Direct exposure to both the grower and retail sections of the technical business.Supplier section; scouting new opportunities in citrus supply and varietal development, plan and implement an audit programme and verifying current supply base with regards to food safety and legality.Maintaining relations with our current supply base – Offering advice and steering groups to ensure smooth UK supply.Customer section - driving new opportunities and projects to the customer base to increase sales and decrease customer complaints. Ensuring clear commercial and technical KPIs are delivered.

Ensure the effective implementation of annual supply plans and volumes to our supply base and negotiate commercial terms to ensure the best result is maximised and within a price structure that will meet corporate profit targets.Develop and sustain effective relationships with growers, clients and competitors so that and effective source of market intelligence and issues that may affect supply or price is understood.Identify in conjunction with suppliers new product development opportunities that will maintain a competitive advantage in the market placeCreate new ways of working to improve efficiency, enhance customer offer and provide a more efficient service.

Supply based lead auditor covering BRC, F2F and standard auditing. Customer faced technologist

Manage day to day over 20 QC's and implemented training and progression