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Sydney, Australia

Sales Director and member of ANZ's Consumer Sales Organization Leadership team for Devices and Creativity portfolio, responsible for leading the Partner Account team in the delivery of Revenue and Device objectives through Managed Retail and Distributor channels across Australia and New Zealand.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Leading the Customer Strategy creation and delivery of JnJ's consumer division for Personal Care, Health Care and Self-Care in the Australian Grocery Channel through a team of 12 National Account Manager's and 41 Field Team members in the grocery Chanel.

Sydney, Australia

Following completion of contract moved to full time leadership of the Customer Management team across the Australian Pharmacy and Grocery Channels.

Sydney, Australia

Following exponential business growth, contracted to support the building of business capability by leading the delivery of 4 cross functional streams in (i) delivery of Global S&OP blueprint across the ANZ organisation; (ii) overhaul the Promotional Management process and supporting tools, (iii) review and implement a new Route to Market Design across the.

Auckland, New Zealand

As New Zealand's senior leader leading Unilever's Homecare, Personal Care, and Foods business across Grocery, Variety, and Out of Home channels. Held direct oversight for the Category, Account, and Field team functions of 40+ team members with further indirect accountabilities for Finance, HR, and Demand Planning.Successfully broke the boom-and-bust.

Sydney, Australia

Selected to report directly to the ANZ board and manage four simultaneous organisational design projects. Achievements included a restructured Customer Development ANZ Organisation affecting over 250 people, revitalising the Unilever Field Team through a third-party outsourcing to enhance agility and cost-efficiency, and collaborating with Deloitte to gain.

Sydney, Australia

Returning to Australia to lead the Unilever Foods Business plan in Woolworths (A$203m RSV) of 7 different categories spanning 4 different Woolworths buying teams. Focused on re-established engagement and extending thought leadership by investing heavily to redefine and clearly articulate category strategies and execution priorities to successfully reverse.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Led Unilever Thailand’s the newly established Customer Marketing department for tasked to unlock Channel/Retailer insights built on shopper missions to deliver a differentiated channel strategy. Developed and managed market executions across 8 different retailers/channels, including Hypermarkets, Supermarkets, Convenience stores, and Drug Channels with.

Hi Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Led the Unilever Vietnam Modern Trade team of 51 Head Office and a 3rd party field team of 500, successfully exceeding turnover and gain record market share for two consecutive years. Approaches developed to manage relationships and steer new ways of working were widely recognised as global best practice through the forging of strong and trusted.

Sydney, Australia

• Snr Category Manager, Personal Care & Homecare, Sydney (5/2008–10/2008)
• Snr Category Manager, Foods (1/2007–4/2008)
• Category Manager, Hot Tea & RTD (7/2005–12/2006)
• Customer Manager (Woolworths), Hot Tea & RTD (7/2003–6/2005)
• Assistant Category Manager, Savoury (1/2002-6/2003)
• Customer Assistant (Woolworths), Foods & Beverages (1/2001–12/2001)

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Marketing, Economics And Management

Majors in: Marketing, Economics and Management

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