Experience

The Only Way Is Spirits

• United Kingdom
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder of The Only Way Is Spirits

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Founder and Director

  • Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

  The Only Way Is Gin will ultimately bring a unique gin destination to Essex and a range of gins to capture the heart of the county.With the gin I produce, the priority is to create products premium in taste that celebrate the beauty of the county and its landscape. The key botanical of the Signature Gin is the poppy seed coming from the county flower of Essex.The business has adapted rapidly during the pandemic situation. We now offer DIY Cocktail Boxes for you to create the best cocktail bar experience at home, plus Virtual Gin Cocktail Parties! Show less



Tesco

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Programme Leader (Policy, Data, Risk, Workforce Scheduling)

  • Feb 2017 - Aug 2019

  Promoted to the Senior Leadership Team on one of the largest HR Transformation programmes in Europe. I developed a team of over 50 FTE across the UK and India to world-class capability. Reporting to the Programme Director, achievements include implementing GDPR readiness, successfully transforming HR risk management, developing agile future workforce scheduling programmes, leading the volume deployment of the latest scheduling tool and transforming/ leading simplification of people policies.

• Head of Colleague Data - HR Transformation Programme

  • Feb 2016 - Feb 2017

  Leading the colleague data stream of the HR Transformation programme, as well as GDPR readiness, I set the UK data strategy, working with board level business sponsors.Preparation for GDPR compliance included establishing a governance framework for colleague data usage, correcting data usage practices by mapping against the evolving legal framework and developing formal training which rolled out to 50,000 colleagues.I led the build of effective data cleansing and migration processes from legacy systems onto Oracle HCM for multiple employee types across the estate, in spite of major obstacles such as multiple legacy sources. Show less

• Group People Partner London

  • Sep 2012 - Feb 2016

  As HR Business Partner to Store Director and Store Managers, I had responsibility for 25 Large Stores with 8,000 employees. My experience extended across a wide range of HR disciplines including talent management, leadership coaching and development, employee relations, training delivery, change management and resourcing.

• Group People Partner Large Stores South

  • Oct 2007 - Sep 2012

• Organisation Design Manager

  • Mar 2005 - Oct 2007

• HR Project Manager

  • Sep 2001 - Mar 2005

• Area People Manager

  • Aug 1999 - Sep 2001

• People Manager

  • Jul 1996 - Aug 1999



Holiday Inn

• Ashford

• Food and Beverage Manager

  • Aug 1994 - Jul 1996