A self-professed foodie with a genuine passion for the industry. I have extensive experience in the fields of chilled manufacturing and retail within product development field (NPD). Throughout my career I have not been scared to challenge the norm and drive creativity within my employers which has resulted in record sales in a number of line's that I have spearheaded. I have developed a very strong business acumen and possess excellent management and interpersonal skill I am very proactive, and have the ability to engage at all levels in an organisation. I have experience in presenting to small and large groups in an engaging way.

Senior Food Development Manager @ Accountable for the sweet and savoury category worth in excess of £166m Lead and support the development team on the delivery of seasonal campaigns to the business. Presenting rational and financial benefit to get sign off with UK & I Exec Food team management ensuring clear objectives and targets. Mentoring wider team Responsible for strategic food category plans to drive the food offering forward using consumer insight Responsible for UK & I policy on health & well being and sourcing, engaging and signing off with UK exec Supplier management for category launches; briefings in line with strategic direction; quarterly reviews and objectives From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Costa Cofee - UK & Ireland Savoury Development Manager @ Accountable for the savoury food category (panini, toasties, wraps, salad, cold eat sandwiches) from concept to launch currently worth over £80 million in sales and £30 million in volume (retail business) -Driven LFL growth in savoury of +5.8% in units and 7.6% in £ vs total food at 4.8% LFL units and 7.1% sales -Personally developed a sub category of toasties in two years that delivers over £30m of sales driving LFL growth of +5% -Recognised by the “Free From Industry” for the development of savoury gluten free product which resulted in increased penetration from 6% of savoury sales to 8% within the wrap category -Turned around the panini category from decline to positive growth by working cross functionally with insight team on consumer research and applied learnings to product development From September 2012 to August 2015 (3 years) development manager @ -Lead, direct and support both Boots/Costa “Food to Go” accounts worth up to £30 Million -Responsible for the concept to launch process for Boots and Costa Coffee -Sourcing of new raw materials to correct brand standards, price and procurement strategy which resulted in a number of savings -Briefing of market research companies to gain insight onto consumer behaviour to be used within development projects -Managed a team of two food technologists and one placement student Key Achievements - -Increased company share of the boots account from 60% to 64% -Developed a unique piece of wrap packaging that enabled Buckingham to gain the entire Boots wraps range -Rebuilt the costa account post tender by addressing feedback which resulted winning addition line outside panini From January 2008 to September 2012 (4 years 9 months) Milton Keynes, United KingdomHome Economist @ Day to Day management of consumer kitchen Consumer reserch to ensure all products were right for the Tesco consumer Recipe development for Food Club Magazine, Dot Com and marketing material Cookery Demonstations at the Good Food Show Key Achievements -Successful launch of Food Club Magazine with an “Ask Hannah” section, food road shows and radio work -Setup of children’s cookery and workshops within local schools to teach basic food knowledge and cookery. This linked into charity work for Great Ormond Street Hospital where I hosted a ‘Nosh for Gosh’ gala dinner. This raised 10k for the hospital and all the food was cooked by the children of St Joseph’s School From July 2004 to January 2008 (3 years 7 months) Graduate Training Scheme - Development Technologist @ Key responsibilities included coving all stages of the NPD process from market place review to launch In attention I receive graduate management training, work cross functionally to gain understanding in strategic place analysis as part of the fast track management scheme From February 2004 to July 2004 (6 months) Process Development Technologist @ Key responsibility was to ensure the successful transfer from development to factory of Tesco ready meals. Key responsibilities included -Factory trials -Updating and creating accurate factory paperwork -Ongoing product quality reviews with internal teams and customer From May 2003 to February 2004 (10 months)

2.1, Home Economics @ Liverpool John Moores University From 2001 to 2004 Hannah McKay is skilled in: Food, Product Development, NPD, Food Industry, FMCG, Negotiation, Food Science, Management, Food Manufacturing, New Business Development, Strategy, Bakery, Quality System, Operations Management, Supply Chain