Delia LAURENT
Innovation Engineer Europe, Sunny Delight Beverages Co.
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Manage people & projects to launch healthy and 'yummy' beverages or foods
Continue to evolve within an international environment
Wide experience in the development & industrialization of various beverage categories
Exposure to packaging development, EU beverage regulatory, ingredients quality, costs & sourcing, filling technologies, project management
Languages: French, English, Spanish
BARCELONA - SPAIN
Beverages & packaging development & industrialisation for Western Europe & International Expansion according to marketing, legal, production, time & costs requirements
Line extension of the Core Brand fitting the current production scheme
Reformulates Core Brand & develops new products & packages (PET) involving co-packers & different production models
Supports regulatory, procurement, quality & production functions, trouble shooting
Pro-active projects, support of new business development
Manages one Packaging Developer & one Beverage Technician
2004 - 2005BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
In charge of all new beverages developments & reformulations for Spain & Portugal & Energy Drinks for Europe
Reformulations & line extensions incl. Core Brands, Diets, Bitter, Sport & Energy Drinks
Development of new products incl. Juices, Milk, Soy, Antioxidants, Herbal Extracts, Tea & Cocoa
Managed one Beverage Technician
2003 - 2004BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
Involved in a cross-functional optimization program
Saved 1.2M$ through reformulation of Core Brands
Managed one Beverage Technician
2002 - 2002BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
Supported Account Managers in reformulation & trouble shooting
2001 - 2001AVIGNON - FRANCE
Development of a range of beverages for private labels