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Mizkan Euro Ltd
- Interim Quality Assurance Director
2018 - maintenant
Chutneys, relishes, pickled vegetables and vinegar,
Branded & Private Label, GBP 85m turnover
Role:
Reporting into the CFO and Executive member of the Board of Directors. The role is to lead the Group
Quality Assurance department & strategy for the European region.
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Innocent Drinks
- Head of Technical operations
Paris
2016 - 2018
Chilled fruit juices and smoothies,
Branded, GBP 310m turnover
Role:
Reporting into the Group Head of Sourcing & Technical. The role was to lead the Technical operations
department. Responsible for the technical management of 12 manufacturing partners (outsource
model) across Europe and Thailand.
Key achievements:
- Co-led the on-boarding of a new manufacturing partner in only 9 weeks' time
- Redesigned and launched a comprehensive technical performance scorecard, enabling pro-active and
in depth technical management across innocent manufacturer network
- Reorganising and expanding the Technical department to support the continuing rapid business
growth (20% year on year)
- Launched positive engagement with pan European manufacturing partners to embrace innocent values
and innocent consumers insight, promoting product quality and brand health & well-being positioning
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Profectus Food Consultancy Ltd
- Director
2016 - maintenant
Interim leadership provider in Technical and R&D
www.profectusfoodconsultancy.com
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RM Curtis
- Interim Head of NPD
2016 - 2016
Edible nuts, dried fruits & seeds,
Role:
Reporting into the MD. The role was to lead the NPD department and help recruit for the permanent
Head of NPD.
Key achievements:
- Coached the NPD team to design an effective NPD stage & gate process
- Enabled the development of cross-functional team work platforms through project work, factory trials
and new product launches
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Genius Foods Ltd
- Technical & NPD Director
2014 - 2016
Bakery sector, short shelf life and frozen,
Branded & Private Label, GBP 52m turnover
Role:
Reporting into the CEO and Executive member of the Board of Directors. The role was to design the 3
year strategic plan for the company R&D and Technical functions in order to support the International
growth plan of the business. Responsible for GBP 1.3m budget and multidisciplinary teams: Product,
Process, Research, Technical & Customer Care, plus overseeing Genius 3rd party technical teams.
Key achievements:
- Delivered GBP 11.3m additional NSV over 2014-2015 following the launch of 18 new products ;
- Designed and implemented Genius NPD Stage & Gate process
- Reduced consumer complaints by 20% in first 12 months
- Reorganised the Technical department to drive Quality Branded position and established solid
platform to build upon Operations and Technical expertise, to support rapid business growth
- Led technical validation & due diligence to enable business acquisition and suppliers expansion
- Launched new initiatives with the Customer Care team to integrate the ``Voice of the consumer''
throughout the organisation (media, monthly reports, direct contact with consumers)
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Genius Gluten Free Foods Ltd
- NPD & Technical Director
2014 - 2016
http://www.geniusglutenfree.com/
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Weetabix Food Company Ltd
- UK Operations Quality Manager
2012 - 2014
Branded and Private Label, GBP 350m turnover
Role:
Reporting into the Manufacturing Director. The role was to design and implement the UK Ops Quality
Strategy and to lead the Quality & Food safety agenda across all nine UK manufacturing sites. Key
responsibilities included to drive a culture change in order to embed a strategic Quality mind-set
across the organisation and to host customer audits (Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda, etc), ensuring
compliance to BRC standard.
Set cross-functional working groups to design Technical Training modules and Personal development
plans, whilst initiating Process development task forces to improve manufacturing process consistency
- Moved to Unannounced BRC audit scheme (optional at the time); coached all QA Managers across 9
UK manufacturing sites to achieve A* Grade.
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Bart Ingredients Ltd
- Head of Product Integrity & CSR
2011 - 2012
Bart Ingredients Ltd (Bristol, UK)
Herbs and Spices (dry, sauces & chutney)
Branded and Private Label, GBP 18m
Role:
Reporting into the CEO and a member of the Senior Management team. The key responsibilities were
to design and deliver the business Technical strategy and to ensure product integrity through the
entire supply chain (Supplier management, sourcing practices). Strategic responsibilities included the
design & coordination of the CSR strategy, the lead of the Technical agenda with Customers
(exceptional partnership with all technical & CSR contacts) and chairing the company Crisis
management process.
Key achievements:
- Lead all Ethical and Responsible sourcing initiatives including the set-up of a Waitrose Foundation in
Madagascar dealing with labour standard and welfare issues re. Vanilla production
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Bart Ingredients Ltd
- Head of Technical & Procurement
2009 - 2011
Role:
- Reporting into the CEO and a member of the Senior Management team, the role was to lead and shape
the company Technical/Quality & Sourcing Strategies and be in charge of GBP 18m Procurement budget.
Key achievements:
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McCormick UK Ltd
- Supplier Quality Assurance Manager EMEA (Ingredients)
2008 - 2009
McCormick EMEA Headquarters (Haddenham, UK)
Flavours, Herbs and Spices
Branded and B to B, GBP 4.2 billion turnover
Role:
- Managed the Ingredient suppliers approval process across Europe, and initiated process harmonisation
in the Middle East and South Africa regions
- Initiated Supplier Quality process upgrades with Corporate teams in USA
- Lead the implementation of a Supplier performance assessment tool, involving Procurement, NPD and
Supply chain teams and audited Raw material and Ingredient suppliers
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United Biscuits
- Acting Technical Director
Nanterre
2006 - 2008
Technical Manager UB Northern Europe
United Biscuits Northern Europe ( Biscuits sector, Branded and M&S label, GBP 1.2 billion turnover
Role:
- Implemented Technical reviews across Northern Europe with key UK retailers facilitating customer
interface and visibility of quality improvement initiatives. Supporting NPD activity and positive
relationship with the retailers
- Managed technical projects for Retailer projects & ensured interface with M&S & distributors in US
- Coordinated quality improvement initiatives across the Northern Europe manufacturing sites with the
respective Site Technical Managers
- Audited ingredient suppliers & co-manufacturers/co-packers/warehouses on behalf of UB to ensure
compliance to BRC standard & UB codes of practices
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United Biscuits
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Nanterre
1995 - 2008
