Stuart Clark

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Delivering improved team culture, top and bottom line results, in FMCG, specializing in Innovation and New Product commercialization. @ Food Insight Consulting
Stuart Clark's Location
Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, Australia
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About Stuart Clark

I have delivered innovation and new products worth more than $400m through 650 plus launches in more than 24 factories, working for eight global and local Food and Beverage businesses across Food Service and Retail in AU & NZ. I have set up, implemented or optimised innovation and other business processes in each of the business I have worked in over the past 20 years, improving top and bottom line results, team alignment, cross functional engagement and operations performance.I have delivered top and bottom line growth in agile local businesses, where the idea to launch cycle can be two weeks and more than 100 products are launched a year, and in the largest global food and beverage business, with 18 month strategic cycles, requiring global alignment and resource allocation.I have worked on the shop floor and at the executive team levels, and can engage at all levels to improve business processes. I am an excellent communicator and collaborator, with strong commercial acumen. Ultimately we are in business to make money, I can help you make more, sooner. I can bring all these experiences to help improve your innovation results, through improved speed to market, reduced risk around new product commercialisation, better team engagement and alignment. Delivered growth on leading brands: Nestlé, Nescafe, MILO, Maggi, Arnott's Tim Tam, Shapes, Mars, Snickers, Dove, Skittles, Starburst, Raguletto, Chicken Tonight, Campbell's Soups, Birch & Waite, Allied Pinnacle in Food Service and Retail sectors.Areas of expertise: Innovation process improvement, Food and Beverage New Product Development, Agile Innovation, Business Process Optimisation, Project Management, FMCG, Food Service, Retail, Change Management.

