A dedicated professional with a balance of financial, commercial, technical and management skills. She is known for her expertise in food applications and processes, she has a passion for innovation and relationships. Her career has focused on delivering solutions to meet needs; whether quality improvements, novel new products to meet market trends or customer demands, or optimization of existing formulations. Her approach has been to leverage collaboration, share expertise from multi market experiences (food, beverage, nutrition, pharmaceutical, and specialty industrial) while relying upon allied industry experts to build on her personal knowledge. As a coach for her team she has been able to align them to deliver against budgeted expectations through open communication and example.Strategic Planning | Innovation | CollaborationFor Innophos she was initially recruited to drive growth of the organization through a coordinated approach of the technical commercial team; leadership of the innovation process/adoption; and the alignment and prioritization of the applications/product development team. Under her leadership NPD was adapted and utilized. This stage-gate “light” process included formation of teams, establishment of timelines and critical milestones, and routine alignment with the executive leadership and other functional teams including sales and business management. Over 15 new products / applications were launched in the first year. Heidolph worked closely on key accounts taking the key technical leadership position for these strategic, high-valued accounts across the market segments of Food, Nutrition, Pharmaceutical and Specialty Industrial.Heidolph worked for Monsanto – ICL, starting her career in Aquatic Toxicology / Environmental Fate. then technical service and development Food, Nutrition, Health and Industrial industriesKey priorities to Heidolph are: customer relationship; innovation; mentoring and coaching.