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Co-Founder of the UK’s most awarded collagen brand. Taking Pura from its early concept amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 through to its eventual sale to Vector Consumer in 2024. Multi-departmental founder role including; - Creation of a robust supply chain model servicing UK high street retailers, E-Commerce & marketplaces and international markets. - New Product Development; bringing science-backed collagen solutions to the UK market and beyond, with several products securing multiple awards. - Overseeing all regulatory requirements, compliance, quality assurance and legal claims/substantiation. - Financial planning, analysis, MI accountability and day-to-day reporting. - High-level sales and account planning - curating and managing key accounts, maximising profitability by product, customer and channel and supporting triple digit YOY growth.

Sales management role focusing on business development across European wholesale channels whilst simultaneously supporting the establishment of EU vertical manufacturing and logistics.This role required very proactive customer account management & new account acquisition, the creation of joint business plans and marketing strategies on a per-customer/territory basis, financial planning & forecasting and creating & executing new business/product launches.

Management level role responsible for all commercial relationships between Quest Nutrition LLC and an established network of chosen distribution partners across Europe. This was a multi-skilled role that required focus on all aspects of the sales process - I was solely responsible for the development of all new and existing wholesale accounts; including sales, marketing, growth strategies, new retail & wholesale business. A critical part of this role involved the creation of US to EU supply chain strategies; from manufacturing & demand planning at an in-house production facility in California through to relevant export/import processes and in-territory regulatory approvals and customs clearances.Other responsibilities also included - actively pursuing new sales and growth opportunities for the brand, working closely with brand ambassadors and our US ambassador programme, organising European trade shows (and other marketing events), managing European customer JBPs, etc.

Assisting the sales director with the management of direct relationships with a network of Quest Nutrition European wholesale partners. Increased responsibility to include high level account management - expanding into logistics, European product compliance, US to European import/export, order processing, etc.

Sales Support role responsible for basic account management for Quest Nutrition's wholesale European accounts. The role involved order processing and tracking, general administration tasks for the sales team, qualifying new sales leads and regularly reporting sales data.