Andre Roberts Email & Phone Number

Abbotsford, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Oversaw launches of over 10,000 Coles Own Brand products from across 6 business units.Cultivated and grew an engaged team of culinary, nutrition, process and product innovation experts.Proud to be part of a high performing team with record engagement scores and commercial results.

Mentone, Vic, Au

Key Achievements• With a focus on a constructive cross-functional team culture, our team engagement scores increased significantly.• Launched the Four’N Twenty brand globally into Japanese, South East Asian, and USA markets in 12 months.• Launched the new ‘Ruffie Rustic Foods’ brand within a five-month development deadline with over $1M sales reported in the first three months of the product being available in Woolworths.• Executed over 100 new launches contributing to an accretive margin growth by managing smart Gate choices for the business.• Integrated three new businesses, Boscastle, Leader Foods New Zealand, and Australian Whole Foods, into the Patties NPD operational strategy.• Identified and recruited five new talent team members to the team.

A boutique consultancy with our major client being Simplot Foods.Key Achievements• Collaborated with frontline and management teams to develop and deliver an efficient method to the Category Team. The new operational method was endorsed and proceeded into implementation.• Executed a new technology implementation at the Echuca Site delivering a 20 per cent speed and performance increase after installation and commercialisation. The new technology implementation involved dedicated workshop management to train frontline staff and provide them with hands-on experience and future line rate modelling.

Hunt Valley, Maryland, Us

Key Achievements• Development and implementation of a refined Rapid Product Development process providing collaboration and effective use of virtual platforms across APZ, resulting in more effective teamwork in executing product launches.• Launched over 100 new products annually in Australia and South East Asia, contributing just under 10 per cent of NSV new products.• Managed and professionally developed nine team members who were promoted into senior positions and who were also the recipients of Customer Awards for Innovation and Supplier of the Year.• Executed the negotiation and acquisition of a new business, Gourmet Garden, increasing the APZ growth year on year.• Increased engagement scores to 87 per cent for Sustainable Engagement and 85 per cent for Immediate Manager, the highest global scores.

Auckland, ., Nz

Key Achievements• Appointed as a Member of the Steering Committee for the pilot programme launching and supplying free milk in over 100 schools in the North Island and over 1000 schools across New Zealand.• Appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council Technical Working group addressing the role of industry for citizen health and nutrition.• Appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Innovation Awards evaluation panel.• Delivered innovation strategies that increased revenue from $15M per annum to $50M per annum.• Increased the Gallup Team Engagement score from 77 per cent in 2010 to 96 per cent in 2012 by delivering improvements to equipment and facilities.• Secured sales growth from ‘New Mammoth’ branded yoghurt for men of over $10M in the first two years with a successful 2011 launch in Australia.• Secured a sales volume increase of tenfold in one year for Symbio functional yoghurt.• Nominated as a ‘This is Fonterra’ Award finalist in 2013 for the FBNZ Innovation Framework.• Awarded the global SIAL d’Or Award for Innovation in Food in 2012.• Awarded the NZIFST Award for Excellence in Innovation in 2013.

Roles(1) Oct 2009 - Mar 2010: Category Business Partner, Candy Team, ANZ - part of the Strategy TeamKey Achievements• Appointed as a Portfolio Manager concurrent to my position, managing confectionery products delivering over $200M in revenue.(2) Sep 2007 - Sep 2009: Commercialisation Manager, Egypt - R&D Lead on big capital projects for the regionKey Achievements• Executed a review of cocoa and oil supply chain providers and found new suppliers to increase savings and reduce costs.• Implemented new recipe formulations on several product lines after gaining budget approval. Additionally sourced new equipment from Poland and South Africa.• Collaborated with the UK Head Office and appointed as the Lead Manager for the design and development of new product and packaging specifications.• Managed a new Flake product line project valued at approximately $22M as well as product design and packaging. This included collaboration with the marketing team and supply chain operators to ensure target quality standards were achieved.• Delivered $1.4M in savings whilst maintaining product quality through changes in recipe ingredient sourcing, reconciling product weight inconsistencies, and securing supply chain improvements.• Managed and delivered Project Forsa which consisted of an approximate $5.6M launch of new wager products, resulting in record sales and profits with ongoing sales exceeding expectations.(3) Nov 2005 - Aug 2007: Value Optimisation Manager, ANZ - various Cost Out ingredients & process projectsKey Achievements• Delivered over $2M in savings whilst maintaining product quality through changes in recipes ingredient sourcing, reconciling product weight inconsistencies, and securing supply chain improvements.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Roles(1) Dec 2004 - Nov 2005: Business Activity ManagerKey Achievements• Managed over 40 new projects in a nine-month period across sales and new product development whilst delivering new Mars, Snickers, Twix, and Maltesers packs addressing obesity concerns.• Managed a team executing an urgent product recall and presented new options within one week, reducing risks to the business.(2) Jan 2003 - Dec 2004: Innovation and Consumer Driven Design ManagerKey Achievements• Developed and implemented a new consumer-driven design process as a platform for ongoing innovation.• Appointed as a Member of a Global Technology Working Group tasked with developing and delivering breakthrough innovation and technologies.(3) Jan 1997 - Dec 2003: R&D Process Engineer Key Achievements• Authored Mars Australia’s first confectionery patent.• Developed and implemented a new process for M&M’s to prevent chocolate centres from melting in hot climates: Patent USPTO Application no. 20060147584.• Awarded the Mars Innovator of the Year Award in 2003.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Honours), Chemical

Graduate Certificate, Marketing