Experience

Tong Garden Centre

• United Kingdom
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Food

  • Oct 2021 - Present

• Project Manager

  • Sep 2020 - Oct 2021



Nestlé

• Switzerland
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Talent Acquisition & Academy for Nestle UK & Ireland

  • Dec 2016 - Apr 2020

  Led the Talent Acquisition team, accountable for the delivery of the Nestlé businesses talent acquisition and recruitment needs, which included all head office and key factory positions as well as retail recruitment for Nespresso Boutiques. Also responsible for the Nestlé Academy, delivering against business needs across a variety of Graduate, Apprenticeship and work experience schemes.

• Business Excellence Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

  Business Excellence Manager for Nestle Confectionery and a member of the Senior Confectionery Leadership Team, responsible for the division’s business planning & continuous improvement processes as well as the Confectionery division’s market business strategy.

• Head of Seasonal Business Unit

  • Oct 2010 - Dec 2013

  Commercial / General Manager for Nestle's Seasonal / Gifting business with direct line management responsibility for Brand Marketing & Category Management teams. This portfolio included brands such as Quality Street & After Eight as well as Nestle's Easter & Christmas Confectionery ranges. Also a member of the main Confectionery Leadership Team.

• Senior Category Development Manager

  • Oct 2008 - Oct 2010

  Senior Category Manager responsible Nestlé Confectionery’s key Christmas category. Responsibilities included creating compelling category selling stories & plans with clear promotional guidelines and instore execution solutions and targets, stakeholder management with Customers, sales & brand marketing teams, demand and supply planning and finance.

• Category Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Oct 2008

  Category Manager for Nestlé Confectionery’s Easter business, responsibilities included creating compelling category selling stories & plans with clear promotional guidelines and instore execution solutions and targets, stakeholder management with customers, sales & brand marketing teams, demand and supply planning and finance.

• Project Manager

  • Feb 2003 - Aug 2006

  Commercial Project Manager working on a global implementation project rolling out an Integrated Business Planning best practice and new systems across Nestlé UK & Ireland, part of the commercial team responsible for the implementation of a training programme to the Sales, Category and Customer Marketing teams

• National Account Manager

  • Mar 2000 - Feb 2003

  As part of Nestlé Confectionery sales team, worked across Convenience, high street and travel sectors managing key customers, responsible for the development and implementation of the customer business plans, delivering against sales targets, driving profitable growth, and execution of the marketing plans.



Sara Lee Professional (Foodservice)

• National Account Manager

  • Sep 1998 - Feb 2000

  National Account Manager for Sara Lee Bakery's Foodservice division responsible for the development of major UK and European National Accounts. Involved building partnership agreements, writing the business plans, managing bespoke new product development initiatives, forecasting, managing stock pressures, promotional activity and also progressing branding opportunities and agreements. National Account Manager for Sara Lee Bakery's Foodservice division responsible for the development of major UK and European National Accounts. Involved building partnership agreements, writing the business plans, managing bespoke new product development initiatives, forecasting, managing stock pressures, promotional activity and also progressing branding opportunities and agreements.



Buxted Foods

• United Kingdom

• National Account Manager

  • Nov 1997 - Sep 1998

  National Account Manager within the fresh and frozen value added meat sectors managing key Grocery retail accounts including Iceland, Somerfield, Safeway, Waitrose, Co-op and the discounters. Responsibilities included development of the account plans, profitability, forecasting, marketing support and management of the NPD programme and resource. National Account Manager within the fresh and frozen value added meat sectors managing key Grocery retail accounts including Iceland, Somerfield, Safeway, Waitrose, Co-op and the discounters. Responsibilities included development of the account plans, profitability, forecasting, marketing support and management of the NPD programme and resource.



Sara Lee Bakery

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing

• Account Manager

  • Feb 1995 - Nov 1997

  Working for Sara Lee Corporation's frozen desserts business as Sales & Product Development Manager working within the Export department, responsible for various European Export distributors and agents across France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Scandinavia & Russia, this involved managing specific key product development initiatives for key markets. Working for Sara Lee Corporation's frozen desserts business as Sales & Product Development Manager working within the Export department, responsible for various European Export distributors and agents across France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Scandinavia & Russia, this involved managing specific key product development initiatives for key markets.