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COVER STORY
Take inventory of your most
important asset--people
 January is the start of a busy job-hunting season for executives looking to change employers. That makes this an ideal time to see how your recruitment, retention, compensation and benefits stack up against the competition.
“These metrics are vital,” says Michael Carrillo, president of CPGjoblist, the industry’s leading recruiting services firm. “Human capital is the most precious asset any company has—once good people are gone they can be expensive or even impossible to replace.”
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NEW YEAR’S SPECIALPurchase a "3 for 2" job package and we'll pay it forward by giving a free job to another company referred by you. When the new company uses their free job, you'll get a free job too. Call Michael Carrillo at (626) 535-0143 to claim your sweet deal. Lucy Howng Product Development
San Francisco
EXPERIENCE
Creative, effective product development manager and consumer researcher with experience working for top consumer brands, including Mars Incorporated’s Pedigree and Cesar. R&D product manager for $100 million-plus brand with extensive experience taking ideas from concept to implementation. Excellent organizational, leadership and communication skills. Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative consumer research methodologies, including ethnographic research, focus groups, surveys and statistical analysis. Trained food scientist with experience developing leading food products.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Translated consumer insights into more than one hundred new concepts for Mars Incorporated’s brand portfolios. Identified consumer needs using syndicated data from IRI and internally gathered research from focus groups, CLT’s, online surveys and ethnographies. Linked rapid prototyping with consumer feedback to streamline product development cycle, which increased innovation and speed-to-market for such products as WholeMeals. Worked with cross-functional teams to ideate, write product specifications, develop product prototypes and implement new product ideas.
RECENT POSITION
Product Developer/Product Innovation Team
Mars Incorporated, 2002-2006
EDUCATION
M.S., Product Development Engineering, University of Southern California
IN HER OWN WORDS
“I am looking for a position that will utilize my ability to dig for consumer insights and translate these insights into meaningful products. My creativity and strong technical background helps drive new product ideas forward.”
CPGJOBLIST APPRAISAL
“Lucy combines creativity with a profound knowledge of consumer markets, research methodologies and product development. Her high-level industry experience and advanced education and track record in product design and engineering make her a prime candidate for any product development team.”
Posted 1/2/07 by CPGjoblist. Contact Michael Carrillo for a free referral to this candidate, (626) 535-0143.
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DIVERSITY NEWS: The November issue of DiversityInc magazine recommends five studies that make the case for diversity ROI. The studies are: “Does Diversity Pay? Racial Composition of Firms and the Business Case for Diversity” (Cedrick Herring, University of Illinois, Chicago, 2006), a survey of 281 firms that shows “a positive relationship between racial diversity and the bottom line;” "Racial Diversity, Business Strategy and Firm Performance: A Resource-Based View" (Orlando Richard, University of Texas at Dallas, 2000), which demonstrates a link between diversity strategy and productivity, ROE and perceived market performance among 574 banks; "Individualism: Collectivism and Group Creativity," (Barry Staw, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and Jack Goncalo, Cornell University, 2006), a field study of university students that demonstrates that teams that value individual uniqueness produce more innovative ideas; "Cultural Diversity at Work: The Effects of Diversity Perspectives on Work Group Processes and Outcomes" (David Thomas and Robyn Ely, Harvard Business School, 2001); and "Competence Level Diversity and Interpersonal Helping in Teams: Why Those Who Need the Most Help End up Getting the Least" (Stuart Bunderson, Washington University, et al, 2006). For more information on diversity research visit DiversityInc.
MONEY MATTERS: The core rate of producer inflation jumped 1.3 percent in November, the largest increase since 1974, and 2 percent overall. The increase in wholesale inflation was led by increases in the cost of light trucks and energy. “The gain partly explains why Federal Reserve policy makers maintain the view that inflation risks remain a threat to the economic expansion,” Bloomberg reportsU.S. food and beverage stores posted a 7.1 percent sales increase in November 2006 compared to November 2005. Grocery store sales rose 6.3 percent. The increases were the largest since March 2005, according to Census figures reported by Stagnito Daily BriefStarbucks is closing coffee stands in Chicago-area Jewel grocery stores early next year. Jewel competitor Dominick's Finer Foods will be adding Starbucks outlets, Crain’s Chicago Business reports.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: For the Fancy Food Show, Jan. 21-23 in San Francisco; RFID, Deploying Your Item-Level Tracking System, Jan. 22-24 in Overland Park, Kansas; the 2007 Annual Meat Conference, Feb. 18-20 in Orlando; Best Practices Category Management Conference, February 20-23 in San Francisco; Refrigerated Foods Association Conference & Exhibition, Feb. 26-27 in The Woodlands, Texas; and the World Floral Expo 2007, March 14-17 in Miami. See CPGjoblist’s Calendar for more events and updates.
ON THE MOVE: Unilever announced that John Rice, president Americas, will retire in March after 25 years of service. He will be replaced by Michael Polk, currently group vice president and president Unilever United States. Polk joined Unilever in 2003 after 16 years at Kraft FoodsThe Kellogg Company has promoted Jeff Boromisa to executive vice president, Kellogg International, and named him president of the firm’s new Asia Pacific region. The region includes Australia, Asia, and South AfricaAlcoa Inc. has appointed Jeffrey Kellar president of its Alcoa Flexible Packaging businessChas Stoker has joined Buxton as CommunityID territory business managerOzburn-Hessey Logistics appointed Michael Fountain president and CEO of newly acquired Bartcho International...Send your company news to editor@cpgjoblist.com.
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