Experience

Orion Future Technology Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Manager

  • May 2021 - Present

  Product and market development for innovative and sustainable crop protection products.



BerryWorld

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Technical Project Manager

  • May 2018 - Present

  Driving innovation and sustainable development in the soft fruit industry. I am involved in project and research work business wide ranging from packaging to NPD, pre and post harvest studies as well as managing three PHD projects.

• Customer Facing Technical Manager

  • Apr 2011 - May 2018

  I am a customer account manager experienced with several of the major retailers including; Co-op, ASDA, Booths, Waitrose and Ocado. I thrive building strong personal relationships with key staff, such as retail technologists, depot staff, growers and packhouse teams. For the past seven years I have acted as key contact for the Co-op business, managing day to day demands as well as long term strategy and goals. I am experienced with hosting technical visits and also attending KPI, benchmarking and annual review meetings. I am able to manage the quality of short shelflife products effectively and responsively, communicating both challenges and possible wins to the customer and wider business. I also work closely with growers both in the UK and abroad to maintain standards of supply into the business. This includes crop walks, pre harvest quality management and feedback reports.



SGS

• Switzerland
• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Trials Officer

  • Sep 2010 - Apr 2011



University of Bath

• Administrative Assistant

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2010

  Filing, campaign co-ordination.



BASF

• Assistant Developmental Agronomist

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2009

  Duties: Assisting in the development of plant protection products through field evaluation trials. This included choosing sites, drilling, spraying, assessing, harvesting and grain data analysis. I also had to maintain good relations with farmers and clients.



University of Bath

• Telephone Fundraiser

  • Oct 2007 - Apr 2008

  Cold calling University alumni to renew ties and ask for donations towards university projects. I achieved the highest donation total in the team and was offered a supervisory role.



Tesco stores

• Checkout Operator

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  Dealing with customer questions and complaints. Operating the tills and computer systems.