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Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Cork, County Cork, Ireland

London, United Kingdom

• Liaising directly with branches and become the go to person for shop queries.
• Set up and hold regular meetings with branches, ops and suppliers.
• Holding suppliers accountable using the SLAs in place and reporting back to the stakeholders.
• Keeping branches informed with progress and resolution.
• To support internal departments by managing supplier’s quality issues.
• Ensure timely and consistent stock availability with all suppliers.

London, United Kingdom

• Supply Chain and Quality Assurance Executive for SSP who are a worldwide company operating numerous branded food and beverage outlets in the UK travel sector (airports, rail stations and other retail environments).
• Daily duties included dealing with supply chain issues for each of our units which include Pumpkin Cafe, Ritazza and Upper Crust as well as franchise brands like Burger King and Starbucks and the set up of any new.
• Solely responsible for notifying suppliers such as Bidvest, Reynolds and Musgrave of intake discrepancies and non-compliance on deliveries to each of the units as well as recording inventory purchases and issuing.
• Process any delists of products through coordination with our food and beverage buyers and NPD department and by contacting suppliers and informing them of such issues.
• Responsible for the maintenance and updating of all allergen information on product specifications from all food and beverage products from each of our suppliers including bespoke product listings for Paul Hollywood.
• Deal with daily quality assurance issues for all of the units regarding issues such as poor quality products and those containing foreign bodies from food manufacturers and producing weekly reports to coordinate.

London, United Kingdom

• Sales and Marketing Officer for Taiko Foods who produce sushi products for Waitrose, CostCo and Pret a Manger.
• Daily duties included uploading and processing orders from the EDI system to Navision and producing extremely accurate Production Planners and a Daily Sales Summary.
• Also produced delivery notes in accordance with customer orders and processed sales invoices.
• Was involved in market research with Sales and New Product Development departments. This included regular store visits to customer rivals such as Marks & Spencer and Itsu with specific direction to research competitor.

Cork, Ireland

• Customer Service Advisor for Irish Water.
• Frequently dealt with Irish Water customer issues and help to reach a resolution for all parties.
• Contributed to ensuring all quality standards/KPIs are met, that the team is meeting and exceeding targets and is performing as productively as possible.
• Recently chosen as one of four members of the locations team which processes issues regarding properties with non-unique addresses.

South Great George's Street, Dublin

• Buying administrator for the Beverage Department

Cork

• Coordinated client recruitment and event organisation for Taste of Corks’ participation in International Food & Drink Event ’13 in Excel Arena, London.
• The project investigated the export potential for artisan products and has secured combined sales of £500k for the eight client companies who took part.
• Responsible for presenting to potential participants about how exactly participation in the event would benefit their companies with regards to increased sales, brand recognition and improved listing for product range.
• Dealt with the event management of the IFE’13 with regards to ordering the necessary facilities for participants and meeting their specific logistical requirements and negotiated with event organisers to ensure the.
• Developed a website called Irish Food Direct to allow consumers on mainland Europe to purchase Irish artisan food.
• Responsible for dealings with media and press releases on our events and clients.

Mississauga, ON, Canada

• Chosen as team leader and one of a team of four to represent our client Dr. Oetker frozen pizzas on the Trattoria promotional tour of western Canada for the summer of 2012.
• Responsible for successful operating of in-field events whereby potential consumers were given product samples and data was collected.
• Responsible for reporting to the project manager and presenting them with processed data from field activities.
• Monitored stock levels and ordered new stock when required.
• Responsible for management of budget throughout the tour.

Cerificate, Supply Chain Management (Inc 3 Lean Scm Green Belt Modules), 2.1 Honours

Certificate in Supply Chain Management (including Lean SCM Green Belt modules) Modules include: - Introduction to Supply Chain Management.

Mbs, Food Marketing, 2.1 Honours

Modules completed included: - Advanced Food Consumer Behaviour - Consumer Behaviour and Relationship Marketing - Strategic Food Marketing.

Bbus Degree:, Marketing, 2.1 Honours