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A multi-skilled, highly experienced, self-motivated, diligent, hands on, senior level, innovative interim consultant with over 35 years of food industry experience working across multiple sectors of the Manufacturing, Retail & Food Service Industry. A seasoned professional with experience of many production processes, including, high care / high risk, dairy and multi-component assembly. Direct experience of crisis management from factory operations to customer liaison. Experienced with BRC, third party and retailer audits. A proven team leader and people manager. A strategic thinker and strong leader with a team oriented and flexible management style who can show a consistent record of delivering challenging targets in tough markets. An excellent communicator, relationship builder and negotiator. Strengths include mentoring and supporting colleagues within the team and a real passion for coaching.Experience in Retailer Databases, budgetary control, staff management, business development, Retail sales and major customer account experience. Department restructures. Manage product development projects to a successful launch and ensure that the products in production remain of a consistent quality that satisfies the customer and consumer expectations. Highly organised and able to work within very tight customer and company deadlines.Skilled in Food & Beverage, Food Processing, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Food Science. Strong product management professional.Specialties: Process DevelopmentNPD - Recipe and Range Development. Pipeline Development. Food Factory Auditing (BRC, Third party & internal systems)Technical Support - HACCPLeadership thinkingKnowledge with Food & Beverage - short life chilled, frozen & ambient production.#NPD #interim #process #techsupport #FMCG #chilled #leadership #multi skilled

Listed skills include Food Manufacturing, Food Industry, Food Processing, Food Technology, and 26 others.