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United Kingdom

• Responsible for the global relationship, strategy and top/bottom line growth for two Global accounts with >$80M USD turnover pa. Engage and collaborate with stakeholders internally and externally. Coordinate virtual.
• Business growth +2-14% volume, +30-46% net sales, + 45-90% gross profit
• Development and execution of the account strategies in the Tate & Lyle matrix organisation, widened and uplifted relationships
• Gained membership of supplier relationship programs
• Reformulation of iconic brands in key markets
• First launches with new T&L ingredients

London, United Kingdom

• Built a cross-functional (technical, marketing, sales) category team of eighteen working remotely across Europe with P&L responsibly for 100M EurosKey contributions:
• Led the development and execution of category growth strategy delivering +10% profit vs LY in year one and +9% in year two.
• Identified and opened white space business opportunities for Tate & Lyle
• Launched two new ingredients to the EU market.
• Built a vision and culture for the team to integrate team members from two previously separate business units, resulting in the highest employee engagement in T&L Europe.

London, United Kingdom

• Led a multi-functional team of 9 (six commercial, three technical) managing the UK&I, DACH and Nordic markets.Key contributions:
• Implemented a turnaround strategy for the region resulting in 2% growth in volume and 11% growth in profit.
• Drove a cultural change focusing on pipeline, product mix and empowerment.
• Turnover of 65M Euros and 77k MT of products sold annually.

Winnersh, UK

• Sales to regional customers both directly and via joint ventures in mainland Europe. Key contributions:
• Developed strategy and focused on pipeline management to increase revenue from 11M$ to 19.2M$
• Appointed distributor network.
• Managed EU key accounts: Coca-Cola & Nestle, increasing revenue from 11 to >20M$

• First employee for Pure Circle UK with remit to grow the business from zero.Key contributions:
• Start-up strategy engaging with focus customers, retailers and NGOs to grow the UK business from zero to 1.6M$ after eighteen months.
• Project managed opening of UK sales office and laboratories.
• Recruited sales, customer service and technical team members.
• Engagement of UK retailers, becoming preferred stevia supplier.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• A GM-type role leading the UK and Nordic affiliates, comprising a cross-functional team of eighteen (sales, finance, customer service, technical).Key contributions:
• Business growth from 54 to 67M Euros, CAGR for gross profit >6%
• Implemented stock rotation control and focus on overdue receivables to reduce working capital by over fifty percent.
• Brought culture storage and distribution in-house, optimised customer service team and implemented zero-based budgeting for travel expenses to reduce SG&A costs by >300k Euros
• UK team had the highest employee engagement score in Europe
• Appointed and dismissed distributors

Newbury

Responsible for sales growth across all food and non-food categories in the UK for Degussa's hydrocolloid and blends business. Direct management of two technical service colleagues, providing technical support to the UK sales team.

Hereford, United Kingdom

Management of the applications team (5 colleagues) providing technical support to customers. Also the development of new pectins and applications.

Coleford

Carried out development on Ribena and Lucozade brands

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc (Hons), Applied Chemistry, 2:1

Applied Chemistry, Mrsc