Experience

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  Futura Foods UK Ltd

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

  • Commercial Director - Food Service

    • Dec 2019 - Present

  • National Account Controller- Food Service

    • Jul 2012 - Dec 2019

    For the past 20 years Futura Foods' team have been dedicated to supplying the highest quality, speciality cheeses into the UK and Ireland. We source and bring to market, a wide range of cheeses from carefully selected European partner dairies, offering full technical, marketing and logistics support as part of our tailored service. Futura are now the largest supplier to the UK market of Greek, Cypriot & Italian Dairy products.

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  The Farmright Group Ltd

  • Bristol

  • Group Sales Controller

    • Oct 2007 - Mar 2012
    • Bristol

    Sales of Dairystix and Pouch milk to Food service customers in the UK and europe. Grown Dairystix as the only aspetic milk stick pack in the world, to a forecasted sales level of £10.9m for 2012/13 and a UK market share of 24%. Managing the sales team of 3 and also looking after Brakes,3663,Booker,Whitbread and the airline sector of the market. gained the contract to supply Whitbread/Costa with liquid milk in pouches which was worth C£14m pa in 2009.

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  Tastefully Different Ltd

  • Gloucestershire

  • Sales Director

    • Jul 2004 - Oct 2007
    • Gloucestershire

    Sales & Marketing Company providing services for SME's in the Uk and Mainland Europe. Had 6 ful time clients and built up sales of more than £2.6m in the first 2 years.

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  Limburg Patisserie Uk Ltd

  • Gloucestershire & Roermond Holland

  • Commercial Director

    • Jul 2004 - Oct 2007
    • Gloucestershire & Roermond Holland

    Joint venture Partnership with Tastefully Different. Limburg manufacture frozen savoury and sweet pastry products in their factory in Germany. Grew the business from a static start to £2.4 m. gained several listings with with major food service wholesalers including Brakes, Hopwells 3663 and Apetito.

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  Dairy Crest

  • Claygate Head Office

  • SNR National Account Manager

    • Nov 2002 - Jul 2004
    • Claygate Head Office

    Snr NAM for the Food Service Sector, looking after Brakes,3663,DBC. Gained the own label block cheddar contract with Brakes C£4.5m. Grew sales of Frijji Milk shake in the sector.

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  Uniq Prepared Foods

  • Devizes

  • Business Unit Manager

    • Sep 1999 - Nov 2002
    • Devizes

    Uniq purchased Toft Foods Ltd, I remained to manage the Food Service business.

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  Toft Foods

  • Devizes Wiltshire

  • Sales Manager

    • Mar 1997 - Sep 1999
    • Devizes Wiltshire

    Joined to build the food service and convenience retail sectors. Grew sales by £2.5 million in the first 18 months , by gaining several large contracts in the Food Service Market including Easyjet and Sodexo. Gained the Business with Roadchef which enabled the development of a national daily distribution network for for fresh Sandwiches. Business was then aquired by UniQ Prepared Foods.

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  De Ster

  • UK Based

  • National Account Manager

    • Feb 1996 - Mar 1997
    • UK Based

    Looked after major airline accounts and travel retail accounts

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  Bunzl Catering Supplies

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Regional Field Sales Manager

    • Sep 1991 - Feb 1996
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    controlled a team of Area Sales Reps and key Account Manager.