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Nikolaus James Gosselk

Food & Drink Industry Consultant

  • 28 years of professional experience
  • Plant Based & Dairy Beverages
  • Bakery & Pastry & Ice Cream

A drive to succeed, the experience to set the vision with the capacity to unite people towards a common goal underscore more than a decade in senior management roles—the last several steering multiple interim start-ups.

Financially aware with a big-picture focus, performances have been underpinned by detailed and meticulous strategies that assure optimum results—while “customer first” commitment has driven business transformations and served as the catalyst for exploiting new opportunities for the local market. Experienced in multi-cultural work environments, product training and revitalising operations with passion for food and drink.

Skills

Specialisms

  • Process Project Support
  • NPD Manager
  • Production Process optimization
  • Cross-functional Team Lead
  • Efficiency Production
  • R & D with NPD Projects
  • Artwork approval
  • UHT process
  • Thermal-Retort heat process
  • Specific Dough
  • Plant Based Drinks
  • Ice Cream
  • Bakery & Pastry
  • Chilled & Frozen Food
  • Specification, Recipe
  • Health & Safety IOSH 2016
  • LEAN (OEE) Management
  • Quality Assurance, HACCP, ISO, BRC, IFS Standard
  • HACCP Level 4 Food safety
  • Lab validation equipment knowledge
  • Anton Paar Rheometer
  • ETI pH Meter
  • Stable Micro System – Kieffer Method, Pressure Puncture
  • DS3 Foss – Fat, Total Solids

Languages

German
English

Computer Skills

SAPRecipe ProfessorInterspecMS Office (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)

Experience

Career Milestones

DNP

Sauce Toppings, Soups, Ready Meals – Thermal-retort- heat treated

Process Development

Festive and all year around Cakes for a major retailer

Project Process Development

Mochi Dough & Ice Cream

Process Development

Project for ‘Ready Meals’

NPD Project & Process Manager

for plant-based & dairy beverages, organic, herbal for major retailers and Food Service – pasteurised & UHT sterilisation

Interim Project Manager

“Special Plant Based Food” & Meat Forming, Tray Meals

Career Timeline

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Durham, England

Symington’s

Symington’s is specialised for soups, ready meals and sauce toppings for start-up and the top UK grocery retailers across two manufacturing sites in Durham and Consett.

www.symingtons.com
  • Position: Process Development Project Manager
  • Report to: NPD Process Development lead
Achievements

  • NPD recipe development for a range of soups, ready meals for a major UK retailer

  • Thermal heat treatment retort cycle analyses with temperature data logger

  • Taste panels

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Oldham, England

Park Cakes

Park Cakes is specialised for cake, desserts and bites for the top UK grocery retailers across 2 manufacturing sites in Bolten and Oldham.

www.parkcakes.com
  • Position: Process Development Consultant
  • Report to: Process Manager
Achievements

  • Conduct line trials for a range of cakes for a major UK retailer

  • Conduct re-pro, travel test, product seal with customer visits on site

  • QAS, assembly standards and organoleptic documentation

  • Nutritional, micro lab samples arrangements

  • QC trial validation with temperature control throughout the process

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Newport, England

2 Sisters Group

2 Sisters Group specialises in ready meals, refrigerated goods and prepared foods for the top UK grocery retailers across two manufacturing locations sited in England and Wales.

www.2sfg.com
  • Position: Process Development Project Manager
  • Report to: Process Manager
Achievements

  • Ready meals launch – refrigerated for a major UK retailer

  • Conduct line trials, pre-pro, travel test, product seal with customer visits on site

  • QAS, Assembly standards, cook-sheet and organoleptic documentation

  • QC trial validation with temperature control through out the process

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London, England

Ferndale Foods

Ferndale Foods specialises in ready meals, refrigerated goods and prepared foods for the top UK grocery retailers across three manufacturing locations sited across in England and Wales.

ferndalefoods.com
  • Position: Process Development Project Manager
  • Report to: Process Manager
Achievements

  • Ready meals – refrigerated for major UK retailers

  • Conduct trials, pre-pro customer visits

  • QAS, Assembly standards, cook-sheet and document amends

  • QC validation with temperature control through out the process

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London, England

Little Moons

Little Moons is specialised in frozen Mochi Ice Cream, Cheese Cake, selling world wide.

www.littlemoons.com
  • Position: Process Development Project Manager
  • Report to: Innovations Director / Technical
Achievements

  • Process assessment for rice dough, introduce control measurement

  • Process of Ice Cream production, introduce control measurement

  • SMS Texture Analyser for rice dough validation with Kiefer Method

  • SMS Texture Analyser for compression puncture and shear validation for Mochi

  • QC validation with temperature control throughout the process

  • Melt Rate – Granger Method

  • Validation and preparation for equipment and process flow for new build site

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Somerset, England

Framptons

Framptons – a co-packer for ESL – ambient process for plant-based beverages, dairy thick-shares, barista base, herbal, juices with upstream and downstream homogenising and pasteurisation.

www.framptons.com
  • Position: NPD Project & Process Manager
  • Report to: Commercial Manager
  • Reports: 4 Development Technologists
Achievements

