Dr. Achim Quandt

Global Head of Product Management; Head PMO like Unit; Pre-clinical CRO

Setting strategic direction, develop new products needed to drive the business and managing the existing product ranges over its life cycle in a manner that maximizes the overall return/profit to the company.

Assoc. Global Business Director; Product Leader. Development, planning, and execution of global portfolio and marketing strategy for innovative assay technologies. Marketing campaign and channel management. Efficient integration of acquired business into portfolio. Development of an online ordering platform for configurable products. Deputy Head of the Gene Expression & Function Business Team. Focus: disease research, clinical research, cancer research, oncology, hematology, biomarker.

Assoc. Business Director/ Sen. Global Product Manager. RNA sample technologies portfolio management and marketing. Global responsibility for the customer segment Biomedical Research focusing on cancer and pathology. Designed and implemented new Web portals. Customer and key opinion leader relationship building in biobanking and molecular pathology. Deputy Head of the GEF Business Team. Focus: Life Science, pharma, academia, clinical research, cancer research, oncology, molecular diagnostics.

Developed and implemented global marketing strategies and tactics for nucleic acid sample prep products. Successful life cycle management. Analyzed global market and potential. Focus: Life Science, pharmaceutical industry, academic institutions, clinical research.

Planned, coordinated and supervised setup of the sales force in Germany. Hired, trained and managed scientific sales representatives. Focus: oncology, gastroenterology.

Life cycle management of diagnostic tests incl. cancer biomarker. Focus: oncology, gastroenterology.

Sold immunodiagnostic assays and research reagents. Provided customer and technical support for large laboratories (research, private and clinical). Focus: hematology, oncology.