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Wilmar
- R&D Manager
2015 - maintenant
Setting up of Wilmar Innovation Center 2 in Singapour
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Aalst Chocolate Pte Ltd
- Vice President - Food Service
2014 - maintenant
Core responsibility :
> Business development for Food Service - Patissier brand
Inclusive of :
- Support to existing distributors and development of new partnerships in countries that do
not distribute Patissier brand yet
- Improvement of sales team knowledge, and skills on chocolate Food Service markets and
products
- Management of Sales team to help them achieving their targets on their respective markets
- Rationalization of existing portfolio of Food Service products to optimize margins and volumes :
* Consolidate markets product offers and orders to manage higher competitiveness
* Manage orders seasonality and planning to align production volume, aging of product
as well as logistics with distributors/customers needs
- Management of Food Service-related marketing plans and material in cooperation with
Marketing department
- Building and maintaining active cooperation with Marketing and R&D to increase visibility and
relevancy of Patissier brand on all markets
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Aalst Chocolate Pte Ltd
- Head of Technical - R&D
2012 - 2015
- Develop and manage all Innovations and New Product Development plan and projects to align with Company’s overall Business Strategy.
- Manage all innovation and product development projects from cost reliability manufacturing and commercialisation.
- Aid Business Units to improve business growth processes, to deliver the benefits and gains in business performance, resulting from R&D programmes and activities.
- Train and develop key employees to increase effectiveness of the innovation and product development teams.
- Develop, deliver and manage the implementation of structured plans to meet agreed timelines in line with regional strategic needs
- Support different business units by improving savings margins for projects
- Develop and implement processes and procedures for research and development daily operations
- Support marketing team in development of new products and provide technical support
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Laboratoires Phosphotech
- Country Manager - Eastern Europe & Asia
2011 - 2012
Business development :
Proactive development of customers portfolio
Establishment and development of distributor contracts with Australia, South Africa, Taiwan, China, Bulgaria, Moldavia, Romania, Vietnam
Contract review and negotiation for policy compliance with customers
Follow up on contracted distributor for the good promotion and marketing of the products on their markets
Marketing and communication projects for bio-active ingredients sales development :
Interaction with graphic and printing companies for advertisement elaboration and promotional events on fairs and business conventions
New products development project management between R&D and Asian customers
Management support for the growing structure and procedures :
Internal organization support, audit suggestions, regular support to logistics
Procedure elaboration for information flux
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CSIRO, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
- Assistant Project Manager
2010 - 2010
Research institute (6 months)
Canola oil bodies project :
- Increase of canola oil body yield
- Chemical and physical characterisation of canola oil bodies
- Evaluation of oxidative stability
- Applicaton of canola oil bodies as food ingredients
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ANOVA Food BV, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Quality Consultant
2009 - 2009
Business to business supplier of seafood (3 months)
- Review and improvement of the existing Quality document : Hiep Thanh already certified for ANOVA TRACE PANGA.
- Set up of a QMS based Quality system for Hiep Thanh Pangasius Farm .
- Preparation for the Global GAP Certification
- Audits and review of ANOVA Food Hiep Thanh Pangasius factory, feed suppliers, cool store contractors and other farms.
in partnership with : Hiep Thanh group, Can Tho, Vietnam
Fish processing factory and farm
I also took part to a working group for the elaboration of a WWF standard on Pangasius aquaculture (Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue). It consisted of reviewing public comments and advices for the future standards. (Ho Chi Minh city, August the 5th and the 6th, 2009).
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Lantmännen Cerealia, Malmö, Sweden
- Operative on a packaging line
2008 - 2008
Milling division of the Lantmännen group (2 months)
Filled flour bags from 350g to 650kg. Took part in the anti bugs fight plan and cleaning work. Reviewed quality and hygiene in the production department and made oral presentations to management team about it.
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ADM Cocoa B.V, Koog aan de Zaan, The Netherlands
- Technician in R&D department
2007 - 2007
Cocoa processing company (2 months)
Took part in the development of a new organic chocolate, from the tests on raw materials to organoleptic tests including lab tests, pilot production and cooking of products including that new chocolate in their recipes.
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Classic Couverture Ltd, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Technician in the quality department
2006 - 2006
Chocolate company (3 months)
I helped the quality team in checking batches to agree their release. I also made a presentation of the different lines for new employees, and trained temporary employees to the quality tests. I wrote a procedure to calibrate thermometers and helped the quality team to file documents and product samples. An audit preparation was also a task I was called to help to.
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Intermarché, Les mousquetaires, Noyant de Touraine, France
- Receiving clerk/ Order clerk for food products
2004 - 2004
Summer job (2 months)
Receiving clerk/ Order clerk for food products.
