Chris Penfold
Owner @Design Cognition Ltd
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WORK HISTORY
Owner @Design Cognition Ltd
We provide bespoke packaging & product development solutions. We help & partner product development companies who have no packaging development experience and larger companies, who have packaging development teams, but cannot cope during peak project demand. We provide technical packaging support to creative design agencies.We act as a \'virtual\' packaging development team.We have a team of specialists who can provide a bespoke service - from simple day-to-day artwork changes to full-blown project management involving complex structural development & tooling. We take ideas from initial drawing through prototyping and design verification & validation, to post-production launch. We have a technical competence & expertise in packaging design strategy, product development, management and delivery, outsourcing opportunities, process best practice, rationalisation, cost reduction programmes, sustainability and new ways of working to deliver top and bottom line business benefits, Far Eastern product & injection moulding tooling sourcing, development & supply. See more at:
EDUCATION
Thames Valley University Slough
Diploma - Institute of Packaging, Packaging Technology
Nottingham Business School
MBA, Postgraduate Integrated Management Development Programme
Thames Valley University Slough
Diploma - Chartered Institute of Marketing
SKILLS
ABOUT CHRIS PENFOLD
A self-motivated, achievement orientated, confidant and creative leader with a proven track record in general and technical project management. An approachable person, with an open & honest style, who likes to build relationships through mutual respect & trust.A packaging professional with over 25 years packaging development & NPD experience working on £million-brands in the pharma (Rx, OTC, GSL & Medical Devices), healthcare, FMCG, cosmetics, toiletries, personal-care and food arenas for ‘blue-chip’ multinational brand owners such as Glaxo (GSK), CIBA (Novartis), Boots plc, Reckitt Benckiser and Unilever.7 years recent experience running own \'award-winning\' packaging consultancy, including a team of structural and graphic designers and packaging technologists, providing support for a wide variety of clients.A Fellow of the Institute of Packaging (IOP), recent Chairman of the East Midlands Packaging Society and a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv).An MBA graduate and Chartered Marketer (CIM) with extensive cross-functional experience in a broad spectrum of related disciplines, including marketing, supply chain, QC and production. A multi-lingual \'International Player\' with experience working in various European countries, Middle East, North America & extended business trips to the Far East.Underpinned by proven interpersonal skills, the ability to make things happen and experience gained from independent consultancy projects, running my own business and coaching & mentoring a number of individuals & small businesses.Specialties: Technical competence & commercial foresight underpin expertise in design strategy and management, product development, management and delivery, outsourcing opportunities, process best practice, rationalisation, cost reduction programmes and new ways of working to deliver top and bottom line business benefits. Far Eastern product & injection moulding tooling sourcing, development & supply. A healthcare packaging & NPD specialist.
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