Tilmanstone Salads - provides Marks and Spencers with it's premium range of Prepared Salads & Vegetables. Market leading innovation with significant category management responsibility across these areas.-Commercial Manager accountable for the site's Prepared Veg business, and experienced in aspects of NPD/Technical/procurement which are important to the Marks and Spencers business.-Core member of the team that transferred the Prep Veg business from Exotic Farm Produce to Tilmanstone in March 2009.-Succesful winner of Prep Mix Bag Tender delivering +50% volume to the business.-Category Managed Prep Mix bag turning around market share from 11.7% to 17.2% within 6 months and making M&S fastest growing retailer in this range.

A Fresh Produce company which supplied Vegetables to M&S/JS/AS in both Whole Head and Prepared Arena's. -Primarily responsible for the M&S accounts & JS for a period of time. - The most prolific source of M&S's Produce NPD in 2006/2007 with the highest hit rate from new launches.-The first site to successfully upscale production for "M&S Dine In" beyond initial capacity.-Lead supplier for Prep Veg Plus range with 4 products making it on TV. Eventually bought by Bakkavor, and as a result the Prepared Veg moved down to Tilmanstone. I also moved down to Tilmanstone to assist the intergration and continue operating as M&S Commercial Manager of this range.

At the time, a start-up business producing prepared Salads, To Go, Med Deli & Ready Meal products for M&S. Renowned as one of the most innovative food businesses in the M&S portfolio. -Took the business from 5 SKU's to 45 SKU's in 2 years-Multi tasker with concurrent responsibility at Exotic Farm.-Working with development chefs/NPD/Technical teams to deliver product solutions with provenance and flair.-Understanding of many different products and processes for hot and cold eat products.-Won 30% share of Olive business from standing start.

One of the largest importers of Exotic Vegetables into the UK. A majority of this is airfreighted from Africa & South America. A wide customer base -Responsible for the M&S account-Managed the project to print labels at source-Launched hand prepared Stir Fry, leading to Flamingo share rising from 30%-60% in this category

I spent my first 7 years working in Stores (Hounslow/Brooklands). I then enjoyed 5 years working within the Fresh Produce group at Baker Street primarily involved in Fruit. I worked alongside some great Buyers, who have done great things. eg John Dixon - Now GM Director. Still a few of the old gang left, who I get to deal with on a few occasions.