Ken Mcfarland

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Head of CD Sustainability @ Unilever
London, GB
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About Ken Mcfarland

I am an experienced digital and commercial leader with 25 years of FMCG experience across execution and strategy roles in small and large organizations. Additionally, I am passionate about using business as a force for good and have spent most of my career working for companies and brands that integrate environmental and social goals into all business strategies.Since receiving my degree in International Business from the University of Missouri, I have grown my career off the building blocks of digital acumen, analytics expertise and talent development. This foundation has allowed me to expand my impact through progressive leadership positions across marketing research, category management, customer development, sales strategy, digital (media & eCommerce) and general management. In these roles, I have had the opportunity to develop countless mutually beneficial customer relationships, consistently exceed sales & revenue targets, design and implement new internal processes, and develop many of my talented team members to take on new leadership positions.In a demanding and competitive global industry, I have been able to enjoy this success while sticking to, and being driven by my values of honesty, curiosity and humility.Purpose: Create unique solutions for ever-changing puzzles.

Ken Mcfarland's Current Company Details
Unilever

Unilever

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Head of CD Sustainability
London, GB
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unilever.com
Employees:
124305
Ken Mcfarland Work Experience Details
  • Unilever
    Head Of Cd Sustainability
    Unilever
    London, Gb
  • Enactus Uk
    Board Member
    Enactus Uk Jan 2022 - Present
    London, England, United Kingdom
    Enactus' vision is "To engage the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders to use innovation and business principles to improve the world". As a board member I support the organization in broadening its scope of empowering students who share a fervent commitment to environmental sustainability and social impact to drive positive change through entrepreneurial initiatives.
  • Unilever
    Global Head Of Digital Commerce - Home Care
    Unilever Jun 2021 - Present
    Global leadership role responsible for leading all corporate programs to enhance consumer experiences and commerce across the digital ecosystem, from ideation to scaled implementation. Drive organizational adoption of new systems & processes to grow sales, optimize digital media effectiveness, improve content conversion and maximize ROI in our fastest growing channels.- Manage a dedicated cross functional team of digital experts to identify opportunities for digital innovation and support local market eCommerce and performance marketing teams to pilot & implement them.- Partner with marketing and sales functions to design global digital and eCommerce strategies that can then be adapted and executed in the markets, with a focus on Europe, Asia and Latin America.- Centrally managed the creation and operation of the B2C platform for Unilever Professional in India, The Netherlands and The Philippines.- Delivered >+30% sales growth CAGR while driving significant profit improvement (GM & PBO) across eCommerce.
  • Unilever
    Director, Ecommerce & New Digital Business Models
    Unilever Sep 2018 - Jun 2021
    London, United Kingdom
    Lead a business of >£200m retail sales successfully for over 3 years and created the strategy which allowed our sales contribution to the business to grow from 7% to 13%. Forged deep partnerships with Amazon and Ocado while they were going through a period of unprecedented change & growth. During this tumultuous time, I led the team to our highest ever position in the Advantage Group Survey.- Responsible for all account management and on-retail media and search activities across existing pureplay and omnichannel customers, while simultaneously building business with new customers and platforms.- Develop and lead a team of 24 members who work across account management, digital marketing, search optimization and content creation. - Serve as the Pan-EU Amazon lead for Unilever with responsibility for negotiating all Pan-EU agreements in coordination with the local market teams.- Leverage U.S. experience to implement new ways of working with key internal stakeholders to provide more visibility and faster reaction to the needs of the channel.- Member of the Unilever UKI extended leadership team, digital transformation team, customer development leadership team and the Unilever Global eCommerce leadership team.
  • Seventh Generation
    Director Of Category And Channel Development
    Seventh Generation Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
    Burlington, Vermont Area
    Leadership role responsible for Channel Strategy Development and Commercial Performance Management. I lead Integrated Long-Term Planning for our sales function, Channel Strategy creation and execution, functional training and development programs and the execution and implementation of our Net Revenue Management plans. Additionally, I owned the Sales leadership for the delivery of monthly and quarterly financial commitments to the leadership team.- Led the post-acquisition integration of Seventh Generation account management into the Unilever organization. This included the integration of talent, systems, customer terms and supplier contracts, as well as leveraging my brand expertise to educate the broader Unilever team about Seventh Generation and its products.- Managed the Sales Team commercial delivery within agreed investment levels to deliver consistent growth and was instrumental in developing our short-, medium- and long-term strategies that enabled us to serve our customers successfully and win share competitively since acquisition.- Despite significant organizational disruption, we exceeded sales targets (+105%) in first year post acquisition and landed our first distribution in Walmart.- Member of the Unilever North America Sales Leadership Team.
  • Seventh Generation
    Channel Director - Ecommerce
    Seventh Generation Aug 2015 - May 2017
    Burlington, Vermont Area
    Act as general manager with full P&L ownership for the Seventh Generation eCommerce business. Other responsibilities include:- Lead and develop a cross-functional team of 8 members who work across sales, marketing, packaging, analytics, account management, and supply chain.- Strengthen & elevate our relationships at key customers, including: Amazon and Quidsi.- Create the eComm channel annual and three year operating plan, and integrate with broader company planning cycle.- Oversee the development of the channel specific product innovation roadmap; channel marketing, supply chain, & sales strategies; and joint business planning process.- Designed and implemented an electronic minimum advertise price (eMAP) policy.- Share eCommerce expertise with the broader organization to ensure channel needs and opportunities are well understood.