Stuart Clark's Current Company Details
Food Insight Consulting

Food Insight Consulting

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Delivering improved team culture, top and bottom line results, in FMCG, specializing in Innovation and New Product commercialization.
Stuart Clark Work Experience Details
  • Food Insight Consulting
    Director & Principal Consultant
    Food Insight Consulting Sep 2020 - Present
    Ryde, New South Wales, Au
    See Foodinsightconsulting.com.au for my recent client list. Using extensive FMCG experience in global and local businesses to help your businesses accelerate innovation and commercialisation results through right-sizing business processes and engaging teams to grow top and bottom line.Consulting with businesses to help drive growth, improve business processes and save money.
  • Birch & Waite Foods Pty Ltd
    Head Of Innovation
    Birch & Waite Foods Pty Ltd Jul 2022 - Oct 2023
    Marrickville, Nsw, Au
    Delivered strong improvements in team performance and results. Led team of 16 delivering strong growth through customer focus and cross functional collaboration.
  • Allied Pinnacle
    Head Of R&D - Ingredients
    Allied Pinnacle Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
    Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Au
    Drove improved systems around innovation processes to optimise speed to market and overall commercial results.Delivered New Products in Food Service, Manufacturing Customers and RetailLed a team of 5 to deliver over 50 new products annually worth $30M, across bakery premises, bread improvers and fillingsMember of business leadership team, reporting to CEODelivered improvement on Return on Investment (ROI) on New Product Development (NPD), by developing cost target clarity and a constrained framework, reducing systematic and repeated failures and increasing quality deliverablesEnsured complicated major project covering 70 SKUs worth $25M in revenue was planned to be delivered on time and within budget, personally developing detailed project plan utilising detail planning and risk management project methodology and tools
  • Birch & Waite Foods Pty Ltd
    Head Of Innovation And Technical
    Birch & Waite Foods Pty Ltd Nov 2018 - Apr 2020
    Marrickville, Nsw, Au
    Applied LEAN and Six Sigma methodology to New Product Development (NPD) processes for commercial resultsDelivered New Products in Food Service, Contract Manufacturing and RetailLed a team of 8 to deliver over 100 new products annually worth $10M across premium mayonnaise sauces, dressings and desserts for own brand and customer brands (Hello Fresh, Harvest Fresh Cuts and Dominos)Empowered and rebuilt team spirit and culture, as well as resolved cross functional relationshipsPartnered with Sales and Marketing to create New Product Development and Operations toimplement improved Innovation processesMember of business leadership team, reporting to CEOIncreased Return on Investment (ROI) for product development team resource by implementing higher hurdle rates for projects, leading to fewer bigger projects delivering higher top line growthImproved New Product Development (NPD) launch success rate from 90% to 100%, by building higher levels of cross functional engagement and input into projects at kick off stage.
  • Nestlé
    Category R&D Innovation Manager - Dairy Category
    Nestlé Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
    Vevey, Ch
    Technical lead in creating and implementing I&R strategy and product pipeline as part of Leadership Team for $150m Nestlé Dairy Business Unit- extending and transforming MILO (Powder and RTD), Carnation and Nestlé Milks brands. Working globally and locally to deliver transformation in recipe, process and cost to loved consumer brands. Work globally across Nestle to secure resources from 4 R&D Centres to help deliver projects locally. Ensure alignment across Nestle on brand delivery to technical requirements. Lead international development team for products designed in USA, made in Vietnam for sale in Australia.Delivered three workshops that identified $20M savings and deliver $7m annually from Feb 2018 through LEAN value stream workshops across factories and head office.Part of Leadership Team that delivered increased staff engagement from 60% to 86% in bi-yearly surveys through role clarity, empowering, enabling and simplifying processes
  • Nestlé R&D Centre Singapore
    R&D Manufacturing Manager
    Nestlé R&D Centre Singapore Jan 2015 - Oct 2017
    I led teams across 30 factories to identify and deploy global best practices in manufacturing MILO and Nescafe Coffee Mixes, improving opertional performance and quality. Delivered two successful workshops (Philippines and Hungary) to define and deploy best practices, leading to significant improvements in productivity in 30 factories making MILO and Nescafe Coffee Mixes. Managed change to R&D Manufacturing Support team roles to lead identification and deployment of best practice globally, instead of responding to ad-hoc support requests.Transformed culture, processes and performance of R&D Centre Pilot Plant team of 17 staff into an equal partner in delivering product and process improvements. 33% increase in efficiency through optimised planning processes and ways of working.Led transformation of cross functional relationships (Manufacturing, Engineering and QA) and processes with R&D Centre, using LEAN and other structured problem solving tools. Local change management leader of global R&D restructure and realignment. Created globally aligned job descriptions and deployed in Singapore, managed communications of project to local teams.
  • Nestlé
    Category R&D Innovation Manager - Food Service (Nestle Professional)
    Nestlé May 2007 - Dec 2014
    Vevey, Ch
    Creating and implementing Innovation Strategy and product pipeline for $250m Nestlé Professional (Food Service) Division, as part of Divisional Leadership Team. Empower, lead and grow team of 13 in Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland to deliver NPD and process improvements / cost savings across 8 Nestle factories and co-manufacturers. Repaired crucial cross functional relationships between Marketing, Technical and Factory teams. Created branded and bespoke products in Beverage, Culinary, Frozen Bakery, Confectionery for Food Service sector and QSR customers. Manage $4m capex budget annually. Develop and deploy new technologies in conjunction with Nestle R&D centres. Launched $90m of NPD in Food Service channel.Part of Leadership Team that delivered increased staff engagement from 60% to 86% in bi-yearly surveys through role clarity, empowering, enabling and simplifying processes
  • Campbell Arnott'S
    Product Development Business Manager
    Campbell Arnott'S 2000 - 2007
    North Strathfield, Nsw, Au
    Lead team of up to 5 to develop and deploy more than 50 new products across Tim Tam, Shapes, and other iconic brands. Technical Lead on Divisional Leadership team, managing $200m business. Developed and deployed Stage Gate process for I&R in Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia.
  • Mars Confectionery
    Product Development Manager
    Mars Confectionery 1997 - 2000
    Mclean, Virginia, Us
    Manage team to develop new Dove Chocolate, Starburst and Skittles products. Technical lead on integration of Kenman Candy into Mars business.

Stuart Clark Skills

Fmcg Cross Functional Team Leadership Product Development Food Manufacturing Food Manufacturing Continuous Improvement Strategy Change Management Quality Assurance Food Industry Management Food Science Food Technology Confectionery Product Innovation Baking Food Service Research And Development Lean Manufacturing 5s Fast Moving Consumer Goods Food And Beverage Gmp Tpm Dairy Bakery Food Packaging Sensory Evaluation Ingredients Food Processing Business Process Improvement Business Strategy Project Management Innovation Management Creative Problem Solving Team Building Product R&d Multi Cultural Team Leadership Project Management Office Employee Engagement Stakeholder Engagement

Stuart Clark Education Details

  • Deakin University
    Deakin University
    Management And Operations
  • Western Sydney University
    Western Sydney University
    Food Science And Technology

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