Manasi Chavan Email & Phone Number

Princeton, Nj, Us

- Lead innovation team to develop disruptive global technology platforms- Member of the North America Croda Leadership Team- Responsible for Open Innovation and smart partnerships

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Responsible for • Management of Global Technology team for all aspects of product and formulation development for skin, hair and color cosmetics• Global R&D budget development and management • Customer collaborations and projects with focus on on-time and within-budget delivery• Scouting and fostering collaborations with startups, incubators and brands for exclusive innovations• Supporting identification of new M&A targets and integrating newly acquired companies

Ludwigshafen, De

Responsible for tactical & strategic direction for market penetration, customer engagement and industry visibility of high value product portfolios to achieve an aggressive growth target • Responsible for technology gap analysis and supporting M&A strategy by analysis of market segments • Drive Innovation through cross-functional collaboration of global team by development of product launches in line with new market trends• Develop Formulation concepts in line with latest market trends as a solution selling strategy• Organize and co-ordinate trade shows, customer events and distribution symposiums• Responsible for nurturing high value business opportunities balancing quick-win and long-term customer collaborations• Support product management for product life-cycle, profitability management, value pricing, competition analysis and benchmarking activities to capture fair share in the value chain

Ludwigshafen, De

• Responsible for customer engagement at strategic and technical level • Established, led and managed the Technical Service team to work closely with the sales team to identify business development opportunities using current portfolio• Responsible for collaborations with global and regional customers as well as Indie brands for development of customized products• Work closely with contract manufacturers on formulation development projects to address specific customer briefs• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product Management and Regulatory to execute customer projects to maximize opportunities and revenues• Lead global / regional project teams to ensure timely and within-budget execution of projects• Key contributor of content for digitalization, social media initiatives and company microsite• Developed the Indie brand and contract manufacturing project to capture market share

Ludwigshafen, De

• Lead and manage R&D team and budget for Innovation and new product development• Responsible for development of active ingredients and products with encapsulation / delivery systems • Responsible for analytical and microbiology lab operations • Responsible for resource allocation for pipeline & customer projects based on business priorities for effective and profitable pipeline development • Responsible for safe working environment and GLP standard in laboratories• Collaborate closely with quality, regulatory and manufacturing teams for successful technology transfer for pilot and production scale• Co-ordinate claim substantiation and clinical testing of products with data analysis and interpretation• Establish/Manage external collaborations with academic universities to access new technologies• Support the Intellectual property strategy development• Participate and present in scientific conferences to identify new profitable ideas and potential collaborators and to represent BASF at local/national/international summits

Cambridge Institute For Sustainability Leadership, Business Sustainability Management

Mba, Business Administration And Management

Ph.D, Biochemistry