Fostering key CPG relationships for business growth
Colin – Business Development Manager
Colin is a seasoned professional in the food and beverage industry with 18 years of expertise in business development, product innovation, and customer-focused solutions for nutritional and functional ingredients.
Relevant Skills
Expert in cross-functional teamwork for product commercialization and production safety
Expertise Summary
Colin is an experienced individual in the food industry–he worked in the nutritional beverages, functional and supplement ingredients, and proteins space.
Through the years, he has remained a customer-focused, entrepreneurial problem solver who aligns with senior leadership goals.
Colin has a proven track-record of 18 years in the food industry.
He transitioned from being a food scientist to leading a small team.
He’s currently in a Business Development role, bringing new customers on board.
In Colin’s most recent role, he handled a $17M nutritional and functional ingredient portfolio for beverages and has deepened the relationships with Global CGPs that will yield new business opportunities.
Colin worked cross-functionally with sales, marketing, engineering, quality, and commercialization teams for a top ingredients company.
He developed low-viscosity functional oats for beverage application, developed plant protein beverages with complete protein claim, which yielded $10M in new business, and trained and implemented SOPs for the beverage pilot plant to ensure safety during the processing.
Colin also worked full-time as a food scientist on an innovation team, developing value-added cheese solutions and NBE meal replacement beverages, cheese sauces, and puddings.
Colin resides in Baton Rouge, LA, and is seeking a Business Development Manager position with a growth-oriented company needing a highly experienced, entrepreneurial Food & Beverage professional.
