Ken Hartley Email & Phone Number

Morningside, Qld, Au

Responsible for the management and overall profitability of the business. Leading policy and strategy in line with the Boards overarching goals.

Sydney, News South Wales, Au

Sydney, News South Wales, Au

7 Direct reports and 300 indirect reports. 3 Facilities across Australia and New Zealand. Responsible for the management and overall profitability of the business. Leading policy and strategy in line with the Boards overarching goals.

Member of Executive Team 6 Direct reports and 380 indirect reportsFunctions Managed: Direct: All Operational Functions across two facilities (QLD and WA), Planning and Scheduling, Supply, Maintenance, Warehousing, Policy and Operational Strategy; Indirect: OHS, IR, HR, Quality and Compliance. - Working collaboratively with the CEO and executive team- End to end management of the operational functions in two facilities- Profitability analysis and operational optimisation

Member of Executive Team Functions Managed: Sales categories of Export (Retail / QSR), Contract Manufacture, QSR, Food Service and Health and Institutional. - Leading sales strategy- Contract negotiations and development - Development of business plans and implementation

Member of Executive Team Functions Managed: Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, Planning, Maintenance, Safety, Quality and NPD. Managing the daily hands-on operational and administrative controls, providing leadership and motivating teams to fulfil the overarching goals of the board.Working collaboratively with the CEO and executive team to ensure financial strength and operational efficiency are developed and maintained to enable rapid growth objectives to be attained.

Au

Responsible for the management and overall profitability of the business. Leading policy and strategy in line with the Boards overarching goals. Providing vision and acting as a positive role model, while constantly reviewing trends and internal capabilities to ensure that PFA remains a leader within its field.

Au

Managing the Sales and Marketing Function for both domestic and international markets, Managing the Product Development, Technical and QA teams within the business.

Managing Sales and Marketing, Financial and Product Development functions for the Foodpartners division of Swift Australia.

Managed Sales and Marketing and Product Development teams – International responsibilities: Middle East, Sub-continent, North and South Asia, Australia and NZ. Managed the business unit’s transition to ownership by JBS Swift the largest protein company in the world.

Developed meat based products for the QSR, Industrial, Retail and Foodservice markets domestically and internationally.

Bella Vista, Nsw, Au

Managed Regulatory compliance and Food Safety within Woolworths Supermarkets in Queensland

Startup trading company that then transitioned to a manufacturing and marketing business.

Implemenation and Management of Quality Systems. Supported transition to Fritolay when Pepsico acquired Smiths.

Transitioned through various roles in Production and Quality Assurance within the Woolworths owned smallgoods company. Commenced as a Production Supervisor in the Brisbane plant before implementing ISO9000 quality systems as QA Manager in the Adelaide facilty, then moved to Melbourne in the role of Production Manager.

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Mba

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Food Technology - Honours