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Consulting entity in the fields of management, business development, process optimization, strategy, interim management, project management, and coaching. Handling of various mandates, amongst others as Director of Operations of a Key medium size food company in Switzerland for the coaching of the sales force, defining in-store best practices, setting up & tracking of operational business plan, and succession planning.

Lead, mentor and develop dedicated business development team throughout the company’s expansion in the global dental industry. Strengthen and sustain international partners, distributors and Key Opinion Leader relationship. Develop, lead and execute the commercial strategy maximizing business opportunities in major product segments.

As member of the Central Committee, develop and roll out a national marketing concept promoting adlatus (www.adlatus.ch), the biggest independent network of competences in Switzerland mainly active in - start-up coaching- company succession planning- finance & tax- interim management- marketing & business development- executive coachingaddressing small and medium sized enterprises, administrations, and NGO's.

Identify, develop and drive business for the Ethnic Food channel across Europe through product, customer and distribution plans in alignment with other functions/markets in the organization. Lead development of Market Business Strategy. Dimensions: nostalgic, exotic and halal Nestlé food products from all categories, sourced globally and sold to specialized third party customers, with RTM focus on specific Mom/Pop shops channel.Coach, develop and lead a direct team of 3 people and an outsourced merchandising team of 9 people in 6 countries.. Champion partnership with creative media agencies for the creation and development of proprietary umbrella marketing and shared value concepts at Point Of Sale.

Heading Operations for regional Foodservice and Channel Development initiatives.in Europe (Travel Channel, Coffee solutions, Co-Manufacturing initiatives, Key Accounts, the emerging Ethnic Food channel).

Heading Operations for exports sales to third parties in Eastern Europe - Key markets Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Baltics, Ex-Yugoslavia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Armenia.

Based in Abidjan, heading the cocoa & coffee crop forecasting teams in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria, and reporting on commodity market insight, contributing to Nestlé’s Supply & Demand analysis and setting of global commodity procurement strategy.

Plan short, mid and long term market requirements for Coffee, Instant Drinks, Milks and Confectionery categories sourced globally, ensuring optimal export production in terms of quantity, quality and timing. Manage factory capacity plans and allocate orders/volumes for multi-origin products.