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Featured Talent

VP of International Business Development

Looking for:

Permanent

Years of Experience:

20

Expertise:

Sales strategy development and execution

Olivia – VP of International Business Development

Olivia is a seasoned leader in the food, beverage, nutraceuticals, and supplement industries, with a proven track record of driving business growth, developing international markets, and securing key partnerships.

Relevant Skills

Product development and launch in competitive markets

Expertise Summary

  • Olivia’s 20-year career journey in the food, beverage, nutraceuticals, and supplement industries has uniquely equipped her with the skills and experience to excel in the VP of International Business Development role.
    • She has a proven track record of developing and executing successful sales strategies, as evidenced by the following key accomplishments:
      • As the Sales Director at a food company, she achieved a 4% increase in profit margin in 2023.
      • At a protein platform company, she developed a robust pipeline and moved key new opportunities to successful sales and product launches, despite a competitive market.
      • At another food company, she built strong product positioning and increased margin by 10% compared to budget targets and up 15% compared to the prior year.
  • Olivia played a crucial role in successfully introducing pea protein to the USA market, significantly increasing market share and revenue.
    • She secured multiple-year contracts, doubled the projected sales volume and revenue, and sold out the plant.
  • Olivia has a strong track record of partnering with the world’s largest brands and emerging companies, driving significant value creation, and contributing to research and development projects and product launches.
    • These projects encompass various functional attributes (flavor masking, stability and texture improvement, boosts, binders, fillers, enhancements, shelf-life extension, and fortifications) and benefits (gut, heart, and brain health, muscle growth, weight loss, clean label).
    • She collaborated successfully with various premier food and beverage companies.
  • Olivia’s experience living and working on two continents, coupled with fluency in multiple languages, has endowed her with a global perspective and a profound understanding of diverse cultural dynamics and challenges.
    • This has enabled her to effectively manage critical accounts in South America and select, onboard, and train distributors in Latin America.

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