  • Seventh Generation
    Director Of Customer Strategy & Planning
    Seventh Generation Aug 2012 - Aug 2015
    Burlington, Vermont Area
    Responsibilities include:- Lead and develop a team of 16 members who work across four sales disciplines- Commercialization of the marketing and innovation plan for all Seventh Generation categories- Oversee the development of the corporate category management strategy- Develop and refine trade funding architecture to enable company growth aspirations- Manage the shopper marketing function with a focus on integration with key customer initiatives- Support Top-to-Top and promotional planning meetings with top customers- Enable corporate financial planning by providing internal visibility of sales and trade fund forecasts on a monthly basis.- Act as sales lead on the Seventh Generation business unit leadership team
  • Kellogg Company
    Sr. Director Of Category Strategy & Business Solutions
    Kellogg Company May 2010 - Jan 2012
    - Lead key Category Management initiatives across all Kellogg Business Units with six direct reports and a total team of 10- Develop strategies and tactics for deployment to a field team of approximately 85 individuals for execution at the account level.- Received twelve Progressive Grocer Category Captain and Category Advisor Awards in 2010 and 2011- Member of task force that created strategic vision for developing and retaining top talent within the organization. - Responsible for the evaluation and implementation of any third party category management and space management tools (Nielsen, 5th Dimension, JDA, Aldata, etc.), and the development of all proprietary “in-house” solutions.
  • Kellogg Company
    National Account Executive (Stater Bros.)
    Kellogg Company Sep 2009 - Jul 2010
    - Develop and manage revenue pipeline to ensure goals are exceeded without sacrificing profitability.- Direct strategic selling opportunities by creating fact based sales presentations, developing common goals with account category managers, and offering them new sales options.- Regularly meet with Stater Bros. middle and senior management to ensure aligned strategies.- Responsibilities include selling in new items, maximizing existing distributions, developing, negotiating, and implementing sales promotions and business solutions that maximize profitable top line growth while not exceeding trade funds.
  • Kellogg Company
    Manager Of Team Sales
    Kellogg Company Dec 2008 - Sep 2009
    - Led sales team of six account executives responsible for sales budget of $95MM GSV across seven accounts. Exceeded 2009 budgets for GSV (105.6%), NSV (104.7%) and Contribution Dollars (103.3%) while staying within trade investment budget.- Re-structured sales team to ensure better efficiencies and utilization of resources.- Assisted in the implementation of Kellogg’s corporate strategies, customer’s business plans and penetration of retailers’ middle and high level management.- Developed and communicated marketing and sales strategies to internal account executives and ensured the successful implementation of these initiatives with our customers in order to meet sales objectives. - Acted as an escalation point for any problem resolution needed with all assigned customers
  • Kashi Company
    Catman Guru (Sr. Manager Of Category Strategy)
    Kashi Company Jul 2005 - Dec 2008
    - Created and executed all category strategies and initiatives related to the Kashi Company (13 categories) across all U.S. retailers (Food, Drug, Mass and Natural) and all Kellogg Business Units with sales of $421.1MM for 2007.- Influenced the future of the Natural/Organic segment in grocery by creating and presenting a roadmap to help retailers evolve with changing consumer purchase behavior.- Key member of the team that exceeded all of Kashi Company’s sales goals across all U.S. Retailers in 2005 ($197MM), 2006 ($266MM) and 2007 ($421MM).- Educated and trained team members and other key headquarters personnel on sales strategy and consumer/channel dynamics associated with existing product lines and the entrance strategies into new categories.- Consistently demonstrated multi-functional business knowledge, often teaming with key business functions, to develop innovative ways to approach issues in an entrepreneurial and team-oriented environment.- Initiated and influenced sales market research initiatives to ensure Kashi stayed ahead of its competition in terms of syndicated data, proprietary consumer research, third party research, and consumer loyalty information.- Created and maintained distribution priorities and merchandising guidelines for each of the Kashi Co. categories to ensure that field sales were focused on the right priorities.- Negotiated agreements with retailers regarding product acceptance and placement, plan-o-gram implementation, and increased promotional activities.- Managed the complex customer demands in the dynamic, high growth environment of the natural food segment and the Kashi Company (+36.2% CAGR 2005 - 2008).- Evaluated and forecasted M&A opportunities (3) and manage category management integrations (2) as part of the corporate acquisition strategy.- Awarded 2006, 2007 and 2008 Category Captain by Progressive Grocer magazine for the Natural/Organic Segment.
  • Kellogg Company
    Category Growth Manager
    Kellogg Company Jul 2003 - Jul 2005
    - Generated and presented relevant and innovative business solutions using shipment & consumption data, household panel information, and modeling and testing solutions to top Kellogg and retailer executives.- Built relationships at retailers based on un-biased, category focused analyses and use relationships to ensure retailer alignment with Kellogg goals.- Managed the achievement of Kellogg’s Morning Foods and Kellogg’s Snacks sales goals in Albertson’s four Eastern Divisions (combined value $163MM) and at Winn-Dixie ($82MM).
  • Information Resources, Inc.
    Manager, Client Service
    Information Resources, Inc. Oct 1999 - Jul 2003
    - Supported Category Management team and HDQ sales personnel for $6 billion Frito-Lay Salty Snack business.- Led annual category and brand review analyses for Frito-Lay’s senior sales staff.- Created and delivered presentations to Brand Managers and Market Research Directors incorporating IRI scanner, audit and consumer data, launch documents and financial data, advertising data, AC Nielsen consumer data, and SPINS data.- Received the IRI 2000 Outstanding Client Service Award for delivering exceptional insights and service to the Natural & Frozen Division.- Partnered with Kellogg’s Marketing and Sales teams to drive growth for $500 million Natural & Frozen Foods business.- Created ‘retailer-ready’ sales presentations designed to help Category Management accomplish various initiatives.

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Ken Mcfarland's current role is Head of CD Sustainability.

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Ken Mcfarland attended University Of Missouri Trulaske College Of Business, University Of Missouri-Columbia.

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