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Warwick, GB

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the commercial agenda within BSS Group (£500M distribution partner of commercial heating & plumbing products). Broad remit includes procurement spend of £350M, business strategic pricing, commercial, QA (responsible sourcing & ESG agenda), brand marketing, business marketing function. Key priorities, setting the commercial culture including.

Leicester, United Kingdom

• Lead the creation of new entrepreneurial start up - plant based division, repurposing site, mapping market and defining capability, building business case and capital investment, building team. Key responsibilities.
• Wrote business strategy with detailed roadmap to build sales to over £100M in 5 years.
• Led sales growth plan, doubling sales in year 1 – introducing new customers and channel development.
• Repurposed site to be dedicated Plant Based, building commercial team and entrepreneurial culture.
• Lead development team, championing quality improvement and breath of range.
• Drove procurement initiatives, securing supply chain and buying better by £500k in year.

Leicester, United Kingdom

• Responsibility for developing a growth strategy to gain number one position in the market. Full P&L responsibility across £100M business, manufacturing and supplying savoury pastry to most of the UK retailers..
• Introduced 4 new customers, total value £10M as well as a £7M contract with Tesco.
• Successfully managed disaster recovery, following factory fire.
• Relaunched historic brand – implemented brand strategies across business.
• Lead cross category planning initiative across savoury pastry division.

Melton Mowbray

• Lead sales, category and development teams, with responsibility in writing and implementing the business strategy in an autonomous leadership team. Deliver £100M sales in 2017, through implementation of customer plans.
• Re-organised team structure, aligning to customer channels. Increasing resource, putting category principles at the heart of our business by using data to answer strategic questions.
• Built 5-year development plan, identified key channels, size of market and secured long term agreements.
• Full recovery of inflation, through cost price increases and value chain initiatives.
• Introduced new customers – Top 4 Multiple retailer and leading foodservice organisation.

London, UK.

Built category department, recruiting and developing talent to design and implement strategic category branding and marketing initiatives for the retail sector. Administer a current sales budget of £117M with projections forecasting sales growth to £200M by 2017. Key Process Improvements:- Developed and implementing ‘The Perfect Bakery’ initiative across.

Warwick, UK.

As an independent consultant, I built strategies for SMEs to approach retail, utilizing referrals to secure a client-base of 15 ranging from large enterprises such as Tesco, through to family owned Favis Ltd. Designed and delivered custom solutions for major food retailers to foster strategic growth, facilitate disaster recovery, and improve employee.

Cheshunt, UK

Profit and loss responsibility for 2,000 in-store bakeries, from operational management of manufacturing to coordinating the ambient, chilled, and frozen supply chains, achieving annual sales of £400M. Built a top-performing team of six, recruiting the talent and developing the skills required to implement a step change, including incorporating a product.

Cheshunt, UK

Directed and managed the Cooked Meats Category (inc Deli) with P&L responsibility, accounting for £17M in sales per week and an annual budget of £880M. Built the category growth strategy and achieved all budgeted sales, margin, and waste targets for each financial period. Managed and developed a team of four resulting in two members being promoted to.

Cheshunt, UK

Description: I directed the buying area that included sandwiches, chilled cream cake, and desserts, managing a team of 3 and sales budget of £700M. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:- Delivered 10% LFL growththrough the re-launch of the ‘Food to Go’ range.- First to market with 1-day life fresh sandwiches that was launched in London stores to challenge growth of the.

London, UK

Managed high-profile client accounts, including Morrisons, Waitrose and Iceland, responsible for achieving revenue targets, administered promotional investment, and negotiated joint business plan terms.- Grew sales to Morrisons by 45%, and improved profits from Waitrose account by 20%.

Windsor, UK

Through market research and customer segmentation built customer proposition recommendations to increase trade, penetration and customer engagement.

Windsor, England, United Kingdom

Windsor, England, United Kingdom

Joined RHM (now premier foods) on completion of degree from Bradford University.

Advanced Management Programme, Diploma

Business & Management Studies, 2 (1)