Experience

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  Opalbond Nutrition Ltd

  • Category Manager

    • 2004 - Present

    Opalbond creates, develops and delivers innovative private label nutritional products to brand owners operating in the sports nutrition, food to go and healthcare markets. I manage a range of suppliers creating innovative protein finished products and developing these with customers on a global basis. I combine product expertise with technical ability and market understanding, allowing me to support my customers NPD activities, helping brands drive growth by launching new functional products that meet consumer demand.

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  Univar

  • United States
  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Product Manager

    • 2000 - 2003

    Univar is a leading global distributor of industrial and specialty chemicals, supplying products and services to all major industrial market segments, worldwide.As a Product Manager for Univar Food Ingredients, I held responsibility for a number of strategic suppliers, combined with key account customer responsibility. This role also included matrix management of the UK sales team.

  • Ellis and Everard General Manager (acquired by Univar in 2000)

    • 1997 - 2000

    I was General Manager for Ellis and Everard's chemical distribution centres at Stowmarket and Wellingborough.

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  Ellis and Everard

  • Food Ingredients Sales Manager

    • 1994 - 1996

    As Food Ingredients Sales Manager, I had key account responsibility for the South West of England.

  • Sales Manager

    • 1991 - 1994

    Starting as a Graduate Sales Trainee, I was promoted to Sales Manager with responsibility for sales into the general chemicals and food business.