Markt Sankt Florian, Upper Austria, Austria
Adi Wallner is an experienced International Manager with Expertise in restructuring organizations and developing and implementing growth strategies. Emphasis on developing and implementing market approach strategies, portfolio management and development, improvement of top and bottom lines, increasing cost efficiency and building highly motivated and effective Teams. Languages: English, German, French (beginner/intermediate) Having worked as Global Product Manager for Chemie Linz (Agrolinz) in Austria, as Marketing Manager for Sandoz in Germany, as Marketing Specialist for The Dow Chemical Company (Dow Agrosciences) in Germany and as Project Sucess Leader and Market Development Manager in Switzerland and for BASF in Czech Republic (Praha) and Austria, he specialized in re-organizing Teams in emerging Markets. The aim is to develop and implement Market Approach Strategies and achieve high growth rates in a sustainable fashion. He joined BASF Austria as head of Agro in 2002 where he was able to apply his skills and experience in a more mature market, focusing on improving profitability, cost efficiency and increasing market share and shareholder value. After a delegation period of four years from 2009-2012 in the Czech republic (Praha), where he managed Specialty crops for Central Europe and Turkey he came back to Vienna and become the Head of Facility Managment and Real Estate, responsible for all BASF sites in Central Europe. Since 2016 Adi is additionally Country Manager for BASF in Austria and responsible for key customers and the whole BASF portfolio, he is the disciplinary head of all sales representatives in Austria. Beginning of 2020 he started as Business Development Manager for Lithos Crop protect GmbH in Ennsdorf, Lower Austria. He is supporting the registration and development of Lithos CornProtect. His job is to launch the product successfully and to find suitable national industry distribution partners in the relevant markets in Europe. Lithos CornProtect is a non-retrievable, first sprayable pheromon to control diabrotica virgifera virgifera, a new challenging insect that can cause high yield damages and losses for corn farmers.
Specialist for Agchem and Biologicals. Commercial strategy, Marketing and Sales. R&D incl. Registration and Regulatory support, Network for cooperation partners in Austria, Europe and global. Good market knowledge and market access to key agro stakeholders as officials, advisors, wholesalers, distributors (coops and private dealers) and the one with the most important jobs on earth: our farmers.
Sales and Marketing support as Commercial Agent for Sharda CropChem portfolio (Plant protection products incl. Biocontrol solutions and Biocides) in Europe, Key Account Manager for Sharda portfolio in Austria in BtB and BtC business. Business Development Manager for Austria. Senior Business Development Consultant for strategic advice for Plant Protection, Biocontrol solutions, Biostimulants and Biocide business. 38 years experience in developing successfully Sustainable Solutions for helping Plants to control abiotic and biotic stress factors. Business Development Manager for Lithos Crop Protect GmbH, based in Ennsdorf, Austria. Using Lithos Micro Dispenser Technology and Lithos Natural Zeolite to develop sustainable formulations for Semiochemicals to control Insects via mating disruption in row crops and to control the release rate of high volatile natural compounds with the Lithos Micro Dispenser Technology and its Matrix. Registration and Development Support for pherolit-d and Evodia on European and zonal level. Develop and launch Lithoplant as a new EC bio stimulant to reduce abiotic stress factors (e.g. sunburn in viticulture) with a unique formulation development (high content of Clinoptilolite and finest particle sice). Country Manager and Key Account Manager for the overall Business of BASF in Austria. Head of Facility Management for BASF in Central Europe. Marketing Specialist for Specialty Crops in Central Europe, based in Prague, CZ; Country Manager for BASF Agro in Austria, Business Development Manager Europe and Pacific and Project Sucess Leader for Dow AgroSciences based in Horgen, Switzerland; Head of Marketing (Fungicides) Central Europe Dow Agro in Munich, Marketing Specialist for Sandoz Agro Germany, Langenhagen. Global Product Manager Pyridate, Agrolinz Melamin GmbH. Territory Sales and Development Manger Manager for Agrolinz in Austria, R&D Manger incl. field trial assessment and project development Manager for Chemie Linz AG.
Plant Protection for Austrian Customers
Launch of Lithos CornProtect in Europe as additional tool to control Diabrotica virgifera virgifera in corn in a natural way.
Sustainable Crop care technologies and solutions for a regenerative agriculture (conventional and organic)