Jim Shepherd

About Jim Shepherd

Jim Shepherd is an experienced and successful business leader that has lived in six countries and has called the US home for the last twenty plus years. After a career as a corporate executive at The Coca-Cola Company that spanned twenty-four years, he then ran a global $300 million food ingredient business at Sensient Flavors. Currently the COO at Trilogy Essential Ingredients, a private flavor company in Abingdon, Maryland. With his knowledge and experience as a leader, shaping organizations and expected to deliver the financial numbers he knows first-hand the difficulties and complexities of being a contemporary business executive.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer, Vice President

   Trilogy Flavors

   Jan 2022 — Present · Abingdon, MD, US

   Responsible for sales, marketing and manufacturing operations. Trilogy has been growing rapidly during the past few years. My opportunities are to build infrastructure and operating processes to take the company to the next level of performance, for today and to support our future growth trajectory. Develop strategies, and execute tactically, to take the business into new market segments; expand the salesforce; strengthen the marketing capability. Work the P&L to enhance margin structure, drive operating effectiveness and realize bottom-line potential.

Skills

• Food Science
• Segmentation
• Pricing
• Flavors
• Consumer Products
• Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Food Industry
• Management
• Innovation
• R&D
• Product Innovation
• Fmcg
• Product Development
• Sensory Evaluation
• Market Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Ingredients
• Marketing Strategy
• Pricing Strategy