Sören Beck

Overall entrepreneurial responsibility for the US subsidiary and its continuous development and growth. Strong focus on sourcing, marketing and sales of industrial chemicals from domestic- and oversee sources with the goal to build reliable, sustainable supply-chains and beneficial long-term relationships with business partners.

Leading a commercial team of product managers and a mixed portfolio of chemical commodities and specialty chemicals with a high focus an business development and expanding the product range.

Product manager with the goal to increase market share of an existing product portfolio (Acid&Lyes including Sulphuric-, Phosphoric-, Hydrochloric- and Nitric Acid, as well as Caustic Soda) in Europe and expand globally. Strong focus on business development projects including involvement in M&A activities. Managing the European Monopropylene Glycol (MPG) business since Sept. 2021 with focus on direct key accounts.

-Manage direct reports and a national sales team to grow a department to a multi million dollar portfolio -Negotiate marketing contracts with global and domestic suppliers as well as sales contract- agreements and individual pricing structures -Build, strengthen and maintain relationships with global suppliers and customers -Implement creative logistic set-ups and complex supply-chains within North America to optimize cost and service -Conduct detailed product market studies to support future strategic company decisions -Identify and successfully build new products for the company portfolio -Intensive domestic and regular international travel -Expert in marketing and distribution of Ethyl Acetate, Phenol, Acetone, Bisphenol-A, Epichlorohydrin, Phosphoric Acid, Sebacic Acid and other commodities

Same as following position in different location.

-Act as strategic global Product Manager with responsibility for a multi-million dollar core product -Identify new sales outlets and develop new distribution markets in different regions -Initiated distribution start in North America from scratch to an multi-million dollar revenue -Provide product training and lead sales workshops for a global team -Manage internal- and external stakeholders such as logistics-, quality- and accounting departments as well as third party service providers -Intensive global travel

-Manage four different specialty chemical products including global sourcing and sales -Identify new customers by performing detailed research -Promoting the product portfolio to local and international business partners as well as the sales team

-Introduction to different business areas including marketing departments, finance and logistics -Completed Bachelor degree while working full time at Helm -Trainee in foreign trade and wholesale attending vocational school