I am a proud to be serving as a Volunteer General Firefighter within the CFA (Country Fire Authority) for the Mount Cottrell Group as a member of Eynesbury Fire Brigade.

Australia's No.1 Plant-based meat manufacturer.Developed the go-to-market strategy for the Foodservice sector across QSR, HORECA, Corporate & MSO Groups.Developed business and negotiated trading agreements with Australia's largest Foodservice distributors, Countrywide, Bidfood and PFD Foodservices with successful ranging of our products across 60+ distributors nationally.Hired and deployed a team of State-Based Business Development Managers along with couching and developing one of those direct reports to become the Food Service Manager to assist in supporting the sector into future growth.Leading development sessions with the team and strategic planning events to align on new financial growth plans, targets, budgets and forecast.Management of the P&L, forecast, budget and trade spend.Building, understanding and presenting market insights and competitive category analysis with supportive data sets to provide the right direction for our business and clients to support in client and category growth.Working closely with internal key stakeholders to execute new product launches, marketing strategies, client activations, design and implementation of trade and marketing materials.Supporting in organising and hosting Foodservice Trade Show events.

Building strong relationships between major key clients and our company.Maximising sales and profit contribution to the business through understanding the best path-to-market for our portfolio.Building strong profitable commercial models for our business and strategic planning to improve client results.Expanding relationships and bringing in new clients through customer acquisitions. Preparation of proposals with in-depth planning and understanding of each client to achieve a successful outcome. Category & tender reviews across a number of sectors and categories.Analysing client data to provide customer relationship management.Working with design, sales team, creative, advertising, logistics, managers, marketing, and team members from other departments dedicated to the same client account to ensure the highest quality of service and results. Negotiating of tenders and contracts with clients.

Couching & leading our team covering sales & operations to service the Independent Supermarkets & HORECA.State-based Key Account Management. The highest success rate than any other state when launching NPD through strategic planning. Understanding of the P&L report to run a profitable business. Territory and distribution planning. Product forecasting.

Independent SupermarketsWorking with key accounts in Victoria across the supermarket sector. Ritchies, GBD Group and many other major clients.

Completed Certificate III in Retail Leaders Program

Managing Coles, Woolworths, Independents, Myer & Harvey Norman with our portfolio of brands consisting of Sirenna Tuna, Lavazza Coffee and LaGina. Supporting the launch of Lavazza A Modo Mio Coffee Machines into Myer, David Jones and Harvey Norman.Completed a Precision Selling Course with Frank Romano an internationally renowned, award-winning sales & customer experiance mentor.

Managing Coles, Woolworths, Independents, Myer & Harvey Norman with our portfolio of brands consisting of Sirenna Tuna, Lavazza Coffee and LaGina.

Completed Certificate III in Retail Operations and assisted with the implementation of AutostockR across Victoria based stores.