Brand Activity Manager Nutritional Healthcare Marketing (Mar 2009 to present) GlaxoSmithKline Maintained a clear vision of all project interactions across the Nutritionals NPD Portfolio. Mentored and coached Brand Mangers to ensure all PM tools are used effectively for risk management and delivery across all projects. 100% positive 360o feedback on all coaching, training and mentoring.  Delivered Project Leader training and MS Project training to cross functional groups. Consistently excellent scores received for delivery and content.  Completed, contributed to, or consulted on Gate Approval Documents for 2009 and 2010 NPD. Facilitated or managed all Joint Planning Sessions for projects I was involved in, creating robust challenging project plans. Cross planned significant milestones across the portfolio. Designed specific areas of new Business Process. Diplomatically influenced behavioural changes.  Active member of the team that simplified Gate Approval Documents and PM templates, and delivered the new Activity Management Process. Championed roll out of the process for which I received an Excellence Recognition Award. Project Managed the two significant NPD launches for 2009-2010, (Lucozade Energy Cherry: Flavour launch required to deliver £1M, which delivered in excess of £4.3M. Delivered on time in 6 months less than standard lead time. Lucozade Sport Lite: First to market Low Calorie Sports drink in the UK, expected to deliver £10M invoiced and £7.6M triple net sales in year 1) amongst other projects. Documented and reported progress of all Ribena and Lucozade projects by developing and maintaining trackers for key milestone tracking and communication. Communicated to all business levels. Simplified and improved packaging specification process, including agreement of cross functional roles and responsibilities.

NPI (New Product Introduction) Coordinator (Jan 2006 to Mar 2009) GlaxoSmithKline Managed the Implementation of New Products and Changes to Existing Products (Responsible for an average of 900 component changes per year, resulting from c.320 SKU’s)  Project planning and delivery of site and market NPD for several oral care brands, including Aquafresh. Ensured Product Compliance from Factory perspective. Investigated Deviations, both within the manufacturing process and as a result of Market Deviations, including leading PIRC’s (Product Incident Review Committee). Process improvement within NPI process, including project that delivered my OE Green Belt Accreditation. Lead on preparation of STP’s, investigations and Quality audits. Led Key Global NPD projects from a site perspective eg. Relaunch of Aquafresh (Phoenix and Monty 2.5)