  • Organic Yoghurt, dairy-shakes, organic plant-based drinks for major UK retailers

  • Food Service Bag in Box, ESL 1L, UHT long-life pasteurising in 1L, 330ml, 250ml, 200ml tetrapack

  • Supporting the LEAN (OEE) Management process, new RACI structure, NPD critical path

  • Customer: Delamere, ASDA, M&S, Co-packing for several well-known brands

  • Oat-extraction for Oat Base

  • Process optimisation

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Reken, Germany

Nomad Foods

www.nomadfoods.com
  • Position: R&D Project Manager for Special Food, Meat Forming, Tray Meals
  • Report to: Head of Production Manager Synergy Nomad Foods
  • Reports: 1 Production Manager
Achievements

  • Ensure optimization for technical adjustment with validation, verification process and cost control for Purée Pello, Texture Modified Plant Based Food (TMF), Meat & Plant Based Forming, Tray Meals with new set QA standard / BRC V8, IFS, Specifications for frozen production under high care.

  • R&D concept work and initial trials for tray meals with Quorn Vegan

  • Supporting the LEAN (OEE) Management process

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Reken, Germany

Nomad Foods

www.nomadfoods.com
  • Position: Work stream R & D Project Manager “Special Food”
  • Report to: Head of Production Manager Synergy Nomad Foods
  • Reports: 1 Technical
Achievements

  • Ensure a product match for two-product groups, Purée Pello and Texture Modified Plant Based Food (TMF) relocation from production sight from Findus Sweden to new production location with process, equipment changes new set QA standard / BRC, IFS, Specifications for cooked-frozen production

  • R&D development for a new technology process for recipe adjustment for a product match

  • Translation of equipment setting Rademarker depositor, steam oven, Teflon belt

  • New Specification (Interspec) with BOM, Safety by design, MCONS for Special Food, QAS, allergen, technical validation and verification under high care and high risk

  • Technical team effort with engineering, production, packaging and training for machine operator for TMF-line and HACCP / BRC, IFS for new production line, trial plan budget and set SOP

Key Contributions

  • R&D work stream lead for product transition with product match for Special Food - Purée Pello and Texture Modified Plant Based Food – cooked, frozen products with high care production for READY TO EAT with validation and verification

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Fakenham, Norfolk

Kinnerton Confectionery

www.kinnerton.com
  • Position: NPD Manager
  • Report to: Head of NPD Manager
  • Reports: 3 Technicals
Achievements

  • Ensure new Critical Path requirements by customer Marks & Spencer`s, meet standards with Factory trials, realistic given Quality Contracts; Transit Test and Product Seal standards are followed and well communicated

  • New Hollows with more complexity production process, Lustre / Sheen decoration for meeting cost / time set, Honeycomb filled products, Peanut Bites, ambient production

Key Contributions

  • Stabilising NPD Pillar process with Innovations Manager, new QAS standards, Critical Path timeline

  • New Products; complex hollows, lustre / sheen in production process, Honeycomb filling, Chain Bagging, Peanut Bites. New Gingerbread Biscuits

  • Set NPD Cross functional KPI’s, training for Health & Safety IOSH 2016, Innovator, QAD, Creations recipe systems, hardware capex, cost control, support SOP and shelf life trials

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Sharjah and Al Quoz, Dubai U. A. E.

IFFCO Ingredients

www.iffco.com
  • Position: Business Account Manager
  • Report to: CEO – Iffco Ingredients
  • Reports: 9Bakers / Pastry Chefs
Achievements

  • Product training and team building with seven new Bakers / Pastry Chefs for Bakery Ingredients, Wheat Flour, Oils & Fats, Non-Dairy Cream and Dairy Ice Cream

  • Turnover for U.A.E. 31 Mio (Dirhams). Turnover for K.S.A. 18 Mio (Dirhams) with Ingredients

Key Contributions

  • 9 % turnover sales growth in GCC., with food, bakery & pastry ingredients

  • Strengthen Key Accounts: Carrefour, Al Ahlia, Park’n Shop, Spinneys, Lulu (high risk production), ABC ProBake, Agthia Bakery, Airline Catering for Frozen Croissant & Danish Pastry in G.C.C.

  • New Product Introduction: Healthy bread range, Burger Buns Improver, new pastry cake mixes, pastry creams, fruit fillings. QSR developments for Dunkin Donuts, Papa Murphy’s Pizza dough, KFC desserts, Kudu Burger Buns for GCC and Dairy Ice Cream

  • Support R & D with NPD, recipe and application bank

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Jeddah, Kingdom Saudi Arabia

Supply Excellence

www.supply-ex.com
  • Position: Marketing & Sales Manager
  • Report to: Managing Director (Owner)
  • Reports: 5 Sales Representatives
Achievements

  • Sales Team building and product training. Establish a recipe bank, marketing plan and communication structure

  • 25% turnover sales growth in K.S.A., with food, bakery & pastry range

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Dongguan, China

La Rose Noire

www.la-rose-noire.com
  • Position: Marketing & Sales Manager
  • Report to: Managing Director (Owner)
  • Reports: 20 Supervisors in total 600 Employees
Achievements

