Experience

WX Brands

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

• Associate Sourcing and Production Manager

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  Responsible for Contract pack and Quality for Winery Exchange's European packaging. Responsible for Contract pack and Quality for Winery Exchange's European packaging.



Grape to Shelf Consulting Ltd.

• Wine Packaging Consultant,

  • Oct 2009 - Mar 2011



Constellation Europe Ltd.

• Supply Planning Development Manager

  • Apr 2002 - Sep 2009

  Project Manager Project Manager



Waverley Vintners Ltd.

• Bottling Hall Manager

  • Jan 2000 - Apr 2002

  in charge of the packaging unit comprising two bottling lines, a bag in box line, wine intake and storage areas, and dry / finished goods warehousing. Responsible for a total of 40 staff including five supervisors and seven maintenance technicians. Leader of the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) implementation team.

• Planning Manager

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Responsible for the scheduling of a dynamic packaging unit compromising three versatile production lines running in excess of 300 different products .This involved liaising with internal and external customers and maintaining high production efficiencies despite complex product mix. Built up excellent supplier relationships as part of procuring dry goods on a Just-In-Time basis.

• Graduate Trainee

  • Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Development role. Part of team who installed the integrated MRP system