DREW KIRK MCI Hort

• Management of NEW business focussing on sales to Food Service industry on Protein (Meat, Poultry & Seafood) Dairy & Eggs category.
• Launched NEW Meat brand - FARMISON presented by Pierre Koffmann exclusively for WELLOCKS.
• Develop & Manage NEW Frozen Retail opportunities for group.

• Engaged in client based activity across multiple platforms.
• Prepared high quality, detailed written materials including client correspondence, reports, speeches, presentations and research papers.
• Strong client base

- Bain & Co USA

- BIFFA Group Waste Management

- Baleigh Investment Limited

- Strong Vision Creative Display

- OMNI Sourcing Limited

- The Company Shop Group

- Myton Food Group

- Cavendish Solutions

- Disney Inc

- Arla

• Full category management for Fresh Produce & Horticulture division including.
• No2 to Fresh Food & Manufacturing Director reporting into Exec Board.
• Commercial responsible for c. £1.6bn sales, significant P&L & leading a team of 120 people.
• Director for William Morrisons Growers Limited & sole Director for BOS Brothers Fruit & Vegetables BV Holland.

• Full accountability for Farming business growing & packing core Vegetable & Combinable Break Crops across significant land base.

• Full category management of Fresh Produce & Horticulture.
• Significant P&L accountability with sales turnover £1.8bn.
• 12 month secondment as Group Technical Director covering ALL manufacturing site activities (Produce, Horticulture, Cooked Meats, N&DF, Wine & Dairy) & 8 global in-country offices.
• Worked closely with Jack Sinclair (WALMART VP Grocery) on sustainability projects, logistic mapping & social responsibility.

• Full site responsibility for an Organic Fresh Produce business leading a team of 60 operatives & warehouse operations.

• Full farm responsibility managing c 2,500 acres of Vegetable, Roots & Combinable break crops.
• Achieved BRC & GAP standard for the business.
• Landed 1st farm retail account with Safeway & then Aldi.

• Responsibility for co-ordination of stakeholder members production of Vegetables in the Lincolnshire area - Brassica, Potato & Onions.
• Retail facing to Sainsbury, Tesco & Safeway
• Located in Cornwall for 3 years developing early Potato & Onion production & harvesting of Brassica crops.