anton maas

• Sales manager with a passion for customer relationships based on trust. • Widely traveled throughout Sub Sahara Africa, very good network of contacts in the region. • Have worked and lived in Africa, Europe and Middle East. • Handles cultural diversity very well. • Skilled negotiator at multiple levels. • Extensive experience in managing a diverse product range, from highly specialized products such as enzyme systems to bulk commodity products such as milk powder and starches. • Solid technical foundation. Able to understand and participate in complex technical (food science/technology) discussions. • Experience in large, multiple market, key account management. Promasidor and Watanmal being two examples. More recently responsible for global infant nutrition customers such as Abbott and Mead Johnson. • Experience in sourcing third party products by identification and selection of potential suppliers, negotiations and agreeing shared objectives to fill supply gaps.