  • Team building with cross functional workflow, effective communication, efficiency in the production workflow, NPD for Starbucks, Foodservice and Export

Key Contributions

  • 40% turnover sales growth in China, with food, bakery & pastry range

  • Structure QA / QC for effective work and quality control procedures with implementation of BRC and ISO 22’000 Quality Management for frozen, fresh, ambient and high-risk production, renew SOP

  • Structure, HR, Admin, Logistic, Purchasing, Warehouse, planning team for efficiency with reducing headcount and improved cost control, cross functional workflow with LEAN Management

  • Extension of Bakery / Pastry with new frozen warehouse and two floor production

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Jeddah, Kingdom Saudi Arabia

Manuel Market

Manuel Market a Five Star Supermarket Retailer in Jeddah, K.S.A. with three Supermarkets with a total Turnover in SR 144M annually, 20 % of the Turnover generated form Bakery & Pastry.

manuelmarket.com
  • Position: Production Manager – Head of Food, Bakery & Pastry with Product Development
  • Report to: Managing Director
  • Reports: 65 Employees
  • Products: European Healthy Bread and Rolls, Pizza; a new line of Cakes and Cake Slices; Chocolate Artwork and Petit Fours
Key Contributions

  • Reorganise the production for effective cost control procedure, new product development, product training, quality control with HACCP standard implementation for fresh, ambient, high risk production

  • Product training for all different product departments; new product development for healthy Bread reduces Cholesterol, Diabetic suitable, Multi-Cereal. New kind of Desserts, Cakes and Sliced Cakes

  • Production of Bread & Rolls on Rondo Line and König Line

  • 65 Employee with three production sights for Bakery and Pastry production, special Arabic Bread, Fresh made Pizza, Healthy Bread Innovations. New kind of Petit Fours, Wedding Cakes, Speciality Cakes and Cake Slices

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Newtownards, Northern Ireland

LE Pritchitts Food

www.lakelanddairies.com
  • Position: Business Development Manager
  • Report to: Senior Technical Field Product Manager
  • Reports: 5 Employees
  • Products: Dairy Cream, Dairy Alternative, Non – Dairy Cream, Mini Pots, Milk Powder and Bakery Ingredients
Achievements

  • New Product development with R&D; UHT Dairy - Bakery products, bring to International and UK market

  • Increase the product range with five new product innovations with additional turnover increase of 8% annually

Key Contributions

  • Product Training and Presentation for Sales Managers, Key Account Managers, Distributor

  • Launch new developed Products like Creative Base, Chefs Taste, Estel, Pritchitts Cooking Cream to market for Airline Catering, Foodservice, Bakery and Pastry manufactures in the UK and Europe, Middle East and Asia

  • NPD Manager for new product developments on Tetra Pak with different pasteurisers. Assisting Marketing and Sales with Technical details about the products; support Quality Control with implementation for new quality standards and working methods

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Hannover, Germany

Martin Braun KG

www.martinbraun.de
  • Position: Business Development Manager
  • Report to: Export Manager
  • Products: Flavours, Flavouring Compounds, Cakes Mixes, all kind of Filling, Bread Mixes, Bread Improvers, Chocolate, Chocolate Decoration and Ingredients
Achievements

  • Business Manager for Baking Ingredients and convenience products for Export markets in Europe, Middle East, USA

  • Product range of 220, turnover increase by 7-8 % per annum

Key Contributions

  • Assisted in the process of increasing the business gross profit by 5-8% per annum

  • In charge of approximately 25 Distributors in Europe, Middle East, USA and Asia

  • Product Training and Presentation for Sales Managers, Key Account Managers, Distributors and finale customers e.g. Airline Catering, Foodservice and B2B customers

Education

Certificates

From all companies, I educated very well the basics for production process for Food, Bread, Cakes, Chocolate, Dairy Ice Cream, Petit Fours and Biscuits for product quality, product handling, product innovation, P & L Budget, Marketing & Sales, quality control, HACCP System, Supervisor Management, communication skills and Health & Safety IOSH.

Business Management with a “Culinary Master Baker & Pastry Chef” (A level)*

Handwerkskammer Hamburg

Germany

*Bakery, Pastry, Chocolate Artwork, Food Processing, Dairy Ice Cream, Dairy and Ingredients Functionality.
Business Management; Marketing & Sales; Economics; Product Training; Brigade Supervisor Training; ISO 9001; Environment; HACCP Level 4; BRC V8; High Risk; Quality Control System; Raw Material Science; European Food Law Standard; Technical and Practical Artisan Bakery - Pastry - Chocolate Artwork; Health and Safety IOSH 2016

Training for Master

Confectionery Christiansen

Germany

Production Manager

Bakery & Pastry Hoffmann

Germany

Bakery – Pastry – Chocolatier

Dr Scholze Confectionery & Confiserie

Germany

Quality Control System, Raw Material Science, European Food Law Standard

Belindas Bakery & Pastry

England

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