Halle, Flemish Region, Belgium
Leading and managing core sparkling product development team for EUG and Israel. • Successful implementation of project according to BP. Planning of different activities to ensure on time delivery of the projects. Making sure to meet consumers expectation and without market issues. • BU aligned 2-3 year pipeline with growth drivers from local, reapplication, and global innovations. • Provide technical solutions to enable broad acceptance of our portfolio and continuity of supply. Robust RCG program in place that answers the needs of regulatory, tax and consumers acceptance. Juice replacement strategy in place to protect core flavours of fanta without any impact for consumers and avoidance of out of stock situations. • Support supply chain simplifications and identify cost reduction opportunities. • People management: leading team of 6 people (planning projects, career and development plans in place, providing development opportunities (STE, specific projects,…), recruitment of new team members
Lead a diverse team of 5 people • manage and execute stills product projects according to BP. Categories included were hydration, tea, sports and coffee • Interact with BU connectors on planning of projects and collaborate on innovation pipeline • Collaborate with global R&D stills category leads Key Achievements • Launch of glaceau smartwater in GB. Adaptation of the recipe to meet European requirements on process water. • Launch of Honest fruity range in Europe. Europe was one of the first markets outside US to launch the honest fruity range. Identification of legally compliant ingredients, keeping in mind to have a sustainable supply for organic certified ingredients. • Launch of ViO Bio in Germany. Responsible for on time delivery of a new product category for the German market. Including, working on a pipeline of new flavours.
2006-2009: Product developer Juice category: development and reformulation of Juices and Juice drinks destined for the European market. 2009-now: Sr. Product developer Enhanced hydration category: development of glaceau vitaminwater for Europe/Eurasia & Africa & support global expansion of glaceau vitaminwater.