Creating a product is one thing. Creating a deliverable product is another.
Julia is a rare talent for the fact that she has properly immersed herself at senior level, both in retail and manufacturing. She combines her love of food with ‘out of the box’ thought processes and would be an absolute credit to any organisation she works with.
CLIVE BEECHAM
Founder, Kinnerton Confectionery
Julia is a strategic thinker who always puts the customer at the heart of everything she does to create first to market innovation.
Her passion, determination and drive leads teams to deliver success and disrupt markets. Her wealth of knowledge and experience is an asset to any company she works with. I have enjoyed many years working with Julia, creating delicious new products for Marks and Spencer which are still going strong today! If you want to know more about Julia, please feel free to get in touch...
CHRIS SEABY
Head of Product (Convenience Foods)
Marks & Spencer
Julia is without doubt a very gifted marketeer, with deep knowledge and passion for her market and customers.
I have worked as a consultant for Julia on a number of projects to support her innovation team to streamline their ways of working. As a senior executive, I have found her exceptionally astute, results driven and straight talking. And as a leader, Julia is very trusting of the capability of her people and passionate about leveraging diverse strengths and talent across the entire business to get the very best result in service for the customer. Trusting and trusted, much valued qualities whether you are a client, customer or a member of her team.
NIC CRISP
Consultant, Executive Coach, Facilitator
With Julia's wealth of knowledge in the food retail industry, we could not have been in safer hands when setting up Juniper.
Julia worked tirelessly and with great insight, humour and intelligence, guiding us in areas concerning not only the food part of our business, but also the wider business in general.
From profit margins, spread sheets and the shop till functionality to quality, product selection, branding and staff interviews, Julia quite literally rolled up her sleeves and steered us onwards, getting us over every hurdle we came up against.
She has been, and continues to be, a sounding board to run all of our major decisions by.
We wholeheartedly recommend Julia (but only on condition that she still has time for us!)
VICKIE CHRISTIE & VICTORIA PRIMROSE
Founders & Directors,Juniper Sustainable Goods and The Real Bread & Food Company
I have worked with Julia for many years. She is incredibly consistent, flawlessly professional and a delight to work with. Her positive energy is her driving force. Her heartland is creative innovation but she is multifaceted and extremely talented in many areas of innovation and marketing, with remarkable commercial focus and a skill at getting the best out of people and briefs. A brilliant perfectionist with a lovely personality.
BARBRA WRIGHT
Strategy Consultant
Thinking Room
“I love working on new challenges.
Let me help you find the next big opportunity.”
Julia is a highly experienced professional with a real passion for all things confectionery.
What she doesn’t know about the industry isn’t worth knowing.
She has been a pleasure to work with over many years and will be a great asset to any food business.
KATY PATINO
Product Developer, Marks & Spencer
Julia has a real passion for business and food in particular.
Her knowledge and experience is second to none and she was the driving force behind innovation at Kinnerton for many years. Julia built a great team who loved working for her, she inspired them and all of the people she interacted with. I learnt so much from Julia over the years we worked together, she is a very special person.
RICHARD REILLY
President, Galerie Candy & Gifts
The unique strength Julia has, as well as her ability to spot innovative ideas, is that she has a very commercial mind and excellent interpersonal skills that allow her to build very strong relationships with suppliers across the globe.
I worked as a buyer alongside Julia for a number of years driving forward the Confectionery business at Marks and Spencer. During this time Marks and Spencer became the market leader in innovation, especially in Seasonal Confectionery.
Julia was solely responsible for all innovation in this area, and her ability to create ideas and products not seen before, as well as her very close rapport with suppliers across the world was the main driver for the success the business had whilst she was there. Marks and Spencer significantly grew its market share and was the destination shop for innovation across the UK and Europe.
Her true skill is taking a concept and working closely with manufacturers to find a process and technique to make it work commercially. The best, and most famous example, is Percy Pig – now an icon in Marks and Spencer and one of the best know food brands in the UK.
It was Julia's vision and skill working with the supplier to tackle numerous challenges and obstacles, that made it possible. He remains the most successful food brand Marks and Spencer has launched.
As a buyer of more than 25 years, she is one of the best and most successful, innovators I have worked with.
BILL DAVIES
Consultant, Conoley Carter
It was a pleasure working with Julia on the hugely successful launch of revolutionary vegan & free-from chocolate brand, NOMO.
She oversaw the PR and social media campaign with professionalism and great enthusiasm, and will be an invaluable asset to any integrated marketing campaign and business.
HAYLEY COLEBY
Associate Director and Head of Social
PHA Group
I have worked with Julia for over 15 years and can honestly say Julia is the most creative person I have ever met. Julia is consumer focused, continually thinks outside the box to create solutions, never stands still and is constantly striving to do things different/better. The icing on the cake is that all Julia's decisions are made with a commercial mindset. I can't recommend Julia highly enough!'