Catherine Coward

Non Executive Director at Black Bee Honey
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Dr. Anna Winkler

We did the Cambridge course on Business Sustainability Leadership together. Catherine was a great source of inspiration for sustainable approaches in the beverage industry and contributed to the course with her experiences.

Adil Kadar

Catherine has a vast experience of FMCG, project management: specifically in a sustainability/social impact area. Catherine is a diligent project manager, able to steer a multi-functional team through large and complex projects. She led us through an assessment of our current business position and led the action planning to help us understand how we could improve our impact on people and planet.

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Credentials

  • APM Project Fundamentals Qualification
    Association for Project Management
    Nov, 2016
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

  • Black Bee Honey
    • United Kingdom
    • Food and Beverage Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Non Executive Director
      • Jan 2023 - Present
  • The Good Crowd
    • United Kingdom
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Co-founder & Director
      • Apr 2021 - Present

      Helping Good Brands do Good Business. The Good Crowd is an integrated food & drinks agency that helps businesses grow at any stage of the product life cycle. Helping Good Brands do Good Business. The Good Crowd is an integrated food & drinks agency that helps businesses grow at any stage of the product life cycle.

  • Ginger Consultancy
    • United Kingdom
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Founder & Director
      • Jan 2019 - Feb 2023
  • TERRAFERTIL
    • Argentina
    • Farming
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Freelance Project Manager & Business Consultant
      • Feb 2019 - Dec 2020

      Terrafertil is a fast growth, healthy snacking company. I led the planning and delivery of a programme of strategic growth projects for the UK including: multiple new product innovation launches; BCorp impact assessment; supplier contracting. Provided strategic consultancy and developed project management capabilities across the team. Terrafertil is a fast growth, healthy snacking company. I led the planning and delivery of a programme of strategic growth projects for the UK including: multiple new product innovation launches; BCorp impact assessment; supplier contracting. Provided strategic consultancy and developed project management capabilities across the team.

  • Pukka Herbs
    • United Kingdom
    • Food & Beverages
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head of Activation
      • Oct 2017 - Oct 2018

      Self-employed contract role Project leader for Pukka's biggest innovation launch of 2018, successfully launched on time in Q3 Successfully set up and developed Pukka's product innovation stage and gate process Chaired monthly leadership team gate decision meeting Trained, mentored and coached individuals and teams in agile and efficient project delivery Self-employed contract role Project leader for Pukka's biggest innovation launch of 2018, successfully launched on time in Q3 Successfully set up and developed Pukka's product innovation stage and gate process Chaired monthly leadership team gate decision meeting Trained, mentored and coached individuals and teams in agile and efficient project delivery

  • Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition
    • Finland
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Innovation & Change Manager
      • Jan 2012 - Dec 2016

      Led a team of operational project managers responsible for delivering product innovation & renovation (2015/16 25 projects / 200+ skus / 23 factories)Developed project management processes and governanceLed business project gate decision processDelivered team training & developmentPart of senior team leading & managing company relocation

    • Project Manager (Product Innovation & Renovation)
      • Jan 2012 - Feb 2013

      Responsible for delivering product innovation and renovation to market on time / within budgetWorked with a cross-functional team internationally to successfully deliver 50+ product changes

    • Head of Customer Supply
      • May 2008 - Dec 2010

      Led a team of 12 responsible for delivering order to cash management of £200m+ annual turnoverAward winning cash management within wider Danone Group

    • Customer Supply Chain Manager
      • Jul 2005 - May 2008

      Responsible for management of major customer accounts from a Supply Chain perspective (Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots, Morrisons)Order to cash management Service level & on shelf availability management Collaborative promotional forecastingValue added initiatives with Customer

  • Uniq St.Ivel
    • Customer Logistics Manager
      • Apr 2001 - Jun 2005

      Responsible for managing demand and supply of short shelf-life chilled, seasonal products to UK major retailers Responsible for managing demand and supply of short shelf-life chilled, seasonal products to UK major retailers

  • Organic Marketing Company
    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • Packhouse Assistant Manager
      • 1999 - 2001

      A hands on role with a wide variety of responsibilities including: sourcing and purchasing stock; planning contents of veg and fruit boxes (weekly); customer service & invoicing A hands on role with a wide variety of responsibilities including: sourcing and purchasing stock; planning contents of veg and fruit boxes (weekly); customer service & invoicing

Education

  • University of Cambridge
    Certificate, Business Sustainability Management
    2021 - 2021
  • University of Reading
    Food Marketing Economics BSc, 2:1
    1996 - 1999

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