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London, GB

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

BESA is a trade association within the construction industry. Its members work across all elements of building and engineering services, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning. As the chief executive, my role is to lead the organisation to deliver value and benefit to our members, to enhance the reputation of the sector and to create a great.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Foodwyse was created to help food and drink SMEs implement some of the big ideas they really feel they need to - if only they had the time.Whether that is to develop their business strategy, formalise business planning, work on product development, create a marketing plan, or review their systems and processes, I can help.

Airdrie, Scotland

• Scotty Brand is an umbrella brand for good quality Scottish products and produce, with great values and an authentic provenance story.
• Led the growth of the brand from launch to its current value of £15M in 3 years.
• Delivered all 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial objectives.
• The brand achieved listings Regionally in Tesco and Nationally in Asda and Morrisons.
• Expanded the initial Scotty Brand concept from only fresh produce to cover a wide variety of categories – there are now over 30 skus listed.
• Successfully achieved seasonal re-introductions for all products.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Scotland Food & Drink is an industry representative / leadership organisation that was started in January 2008 as a public-private sector partnership - a membership organisation for the Scottish food and drink industry.
• As inaugural Chief Executive, built the business from a start-up to a position of leadership in the industry in Scotland. Developing a mutually supportive strategy that allowed each sector, including Scotch Whisky, to.
• Led the organisation to hit its initial 3-year business plan targets – in terms of revenue generation, membership and funding. Negotiated 4 years of future funding with a business plan for growth that will free the.
• Led the development and launch of the first common, industry-wide strategy, focussed on commercial results with buy-in across industry, organisations and government.
• Lobbied Scottish Government to adopt the “Scotland, Land of Food & Drink” tagline, now used at all national and international food and drink events.
• The food and drink industry had no common voice and was fragmented in its relationship with the public sector. Established the organisation as the main leadership body for the industry, engaging and influencing.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for all new product and packaging launches into the North West Europe territory (GB, Ireland, France, Belgium & Holland).Also a member of the Coca-Cola GB Operating Board.
• Led the commercialisation of Coke Zero - the largest, most successful soft drink launch in 20 years. Other products include PowerAde, Minute Maid and Diet Coke flavours. Also led the commercialisation of many low sugar.
• Led a multi-cultural team across five countries.
• Increased levels of innovation by 20% across multiple countries. Helped marketing teams’ focus on innovation and drove changes in process and behaviour - implementing Stage-Gate Process across the business.
• Recognising the need for partnerships, developed strategic alignment relationships with the Bottling Company across multiple countries and created a collaborative network of Technical / Innovations teams across.
• As a member of the Coca-Cola GB Leadership Team, helped lead the organisation to record results in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

London, United Kingdom

• Achievements
• Led GB to be the first country worldwide to have all manufacturing sites successfully meet new company Quality System requirements.
• Achieved all product and package quality targets, including the highest internally measured quality and lowest recorded consumer complaint levels.
• Following a restructure, fully recruited and developed the Quality TeamResponsibilities
• Assuring the Quality Promise of Coca-Cola to consumers at the 5 bottling sites in GB

London, United Kingdom

• Achievements
• Delivered over 30 product and pack launches, achieving volume and cost targets.
• Six proprietary package designs were implemented in glass and PET, two of which won industry awards.
• Delivered the first use of unique laser-coded numbers under can tabs for promotions.Responsibilities
• Responsible for implementation of new product and package formats from initial concept to implementation, ensuring fit with consumer needs, business drivers, costs and operational efficiencies.

London, United Kingdom

• Achievements
• Collaboratively engaged with two bottling sites to improve quality, reduce consumer complaints and improve monthly quality scores.
• Sites moved 25 places up global rankings to be top performing in Europe.Responsibilities
• Consulting with bottling sites on all aspects of quality improvement.

Durham, United Kingdom

• Achievements
• Developed and implemented a Mission, Vision & Values and delivered a significant change program on factory policies and behaviours.
• Developed shift managers to take more responsibility and be leaders not expeditors.
• Led the plant to the Investors in People award in less than 1 year and improved efficiencies to a 10-year high.Responsibilities
• Accountable for all aspects of Operations, Warehousing and Engineering; including output, costs, quality and capital planning
• Direct management of 5 managers, plus 140 staff in the factory

Slough, United Kingdom

• Responsible for all operational deliverables across 4 production lines
• Direct management of 90 staff

• Joined Mars as an Engineering Graduate Trainee.
• Training and development in technical and management skills.
• Experience in Engineering, Production, Finance, Marketing and Sales.

Beng, Electronic Engineering, 1St Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Officer Training Corps1st Class Honours - BEng in Electronic Systems & Microprocessor Engineering

Diploma, Company Direction

Activities and Societies: Diploma in Company DirectionDiploma in Company Direction