James Taylor
Commercial @Oakfield Foods
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WORK HISTORY
Commercial @Oakfield Foods
Commercial leadership role across global procurement, sales and account management *An amazingly dynamic business 🤝*Huge sourcing reach globally *Multiple product areas 🥔*Across a wide range of sectors; 🥘 -Including retail, B2B, QSR, hospitality & export
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ABOUT JAMES TAYLOR
I am an ambitious individual who has a combined 10+ years buying and selling experience in the Food industry across a wide variety of markets including prepared meals, meat & fish as well as ambient bakery for market leading FMCG business’Extensive experience as a leader across the food industry, managing and implementing corporate procurement strategies with a wealth of expertise in driving commercial and customer led best practices and maximising value from all commercial transactions. Consistently delivered outstanding results by designing and executing clear and effective strategies that enhance overall business performance through either implementing profitable strategies or leading and delivering exceptional value-for-money programmes. Thrives in fast-paced, challenging environments which require change and continuous improvement. Consistently achieving business set KPI’s as well as actively supporting my colleagues through coaching, mentoring or line management. Areas of Expertise:• Relationship Building: All my previous roles have been in high profile categories with huge levels of business importance meaning I have had to work closely with a range of different departments, senior stakeholders (up to board level) & a broad range of individuals to deliver against set objectives.• Commercial Delivery & Strategic Thinking: Consistently delivering business set performance objectives whilst having the ability to think outside of the box and challenge the status quo.• People Management: Whether it be coaching, mentoring, line management or peer group support I always make myself available to support and challenge the teams I work within. Engage with multiple stakeholders both internal and external• Industry Knowledge: Couple my analytic skills & strong business acumen with creativity & high level of industry knowledge both retail and manufacturing E2EInterests:• Love to keep fit and recently ran a 100k ultra marathon supporting three charity Mind. • Three of my go to television genres would be Food, Sport, and Nature documentaries• All things food, cooking, eating, and reading my vast collection of recipe books
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