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Adrian Goh

Summary

A consummate business manager with over 16 years of experience within FMCG successfully working across cultures and sectors. Skilled in implementing strategic business strategies and consistently transforming company's turnover and profits, building quality relationships and adding value to customers.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

National Account Manager

Youfoodz Pty Ltd
03.2019 - Current

Youfoodz is a market leader in the supply of ready meals, beverage and healthy snacking products

Key roles and achievements:

  • Responsible for the overall business management of major grocery retailers including Woolworths, Coles and ALDI in a multi category environment that includes Ready Meals, Snacks and Beverages
  • Successfully developed Youfoodz business into Coles, Woolworths and ALDI achieving a national retail footprint for the Youfoodz brand and upscaling opportunities for the business
  • Expand Youfoodz presence with major's supermarket group developing it into a multi-category business resulting in business growth >10X
  • Responsible for P&L to ensure profitability of individual customers and portfolio margin
  • Effective management of Co-Op expenditure to drive growth and maximizing dollar impact
  • Successfully managed strategic relationships with customers to execute category and joint business plan
  • Oversee successfully NPD launches into major accounts through effective communications with both internal and external stakeholders, accurate forecasting and establishing effective interdepartmental relationships
  • Providing leadership and directions to customer service, territory managers and NPD team to achieve channel objectives.

National Business Manager

OneHarvest Pty Ltd
02.2018 - 01.2019

OneHarvest is a market leader and one of the largest suppliers of Fresh Cuts, Wet and Dry salad in Australia with an overseas presence

Key roles and achievements:

  • Responsible for the overall business management of key grocery accounts in Woolworths and ALDI
  • Effective business management and establishing excellent partnership with customers to achieve mutually beneficial commercial objectives
  • Maintaining existing business and developing new business with key retailers through effective category management
  • Adding value to through the development of category plans and conducting category reviews
  • Improving service levels with Woolworths and ALDI by effective forecast management to achieve greater accuracy and reducing OOS
  • Assist with the conceptualization at various stages of the company's NPD implementation efforts to drive innovation to key accounts.

National Business Manager

Capilano Honey Ltd
04.2017 - 02.2018

Capilano Honey is a market leader and the largest supplier of Honey in Australia with a strong international presence

Key roles and achievements:

  • Responsible for the overall business management of key grocery accounts of Woolworths, Coles, ALDI and Costco (approximately $70m)
  • Managed and improved promotional effectiveness resulting in improvement in company's incremental profits and increase visibility of Capilano brand as a market leader
  • Effective management of Co-Op expenditure to drive category share and brand growth within the category
  • Developed new business opportunity with Costco resulting in a 5% increase in revenue growth
  • Rebalanced portfolios mix through improved Private label business initiatives with a key retailer resulted in significant improvement in profitability
  • Improved service level with Woolworths and Coles by approximately 15% through improving forecast accuracy and structured internal communications with Ops team significantly reducing unsupplied rate.

National Account Manager

Trumps Pty Ltd
10.2013 - 04.2017

Trumps is a leading Brisbane Based Australian manufacturer of nuts, grains, dried fruits, nut mixes as well as a major supplier of health food products sold nationally across major grocery retailers

Key Achievements and Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the company's largest business with focus on Woolworths and Coles to ensure continuous expansion and development of new business
  • Achieve over 30% growth in sales turnover and over 4% increase in gross profit margin in 3 years
  • Spearheaded and successfully launched significant innovation into Woolworths establishing category leadership
  • Coordinated all NPD efforts and successfully launched over 40 Woolworths branded lines increasing turnover and profits
  • Successfully negotiated new business opportunities into Costco leading to increase penetration for the company's brands
  • Provided leadership, developed, and mentored a team of 2 direct reports to achieve and exceed business objectives.

Business Development Manager

Hussey & Co. Pty Ltd
10.2012 - 10.2013

Hussey & Co is an established Australian grower, supplier and exporter of baby leaves, salad mixes and herbs.

Key Achievements and Responsibilities

  • Successfully established meetings and built key relationships with relevant managers of all major supermarket chains within a short time frame
  • Successful established business partnership with ALDI and instrumental in the securing of national contract for the company
  • Successfully reach the business end of negotiation with major retailers
  • Create business and network opportunities with major retailers.

Key Account Manager/Marketing Manager

Yuen's Market Trading Co. Ltd
07.2005 - 11.2010

Yuen's Market is a major Queensland based supplier of Asian grocery and brand owner of Pandaroo, a popular Asian food brand with national distribution in major supermarket chains and food service sector

Key Achievements and Responsibilities

  • Spearheaded and introduced a new Asian snacks range into major supermarket chains leading to estimated 20% increase in revenue and achieve leadership position for that category
  • Improved Pandaroo's distribution from 2 states to national distribution and increased category market share by 2%
  • Contributed significantly to the growth of the company's food service business through successful negotiation of national distribution agreement with major food service distributors
  • Successfully negotiated distribution into Coles and Woolworths nationally through effective marketing and promotion strategy and increased brand share
  • Spearheaded the development of the brand's website and email marketing efforts which led to increase effectiveness in integrating promotional efforts
  • Successfully managed various ATL campaigns including TVC and radio campaigns leading to exponential growth in brand awareness and cut through
  • Successfully negotiated and concluded new agency agreements with leading brands
  • Provided leadership and mentorship to a team of 3 direct reports.| Page

Education

Bachelor of Business - Marketing and Advertising

Queensland University of Technology

Skills

  • Business Growth and Retention
  • Revenue Generation
  • Solution Selling
  • Sales Presentation
  • P&L Responsibility
  • Account Development
  • Microsoft Office
  • Strategic Planning
  • Circana, Quantium and Aztec Data
  • Multilingual - English, Mandarin, Cantonese

Timeline

National Account Manager

Youfoodz Pty Ltd
03.2019 - Current

National Business Manager

OneHarvest Pty Ltd
02.2018 - 01.2019

National Business Manager

Capilano Honey Ltd
04.2017 - 02.2018

National Account Manager

Trumps Pty Ltd
10.2013 - 04.2017

Business Development Manager

Hussey & Co. Pty Ltd
10.2012 - 10.2013

Key Account Manager/Marketing Manager

Yuen's Market Trading Co. Ltd
07.2005 - 11.2010

Bachelor of Business - Marketing and Advertising

Queensland University of Technology
Adrian Goh