Independent Mental Health First Aid Trainer (MHFA Instructor Member) working with large corporates and SMEs to promote good mental health and wellbeing. Specialising in Mental Health awareness, Mental Health First Aid and cultural change in the FMCG sector

Crossroads Together are a charitable organisation providing support to unpaid adult and child carers throughout the UK. As a co Trustee, my role involved maintaining governance throughout a highly challenging period, replacing the CEO and bringing the charity to a successful merger

Two year appointment to launch a new, environmentally friendly, low cost, secondary packaging format into FMCG. Utilizing an innovative capex free servitisation funding model, I successfully built a profitable portfolio of major manufacturing clients who now enjoy the benefits of lower costs, improved efficiency and lower carbon emissions from their end of line packaging process without the need for any up front capital investment.

I worked alongside a group of invited business leaders from a broad range of industries including Banking, Retail, Automotive and Utilities, to advise the Institute on it's forward strategy for promoting Customer Service Excellence in the U.K.

12 month secondment to Premier Foods newly acquired subsidiary, Knighton Foods, to provide the strategic direction for a complete business turnaround. My three year plan centred around creating a customer centric culture where all employees are motivated and engaged in delivering the highest levels of Customer Service. I identified new product, market and distribution opportunities and created a commercial environment which rewarded free thinking and entrepreneurial flair, resulting in… Show more 12 month secondment to Premier Foods newly acquired subsidiary, Knighton Foods, to provide the strategic direction for a complete business turnaround. My three year plan centred around creating a customer centric culture where all employees are motivated and engaged in delivering the highest levels of Customer Service. I identified new product, market and distribution opportunities and created a commercial environment which rewarded free thinking and entrepreneurial flair, resulting in significant new business growth at the end of the first year Show less

Led a multi million pound portfolio of 'Top 6' Major Multiple accounts, managing a team of 10 across two divisions and four business units• Created two high performing effective teams• Directed the planning, negotiation and delivery of conditional growth business plans across four separate business units and seven different categories, resulting in single digit growth following four years of consistent decline and during a period of customer market share loss.• Created an ongoing… Show more Led a multi million pound portfolio of 'Top 6' Major Multiple accounts, managing a team of 10 across two divisions and four business units• Created two high performing effective teams• Directed the planning, negotiation and delivery of conditional growth business plans across four separate business units and seven different categories, resulting in single digit growth following four years of consistent decline and during a period of customer market share loss.• Created an ongoing collaborative business relationship with the customer, resulting in achieving recognised 'partnership' status Show less

Fully P&L responsible for a multi million pound ‘top 3’ multiple, managing a team of five Account Managers• Restructured the account team to gain greater alignment with the customer• Successfully negotiated multi category Business Plan agreements for two consecutive years, delivering agreed Customer, Shopper and Category focussed Strategies• Achieved single digit annual sales growth across two consecutive years through a period of significant change and business divestment

Fully P&L responsible for a multi million pound Brand and own label portfolio• Devised and delivered annual business plans for four years achieving a double digit increase in Sales and Margin• Created and delivered innovative promotional strategies to meet customer / manufacturer objectives, resulting in category leading growth• Winner of the 'Employee Recognition Award' for Category Strategy• Built 'best in class' relationships as recognised by the customerRetention and… Show more Fully P&L responsible for a multi million pound Brand and own label portfolio• Devised and delivered annual business plans for four years achieving a double digit increase in Sales and Margin• Created and delivered innovative promotional strategies to meet customer / manufacturer objectives, resulting in category leading growth• Winner of the 'Employee Recognition Award' for Category Strategy• Built 'best in class' relationships as recognised by the customerRetention and development of a profitable multi million pound Own Label business Show less

Provided consultancy and interim commercial management services in Sales, Marketing and Customer Service. Clients included RHM, Aimia Foods and Premier Foods

Created and led a new business unit to launch Aimia Foods into the Retail sector; built a Brand Partnership agreement with Masterfoods to create, produce and distribute the Galaxy / Maltesers hot beverage brands into the UK Major Multiple retailers• Fully P&L responsible, built a retail business worth c£9m turnover after three and a half years• Created clear strategies for product and packaging development and won the 'Starpack' Packaging Innovation Award for the Maltesers spherical… Show more Created and led a new business unit to launch Aimia Foods into the Retail sector; built a Brand Partnership agreement with Masterfoods to create, produce and distribute the Galaxy / Maltesers hot beverage brands into the UK Major Multiple retailers• Fully P&L responsible, built a retail business worth c£9m turnover after three and a half years• Created clear strategies for product and packaging development and won the 'Starpack' Packaging Innovation Award for the Maltesers spherical jar• Achieved 21.5% market share and 70% sterling weighted distribution for the Galaxy and Maltesers brands• Negotiated and won key own label supply contracts with Sainsbury's, Iceland and Morrison worth c£3m turnover• Gained ‘preferred supplier’ status with Sainsbury's following a factory fire and an extended period of major supply issues because of the way in which my team managed the situation • Devised and implemented the systems and processes necessary to trade in the retail sector • Negotiated a brand partnership agreement with the Colombian National Coffee Federation and the Colombian Government in Bogota for the launch of authentic freeze-dried coffee into the UK multiples. Gained distribution in Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda and Morrisons • Lectured on behalf of Marketing Week on developing Brand Partnerships and balancing Brands v own label Show less

Effectively Managed the launch of the Lego Star Wars range into all the major toy retailers.Managed our Brand Partnership agreement with Hasbro to create and deliver the 'Destination Star Wars' merchandising initiative across Toys R Us, Smyths, Hamleys, Tesco, Argos, Woolworths, The Entertainer and Toymaster