L to r: Kevin Smithson, Linda Brown, Mark Chance, Simon Stoten and Lisa Mullen
Border Biscuits has boosted its senior team with FMCG ‘heavyweights’ from the likes of Cadbury, Tesco and Genius Foods.
The Lanark-based biscuit manufacturer has hired for five new senior roles as it aims to ‘disrupt the snack market’ and strengthen its position UK wide.
Joining Border Biscuits are:
Mark Chance, sales director – He joins after a career at Purity Brewing, Cadbury and Tyrrells, and will spearhead Border’s ambitious market share strategy
Kevin Smithson, operations director – Smithson comes from C&C Group, maker of Tennents, having also worked at Genius Foods and The Jordans & Ryvita Company, to oversee the business’ refinement of its end-to-end supply chain efficiencies
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One of the UK’s leading premium biscuit manufacturers has unveiled former Cadbury, Tesco and Genius Foods heavyweights as part of a talent acquisition drive.
The five new senior roles herald Border Biscuits’ ambition to disrupt the snack market; strengthening its position UK-wide.
The hires come hot on the heels of new managing director, Paul Parkins, joining the independently-owned business in August 2020.
Joining Border Biscuits are:
Mark Chance joins after a career at Purity Brewing, Cadbury and Tyrrells, to take up the position of sales director, spearheading the firm’s ambitious market share strategy.
New operations director, Kevin Smithson comes from C&C Group, maker of Tennents, having also worked at Genius Foods and The Jordans & Ryvita Company, to oversee the business’ refinement of its end-to-end supply chain efficiencies.
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