Jo Waites Email & Phone Number

Longhope, Gb

United Kingdom

Newton-Le-Willows, England, United Kingdom

Engage with suppliers across raw material, third-party manufacturing and consumable categories; coordinating the sourcing and review of compositional and regulatory information within the Supplier Management online portal.Represent Quality in NPD project teams, to deliver new launches to market

Scotland

Global R&D Project Manager for Strategic projects; delivering innovations in collagen casings to market

Worcester, United Kingdom

Drive cross–functional teams across Europe engaged in the delivery of the strategic innovation projects in line with business strategy Lead European development & implementation of global gate/stage process for NPD Engage with the Commercial team at a senior level providing monthly reports for Key Performance Indicators & Scorecards to track NPD success and provide focus for improvementsBuild capability in project and programme management - coach project teams in project tools, behaviours & skills Deliver rolling pipeline of customised projects across Europe, Africa and Middle East countries

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Member of the Product Solutions Management team with responsibility for managing a global innovation pipeline for chocolate products for brands including Cadbury & MilkaApply technical leadership & problem-solving skills to the successful delivery of new Chocolate confectionary products.Contributed to the strategy & definition of the global Innovation pipeline for a key product platform, with an estimated commercial value in excess of $250m paAccountable for managing cross-functional & cross-category teams to deliver global Innovation programmes, securing resources from across categories to effectively resolve technical issues within challenging timescalesDeveloped an effective network of cross business contacts to leverage understanding & application of processes & procedures to RD&Q colleagues

Following continuous success in previous role, approached to undertake a secondment to apply proven leadership, technical, management and relationship building skills; working with over 15 contract manufacturers to maintain supply of Lucozade products to market.Successfully managed the transfer of production of Lucozade tablets to a new third party manufacturer within a 14week timescale; guaranteeing continuous product supplyResponsible for 4 third party manufacturers encompassing 25 SKUs across a range of product formatsImplemented a scheme to maximise resources, based on risk and business value, ensuring smooth operational performanceFacilitated the move to change the procurement of raw materials from GSK to the manufacturer without sacrificing product quality

Promoted to the extended R&D leadership team, focusing on the strategy and leadership for the Lucozade Development team and managing the programme of project launches with senior R&D and Commercial ColleaguesProject Managed a major cross- business innovation project with £10m first year salesKey member of a cross-functional team which developed and implemented a Gate / Stage business process for NPD delivery Developed and improved cross-cultural ways of working to ensure the R&D team continued to meet the changing needs of the commercial businessMotivated and coached 5 direct reports over the 3 year period; providing new opportunities enabling them to progress in their careerRecruiting new staff to close skills gaps within the team, rewarding and promoting staff using targeted selection techniques and as part of a talent management programme. Experience in mentoring junior staff members

Oversee the successful implementation and launch of NPD products; transferring new product innovation concepts into full scale manufacturing environmentTechnical Project leader delivering £15m cost saving over 3 years as part of a strategic manufacturing and packaging change programme Front-end Innovation concept development for soft drinks to support new product launches across UK& Ireland and International markets

Bsc (Hons), Applied Chemical Science

Cms / Dms, Management Studies

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