Marco Schäfer has joined Clariant Masterbatches, which became part of Avient in July 2020, back in 2013 as a Regional Key Account Manager. Before moving into his current role of Senior Marketing Manager he was the Market Segment Head Packaging for the EMEA region at Clariant and part of the Global Key Account Management team for several years. In this position Marco has also dealt with multinational companies and brand owners.
Prior to his time at Avient Marco has worked in different positions in the plastic packaging and semi-finished good industry including Sales Manager for PET Preforms & Bottles at Artenius PET Packaging, Marketing and Business Development Manager at Röchling Sustaplast and Technical Marketing Manager for Specialty Films at Klöckner Pentaplast.
Marco holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the Europa Fachhochschule Fresenius (University of Applied Sciences) in Idstein.