Hungary
An experienced and high achieving group manager with a proven track record within FMCG in the UK and internationally. Successful start-up, acquisition & change management feature heavily in my history along with development, training and quality improvement. Financial & commercial awareness, with strong communication skills. Developing lasting relationships is at the fore with ability for strong and concise communication at all levels. Training and development of others is a particular passion from which I gain much self-satisfaction. Career Highlights to date: - Wrote an in-house training programme that was adopted by the Meat industry as an NVQ training programme for retail meat operations - Introduction of an in-house ‘auditing team’ that has gained international recognition - Introduction of an operating platform that manages all aspects of supplier management. Part of this system had now been adopted by a ‘blue chip’ retailer and many ‘blue chip’ suppliers within the meat industry - Project managed 3 international ‘new build’ factories within the meat sector - Introduced Meat service counters into the UK - Converted the meat business in Poland & Hungary from an in-store carcass operation to a Primal meat and ‘case ready’ operation - Converted 188 stores in the UK from a primal meat operation to a ‘retail finished case ready’ operation - Retail operations manager in the UK to introduce ‘hot deli’ departments into stores
Group procurement & Retail manager