Experience

WX Brands

• United States
• Wine & Spirits
• 100 - 200 Employee

• NPD and Events Manager

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Matthew Clark Bibendum Ltd.

• Packaging Project and NPD Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Present

• Packaging Project and NPD Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Mar 2023

  Managing the packaging development process from inception to completion, ensuring high quality input from stakeholders and completion to budget & schedule. Collaborating across the business to ensure that all product packaging hits required quality levels and delivery timelines. Ensuring the process is efficient and cost effective.Key responsibilities:• Ensure all packaging production hits the required customer deadline, managing the output of all the elements cross functionally.• Liaising with external suppliers (printers / designers / bottlers), internal customers (such as technical / supply chain) to establish feasible solutions to packaging requirement and deadlines.• Responsible for the internal commercial validation process for new packaging development & coordinating input from internal & external stakeholders.• Oversee the name generation process.• Troubleshooting NPD process when required & refining its management wherever possible.



Bibendum PLB Group

• United Kingdom
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Replenishment and Procurement Co-ordinator UK Bottled Wine

  • Jun 2011 - Jul 2016

  Main purpose of the role to ensure UK bottled wine planning process is effective and replenishment is completed on time in full. Maintaining good relationships with suppliers, working cross functionally with internal customers and assisting with NPD projects. Key responsibilities: • Demand planning to sales forecast in conjunction with Sales team. • Purchase order processing and management of lead time and forecast to achieve full stock availability on all stocked lines whilst adhering to stock holding KPIs. • Bulk order management to include purchasing, dealing with suppliers, liaising with production site ensuring end to end supply. • Liaising with warehouse partners to ensure the goods-in process operates efficiently. • Interrogate any stock discrepancies and investigate through to resolution. • New product set-up – data input, product specification capture, organisation of samples. • Dry goods set up and management to include procurement, cost negotiation, legalities, artwork.



Rensow Patisserie Ltd.

• Assistant Planner

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2011



GREENCORE FOOD TO GO LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Procurement Officer

  • Apr 2008 - Jul 2010