Celia Holt

    Food Industry Expert

    Dynamic and experienced NPD/Innovation Director, mentoring, continuous improvement and problem solving in Food & Beverage

    Expertise to take your FMCG Innovation/R&D teams to new levels, think big, behave entrepreneurially and introduce game changing platforms.

    A passionate all-rounder, combining expertise in leadership, team building, product innovation with commercial pragmatism and technical know-how to enable continuous change, through strategic clarity and creative solutions to drive the bottom line.

    Ex M&S Technical and Innovation manager
    Collaborating and Building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, major retailers manufacturers, online businesses, R&D centres of excellence and accademia.
    Experienced Retail brands and Top 100 brands developer.
    Spotting exciting opportunities for innovation, change and growth

    Experienced in:
    Product Innovation / New Platform thinking
    Product, Process & Packaging Food Science and Technology
    Project portfolio management
    Trends research, Insight & Ideas
    People planning/organisational design
    Innovation Capability Audit
    Business strategy & Implementation
    FMCG Retail/Manufacturing/Foodservice/Online/B2B platforms
    Interim assignments
    R&D/Processing Technologies
    Award winning Food industry Judge

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