Consultant And Principal
Tikatrace Limited
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Tikatrace Limited
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Consultant and Principal
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Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Stephen Thomas is listed as Consultant and Principal at Tikatrace Limited, based in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Stephen Thomas.
Stephen Thomas previously worked as Consultant / Principal at Tikatrace Limited and Global Variety Analysis Manager at Zespri International. Stephen Thomas holds Diploma Of Business, Marketing from University Of Auckland.
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Stephen is leading the development of digital twin technology for agriculture in Nextspace Ltd. Applying 26 year’s of experience with kiwifruit to deliver user fully customisable, easy to use digital twin solutions for production planning, traceability, compliance, industry governance and research.
Listed skills include Supply Chain, Food, Customer Insight, Business Analysis, and 19 others.
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Tikatrace Limited
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Consultant / Principal
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Tikatrace Limited
Tikatrace Ltd. provides consulting services to NZ export related companies. Projects delivered include designing and implementation of consumer research into products and packaging, retail distribution studies, market analysis and supporting business development proposals. Customers include ZESPRI Group Ltd., A S Wilcox & Sons Ltd., NZ Hothouse, Golden.
Feb 2014 - Present
Global Variety Analysis Manager
Identification and evaluation of new and commercially produced kiwifruit cultivars in China. This work also included the identification of potential relationship partnering in China for supply. Extensive travel through Chinese provinces was required to identify and evaluate business opportunities.
Aug 2012 - Jan 2014
Operations - Tokyo, Japan
Working in conjunction with existing functions of the Japan and other Asian offices, my responsibility was for the introduction of ZESPRI's new product developments. At the time ZESPRI was launching 3 new kiwifruit varieties. It had been 10 years since the previous launch - ZESPRI(r)Gold Kiwifruit (Hort16A) which I had also been heavily involved in.
Aug 2009 - Jul 2012
Global Optimisation Manager
Tasked with financially optimising the allocation of ZESPRI's NZ$1billion+ kiwifruit supply. This required the coordination of sales, logistics and strategic functions to optimise the allocations by market of each years crop, and manage changes in allocations during the year subject to changes in performance, supply constraints, financial considerations.
Jan 2006 - Jul 2009
Business Analyst
Responsible for sales and supply planning for ZESPRI's European kiwifruit operation.
Apr 2002 - Dec 2005
Global Category Manager
Global responsibility for ZESPRI(r) Gold Kiwifruit development. This was the first gold kiwifruit to be launched in global markets. Sales started in 1998 and by 2001, sales had reached NZ$100m at premium of over 30% to ZESPRI Green Kiwifruit in the markets. This variety changed the kiwifruit industry globally.
Jul 1992 - Mar 2002
Research Analyst
Cm Research Auckland
FMCG Questionnaire design for monitors and ad-hoc consumer studies, data analysis and result presentations.
Jul 1990 - Jul 1992
2 education records
Stephen Thomas education
Diploma Of Business, Marketing
Bachelor Of Horticultural Science, Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Massey University
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Stephen Thomas is listed as Consultant and Principal at Tikatrace Limited.
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Stephen Thomas is based in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand while working with Tikatrace Limited.
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Stephen Thomas has worked for Tikatrace Limited, Zespri International, and Cm Research Auckland.
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Stephen Thomas holds Diploma Of Business, Marketing from University Of Auckland.
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