Andreas Bock Email & Phone Number

Starting out with a masters degree in food technology I really enjoy working with food!Experience: Heading the product development for the Baby/Toddler Milks category of the Hero Group after having worked with dairy, fruit and baby food as well as glutenfree products. Passion for leading development teams from raw material selection to industrialization in different productions and delivering sustainable products that make a difference for the target group! Strong can-do attitude, internationally experienced, competent and facilitator in project-management both with internal and external clients. Unblinkered and at ease to work in cross functional teams with strong link and understanding towards e.g. purchasing and production challenges. Ability to guide development within a widespread project-portfolio to successful launches and high-quality food. Understanding of food being never negotiable in quality or safety. Structured approach to challenges and sense for driving innovation processes and organization improvement. Currently working for optimal nutrition for todays‘ infants, always considering actions’ effects on tomorrows‘ world. Hence high ambitions and intrinsic motivation for developing and innovating foods which are adding their contribution on sustainability to drive successful business as well as turning around our footprint deriving from food-industry.Experience: Food development, strong interaction with production sites, project management, immersed team leader, hands-on people manager, infant milks, baby cereals, glutenfree products, jams, fruit preparations, dairy desserts, UHT-sauces, food production technology, sustainable innovation, international experience, data driven decision making, skilled problem solver, ISO certification, natural ingredients, keep it simple, IT (ERP, recipe calculation, documentation systems), FMCG.