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• I have grown a stagnant skincare brand by over 50% in this period, as a member of the executive team.• Successfully led improvements in all aspects of supply chain management and site operations.• Implemented streamlined systems and processes to support our successful global Sales and Operations Planning process.• Successfully restructured the supply chain team to be better positioned to deliver high rates of stock availability as well as increased internal efficiencies and higher rates of employee engagement. • Developed and implemented processes that allowed a 10x increase in the rate of new product innovation. • Won the Ulta Beauty Supply Chain Collaboration award in 2020. • Successfully launched the brand in the domestic China market following recent regulatory changes. • Implemented an effective post-Brexit European distribution strategy to ensure continuous supply to the EU. • Currently implementing a new ecommerce distribution strategy to achieve next day delivery in the US.

• The Household Care Europe business constitutes 750M Euro revenue and 450M Euro supply chain costs. • I was a key contributor to increasing growth to 4.5% in 2015 following 4 years of flat growth, as the supply chain lead for this business unit. • Business driven through a clear strategy based around focussing on key product formats, developing emerging sales channels and launching existing brands into new geographies.• Reduced cost and provided investment to fuel growth by designing the optimum European Supply Chain based around 7 existing Unilever manufacturing sites plus several key 3rd party manufacturers. • Led rapid capacity expansion programmes to deliver key innovations to the market without product shortages. In one case delivering 700% over the forecast within the first year of launch. • Reduced SKU count by 30% overall by developing and introducing specific formats to allow product differentiation across sales channels whilst still delivering the necessary range of consumer and customer choice. • Successfully increased levels of customer service whilst reducing inventory through an intense focus on supply planning improvements.

• Responsible for a newly acquired site producing Home & Personal Care products for the Nordics market. • Led the development of a new effective site strategy with the management team to become competitive and sustainable within the Unilever sourcing network. • Led a successful restructuring project to make a step change in factory cost structure whilst implementing a culture change programme in the site to increase employee engagement. • Drove intense operational focus to improve performance on safety, quality, customer service and cost KPIs. • Attracted the largest ever capital investment in the site behind a new range of products. • Of 4 sites acquired by Unilever during the same period this is the only site remaining in the network.

• Key responsibility was to represent the European Laundry Supply Chain within Innovation project teams, alongside Marketing and R&D. • Successfully influenced the business agenda from a Supply Chain perspective and ensured that the Supply Chain was configured and ready to deliver the new product innovations needed to succeed in the market.• Pioneered the concept of Design for Manufacturing and Early Product Management in this part of the business ensuring new products could be produced at optimum cost and efficiency without compromising consumer relevant attributes.• Fully embedded risk management and mitigation into new product launches to ensure delivery of consumer relevant quality standards. • Drove required capacity expansion programs and managed a capital investment budget of 70M Euros during this period.

• Responsible for the full end to end supply chain for all European Homecare products manufactured by 9 different 3rd party manufacturers, with a total spend of 60M Euros. • Tasks ranged from developing procurement strategy, through supplier selection, negotiation, contract letting and ongoing operational planning.• Fully responsible for the operational aspects of 3rd party manufacturing including product quality, innovation implementation, customer service and inventory levels. • Delivered 3-5% cost reduction year on year driven by implementation of joint business development plans with strategic suppliers and tactical negotiations with others.

• Responsible for procuring Laundry packaging to supply the European factory network. • Developed a solid understanding of packaging technologies for bottles, caps, flexibles and decoration. • Implemented novel negotiation strategies including electronic auctions for commodities and direct connection with upstream feedstock suppliers. • Drove a program of supplier rationalization to deliver cost reduction through volume scale benefit.

• During this period I completed Unilever’s graduate programme designed around developing business acumen, operational capability and interpersonal skills development. • I completed two distinct work assignments during this period. Firstly within R&D and secondly within Manufacturing which gave me a strong platform to build my Unilever career upon.