MY EXPERIENCE ...

Previously I spent 27 years with United Biscuits /pladis in their Global R&D team, most recently leading the Global Ingredients Expertise team in which I operated as the company subject matter expert for cocoa, chocolate and coatings. During that time, I led the ingredients value improvement program with a YOY £10M savings challenge. This was alongside leading all chocolate recipe development for McVitie’s, chocolate operational optimisation across UK/NE sites and all chocolate process training at their 30,000T/yr chocolate refinery and user sites.

During this time I worked on iconic chocolate brands such as McVitie's, Terry's Chocolate, Jaffa, Go Ahead!, Delacre, BN, Verkade, Ulker and Godiva.

Since 2018 I’ve run my own chocolate and cocoa consultancy supporting manufacturers in the chocolate, cocoa, confectionery, biscuits and cake categories on short, medium and long term projects to increase productivity, improve quality and minimise costs.

I now provide the following services :

Optimising manufacturing processes with regard to plant specification, commissioning, setup and ways of working
Identifying and delivering cost saving, cost avoidance and value improvement projects
Product quality improvement and issue resolution (including bloom prevention and hot weather heat resistance)
Developing chocolate sourcing and use strategies that bridge Procurement, Manufacturing and QA teams that minimise risk and cost
Providing tailored chocolate processing training and coaching to teams and individuals

Not only am I independent of chocolate and equipment suppliers, I have over 33 years of experience in end to end, sourcing, manufacturing, use and handling of cocoa, chocolate and compounds.

WHY I SET UP "Brett BEARDSELL CONSULTING"

In 2018 I set up my own consultancy to focus on what I'd enjoyed doing most in my Corporate life - helping chocolate and cocoa using businesses perform better, by increasing their profit, security, efficiency and quality through process optimisation and training.

I'm based in Poynton near Stockport in the UK and service the UK, EU and the world beyond.

Here's who I work with now –

✅ SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAMS & BUSINESS OWNERS – recommending strategic investment plans, assisting on new market entry, NPD or sales growth

✅ ENGINEERING BUSINESSES & CONTRACTORS - providing chocolate and cocoa handling expertise to ensure new plant specification, installation and commissioning projects, proceed smoothly

✅ MANUFACTURING TEAM LEADERS & TEAMS – improving production efficiency, reducing downtime, speeding up start-ups, specifying or commissioning new equipment or advising on best practice handling and distribution

✅ PROCUREMENT & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAMS – constructing, guiding, leading or assisting in the delivery of cost saving projects or wider value improvement programs, or constructing robust business continuity programs or individual material strategies

✅ R&D LEADERS – developing short, medium and long term R&D technical platforms including new technology scouting and development

✅ SQSE (SAFETY, QUALITY, SECURITY & ENVIRONMENT) TEAMS – troubleshooting quality faults (such as chocolate bloom or biscuit staling), generating quality standards or developing process control standards and documents

✅ FOOD AGENCIES & NGOs – providing insight into the industrial chocolate industry or driving collaborative, strategic ways of working

✅ LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT TEAMS – delivering focused, personalised coaching and training in chocolate handling, selling new ingredients into industry or collaborative and strategic working

So if you want to transform your business, take the first step and get in touch

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MY EXPERIENCE ...

WHY I SET UP "Brett BEARDSELL CONSULTING"

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