Barry Noorlander

Commercial Excellence Manager

Netherlands

About

Specialties: lithium derivatives, polymers/elastomers, pharmaceuticals, API, catalyst solutions, refinery/petrochemical improvement projects, (Technical) Sales, Fluid Catalytic Cracking, Hydrotreating, heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, refinery catalysts, FCC unit monitoring and optimization.

Experience

  • Ketjen Corporation (3 yrs 6 mos)
    • Commercial Excellence Senior Manager
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Global Business Manager
      Jan 2023 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Ketjen brings know-how and catalyst solutions to the market. We help oil refiners and petrochemical industry to produce safer and more efficiently: tuned for desired products, less waste, lower energy intensity, with better equipped personnel.

  • Albemarle Corporation (10 yrs 7 mos)
    • Regional Business Manager
      Jun 2022 - Jan 2023 · 8 mos

      P&L responsibility for part of Albemarle’s portfolio: Fluid Catalytic Cracking product line with region focus Europe, Middle East, Africa, CIS

    • Customer Experience Corporate Project Lead
      Dec 2021 - May 2022 · 6 mos

      Selected for assignment as Project Manager for global, corporate initiative to enhance customer excellence. Working with Albemarle’s executive leadership (reporting into C-suite) and global business units to build a strategic, multi-year roadmap for CX improvements. Team initiated and implemented first phases of that roadmap.

    • Sales Account Manager
      Apr 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      Lithium Specialties division (e.g. lithium salts, lithium organometallics, cesium salts) Account territory: Europe & Russia Key international customer accounts with total annual turnover ~30MM$ End-user markets include: agrochemicals, polymers, rubbers, pharmaceuticals

  • Albemarle Catalysts Company (6 yrs 7 mos)
    • Technical Sales Consultant - Fluid Catalytic Cracking
      Jun 2008 - Feb 2013 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      Responsible for technical service (unit monitoring, troubleshooting, product and process optimization) for existing customers as well as new customer acquisition in cooperation with sales and business groups. Servicing refineries in Europe and Southern Africa.

    • R&D Application Technologist
      Aug 2006 - May 2008 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Traineeship through different FCC R&D departments: fundamental research, catalyst production, testing, customer service.

  • Internship at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) at TNO
    Sep 2004 - Dec 2004 · 4 mos

    Aspen modelling to enhance heat and mass transfer in Memstill® modules for the scale-up production of potable water from seawater. Mark: 9 (on a scale of 1-10)