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Driving the operational delivery of Innovation and Enterprise across the University of Bristol.

Working to establish a new Chemistry Industrial Partnership Manager role to support and boost collaboration between Bristol Chemistry and industry, government, non-profit and healthcare institutions.

Key Achievements and Responsibilities- Organised key fundraising events throughout the school year, ensuring effective cooperation of volunteers and school Staff to maximise limited resources.- Led the PTA committee, focusing resources on fundraising and parent communications, resulting in circa £15,000 profit per year.- Established effective working relationship with new Head appointed to the school after a poor Ofsted report in Jan 2019, opening up a valuable communications channel to parents.

Key Achievements and Responsibilities- Led the creation of the Brand Innovation Strategy across 4 key target audiences, linking redefined consumer needs to key retail business objectives.- Leading the creation and implementation of a new Innovation Process to deliver the Innovation Strategy objectives, driving the development of big bold ideas through the application of creativity tools and consumer workshops.- Developed new products ideas for delivery to market in line with the demanding timelines of the 9 promotional window product-led Marketing Calendar.

Key achievements and responsibilities:- Led the development and implementation of the KATI process, an Innovation Management Process for Kerryfoods, both within GB Brands and across the Kerry Group. This has been significant in linking the learnings of the Kerry Group Marketing Change Programme to behavioural changes, driving the shift from a commercially-led business to a consumer-led business.- Led the creation and implementation of the Innovation Strategies for Richmond and Walls, two of the business’ leading brands. This has led to a refocusing of resources within the business and generation of strong consumer-led innovation projects aligned to the redefined Brand positionings. Two of these projects are in the final stages of development for launch to market in October 2010.- Developed and delivered a series of Creativity Workshops across the Kerry Group, whose aim was to arm brand teams with the tools needed for new idea generation across all aspects of the brand mix. Following the success of the initial workshops, demand has led to a further two courses being planned for 2010.

Key achievements and responsibilities:- Led the fast track mix development for a new ‘Comfort Naturals’ range, with a 6 month lead time from concept to product on shelf, the shortest network ever to be delivered in the category. One of the variants in the range has gone on to be No. 2 in the ‘Comfort’ portfolio in the UK, with a 5% market share. - Prepared an agency briefing session that utilised a wide range of visual and sensorial stimuli to capture the essence of the target consumer. This was praised by several of the agencies involved as the best creative briefing they had ever attended and led to the development of the highest scoring TV Ad ever in Preview for ‘Comfort’.- Created updated packaging for the re-launch of the ‘Comfort’ concentrate range, with overall responsibility for artwork design and development of shelf-ready packaging. Ensured that key brand values and the latest shopper insight learnings were incorporated in the final executions.- Led the successful implementation of a project that increased profit margin via the reformulation of a Comfort variant. Convinced stakeholders in local countries and legal function of the feasibility of an approach aimed at minimising external visibility. Managed PR and legal risk by preparing documentation to support claims and justify the premium price.- Created a migration plan for the de-listing of a Comfort variant that minimised the risk to the €5M revenue attributed to the variant. Successfully sold this plan to the two most effected countries (UK and Portugal). Implementation of the plan resulted in less than 1% loss of revenue, significantly lower than the 5% target.

Key achievements and responsibilities:- Generated insights into the lives and attitudes of a key target audience (45+ age group) by means of a consumer connection day. Unusually, both marketing and technical teams were involved in order to link the centres of innovation with the inspiration.- Presented the findings from the +45 consumer work to the Dove Global Masterbrand Team contributing to the inception of the ‘ProAge’ campaign.- Led the design process for a new variant, successfully meeting the ambitious fast track network for the project enabling the Masterbrand launch window to be preserved.- Analysed and reported on the ongoing performance of Dove Deodorant and the launch of the ‘Silk Dry’ variant highlighting areas for improvement and promoting sharing of best practice. The learnings were taken on board in the implementation of the roll out across Europe.

- Led the screening work of new raw materials and contributed to the identification of lead options to deliver targeted new fabric conditioner benefits. - Liaised with external suppliers and presented the results to the Global cross-functional team and key stakeholders for the project, leading to agreement on the implementation of the lead technology.- Led the Tactile Activity, working to develop a rigorous approach to quantify the differences in the feel of various finishes deposited on fabrics and obtain consumer feedback on the different textures achieved. Identified that the results gained fitted well with work being carried out by another group and led the consolidation of the two approaches, maximising resource and technical expertise and focusing the workstream onto potential in-product use.- Line managed two individuals ensuring strong degree of motivation, development and delivery.

- 6 month temporary job taken in order to gain funds for 6 month world trip (Jul – Dec 2003)- Data entry, analysis and database management- Developed an understanding of the workings of a not-for-profit organisation.