Biography Johan Elzes

Johan Elzes is a Dutch national. He began his journey with Ahlers Logistics in 2011 as a Sales Support, steadily ascending to the role of Director within the Trade Facilitation & After Sales Services Business Unit. Johan holds a university degree in Master of Arts, Russian Language and Literature from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

In his role as Business Unit Director Johan focuses on supporting companies overcome the difficulties of doing business in complex markets like CIS ans Asia. Ahlers does this by providing a combination of the supply chain- and market entry/development services aimed to unburden its customers. This is really where Ahlers goes beyond pure logistics and pragmatically thinks along with the customer's route to market strategy. 

Topics on which Johan speaks:

  • Doing business in CIS & Asia and managing the cultural differences
  • Sales acceleration & route to market re-design; - Supply chain continuity, data analytics & 4/5PL services
  • Compliancy: certification, labeling, and digital marking in CIS.
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