&D, Production of different locations and Key Customers were necessary in order to succesfully sell products from Portugal whilst we were closing our operation in Bergen op Zoom. Show less

• Business Manager UV Ink Resins

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2001

  Worked on integrating the former Akcross business based in Manchester UK into the business unit Resins. Being responsible for the R&D, Sales and order desk in USA and Europe. Worked on integration of the teams and implemented best practices and managed an increase of the sales above market growth. By the end of 2001 it was decided to divest the UV business.

• Account Manager Europe

  • Nov 1997 - Dec 2000

  Responsible for 50% of the Ink Resins business of the business unit Resins. Multinational contacts extensive traveling throughout Europe. Multicultural as well as multidisciplinary contacts. Succesful in developing multinational customers from marginal to major importance. Have been developing on-line control of customer stocks (vendor managed inventory). Succesful at implementing tanktruck deliveries of new products to major new customers.



Nalco Chemical Company

• Sales Engineer/Account Manager

  • Jan 1992 - Nov 1997

  Being commercially responsible for customers in the Rotterdam area. Focus was on the Refinery and Process Chemicals industry. At least 50% of the time I was working together with the customers on refineries like Nerefco Europoort and Pernis, Shell Pernis, Exxon Chemical, Q8 to implement the Added Value approach of Nalco. Responsibility was on the one hand to service the units where we sold chemicals to treat installations against corrosion, fouling and thereby extending the lifetime of the equipment whilst improving day to day performance. Experience developed in inspecting process equipment, analysing, sampling, cooperation with operational personel as well as upper management and anything in between. Show less