Marc Ehrhardt Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Ludwigshafen, DE

President and CEO of BASF Corporation which has approximately 16,000 employees in North America and had sales of $20.5 billion in 2023.

Ludwigshafen, DE

Head of the Regional North America Division as well as CFO and COO of BASF Corporation in USA. The area of responsibility extends to BASF operations in Canada, Mexico, Central America and Caribbean. BASF Corporation has 13,600 employees and realized sales of USD 25.64 billion in 2022.

Ludwigshafen, DE

Responsible for Gobal Business Services at BASF. This dedicated service division delivers solutions to the BASF businesses with ~9000 employees in Finance, HR, Communications, EHS, Intellectual Property, Supply Chain and Inhouse Consulting.

Ludwigshafen, DE

Responsible for Treasury, Group Accounting, M&A, Global Finance Shared Services as well as Regional Finance Units at BASF Group

Ludwigshafen, DE

Responsible for leading the Mobile Emissions Catalysts Global Business unit within BASF's Catalyst Division. This unit provides emissions-control solutions for cars, trucks, motorcycles and other vehicles.

Ludwigshafen, DE

• Responsible for Business Management, Field Development, Stewardship and Regulatory functions at BASF’s Plant Biotechnology Division (BPS). Also responsible for the BPS subsidiary Metanomics Health GmbH in Berlin.
• Broadened the collaborations of the Division by extending partnerships into new crops like rice and wheat thus securing market access for product NPV in excess of USD 500 mn.
• Restructured the assigned units to prepare them for the market launch of the first pipeline products.

Ludwigshafen, DE

• Promotion to Senior Executive within BASF Group (top management executives of BASF Group)
• Global responsibility over Insecticide portfolio of USD 1 bn
• Successfully led the negotiations of several divestment projects amounting more than USD 50 mn in revenue
• Lead initiatives to in-license and acquire insecticidal compounds to increase sales in excess of USD 250 mn

Ludwigshafen, DE

• Net sales USD 150 mn p.y.; 670 Employees Subordinates: 530 (Finance/Accounting, IT, Logistics, Purchasing, 2 production plants, Coatings business) Director BASF Poliuretanos S.A., Argentina Net sales USD 15 mn p.y.; 21.
• Eliminated USD 21 mn in foreign currency exposure through tight cash flow management and aggressive credit & collection policy
• Redesigned the credit policy after the 2001 Argentine crisis
• Secured credit lines of over USD 20 mn from local banks
• Restructured the Finance/Accounting Department to reducing headcount by 5%
• Won tender to set up regional IT SAP competence center in Argentina against Brazilian and Chilean competition

Ludwigshafen, DE

• Net sales USD 100 mn p.y.; 370 Employees Subordinates: 41 (Accounting, Treasury, IT)Director BASF Tintas Gráficas S.A., Chile Net sales USD 10 mn p.y.; 135 Employees
• Introduced a factoring model for distributors that reduced days sales outstanding to 84 from over 200, thereby shrinking the balance sheet sum by over 20%
• Introduced a foreign currency exposure management strategy that turned a USD 2 mn foreign currency transaction loss into a USD 0.2 mn gain within a year

Ludwigshafen, DE

Responsible for the planning and reporting of the largest BASF subsidiary in South America. First management assignment with a team of 14 professionals.

Ludwigshafen, DE

Audit of Group Companies in Europe and South America on a full range of topics from Marketing and Sales, Logistics and Planning to compliance with BASF accounting stardards. Gathered significant experience during several assignments to South America where he had to operate either independently or in small teams with local as well as regional audit.