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Packaging Technologist - Fresh Foods @ Role: • Working closely with all functions with the category team to develop innovative packaging solutions to support the team vision and packaging strategy, using packaging to improve waste and increase the customer quality perception. • Working collaboratively with a complex supplier base, fully understand the implication of all packaging changes...

Packaging Technologist - Fresh Foods @ Role: • Working closely with all functions with the category team to develop innovative packaging solutions to support the team vision and packaging strategy, using packaging to improve waste and increase the customer quality perception. • Working collaboratively with a complex supplier base, fully understand the implication of all packaging changes across the end to end supplier base. • Ensure packaging consistency, including material specification and print, across a diverse, global supplier base for a product base of over 5,000 SKU’s • Project management across the Fresh Food business unit to ensure all packaging format and design changes adhere to the critical path. • Working with the packaging suppliers, scope and mould the future shape of packaging development to support the customer need, having an agreed technical innovation to differentiate the brand offering with all key strategic packaging suppliers Achievements: • Written and developed the “Packaging is an Ingredient” Technical Managers academy, to improve packaging knowledge and improve packaging quality across the own brand supplier base • Written the Codes of Practice for the Creation of Artwork • Created a Sealing Master-class to decrease the highest packaging complaint and waste issue. • Created the print supplier assessment tool From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) London, United KingdomPackaging Technologist - Produce & Meat, Fish & Poultry @ Role: • Working within the category teams to fully understand the complexity of the product supplier base and opportunities where packaging can support the delivery of the team strategy • Advise and support the category teams to build the packaging strategy, identifying and scoping format changes, including full feasibility where appropriate Achievements: • Implementation of the tray skin packaging solution across red meat and fish • Successful delivery of category range changes to the critical path • Promotion with a portfolio gain of Bakery and Meal Solutions From September 2010 to June 2014 (3 years 10 months) Procurement Manager @ Role: • Procurement Manager for all packaging for all retail customers. The role extends across multiple national and international sites, to ensure consistent supply, from appropriately accredited suppliers, at minimum cost for both UK and non- UK packed product. • Annual spend of c£8 million contributing to over £65 million of turnover. • Project management, implementation of successful packaging re-designs and “Peak period” execution, with emphasis on continuous improvement, stock obsolescence, waste control and cost. • Group leader for all packaging all packaging projects and tenders for the Mavuno Group. Achievements: • Produced and developed the World Flowers’ procurement strategy for packaging, enhancing relationships with the most competitive suppliers, whilst developing new strategic sources. • Responsible for savings over a 2 year period amounting to over £1m, representing a 33% saving on spend. • Initiated and developed Quality Assurance intake procedure, included packaging specification development to maintain consistency of product • Successfully completed six major packaging changes, minimising stock obsolescence across the supplier base whilst providing a supporting role for the retail client to facilitate on time range launches. Sign off of aspects of the range at the factory with the designer. From June 2001 to September 2010 (9 years 4 months) Bachelor's degree, Agricultural Economics, 2ii @ Wye College (University of London) From 1991 to 1995 Chichester High School for Girls From 1984 to 1991