Analysis of U.S. and foreign investments in a new targeted area of the world including growth trends and barriers in the agriculture market to inform their overall company strategy.
Conducted targeted market research and analysis on the key strategies and trends in the food and agriculture industry to help inform the company’s overall roadmap for providing consulting services
Assessed potential for a broad shift to plant-based milk including understanding consumer preferences, market size, price points and purchase drivers, and developed business case for a new plant-based product that rivals cow milk in taste, nutrition, functionality and cost.
The company sought a team to valorize co-products created from plant-based meat alternative production, create a bio-refinery business plan, and a strategy for monetizing co-products including key opportunities and risks.
Built out a set of goals and metrics that would support the execution of strategic initiative plan to maintain overall competitive advantage; identified KPIs and ways to monitor execution, operational effectiveness, and other critical aspects of culture and engagement using “balanced scorecard” methodology.
Evaluated the evolving market for vegetable production in protection production systems and identified the implications for overall vegetable production in North America. Proposed new market strategies that identified top opportunities, key success factors, required investment and potential risk factors.
Validated new cloud software value equation for enterprises moving to a hybrid and multi-cloud world, quantifying success metrics and understanding costs and benefits for technology and cloud adoption, and a competitive analysis of competitors and go-to-market approaches.
Assessed key market trends, identified potential market opportunities and developed recommendations regarding new market entry, drivers and competitive sales projections for the company to broaden portfolio into reagents and consumables.
Identified innovative approaches to financial deal structures and evaluation of potential strategic partners and the competitive landscape, and made recommendations on approach best suited to the company’s target markets to drive company growth.
Analyzed the capability to optimize inventory throughout the enterprise through evaluating the benefits of rebalancing vs. production; demonstrated financial advantages via working capital; and created a prototype for the process.
Proposed and analyzed various plant workflow and configuration alternatives to accommodate a 2x increase in production capacity. Recommended a solution that optimized both product throughput and end-to-end transportation costs.
Developed a global sourcing strategy that identified how to support the launch of an emerging category expected to generate ~$4.0B by 2030; created a baseline for current production and recommended a robust supply chain plan with a phased strategy leveraging existing infrastructure until volume levels are achieved.
In alignment with Coca-Cola’s World Without Waste initiative, the project goal was to connect understanding of consumer recycling behavior to deeper material trends and technological advances in the marketplace.
The Coca-Cola Co. | Minute Maid Business Unit: Assessed the industry for whitespace opportunities in plant-based beverage categories, considered consumer usage and barriers, and identified new platforms and constructed an innovation pipeline.
Provided insights on the impact of and drivers from other influencers (music, fashion, media and entertainment, beauty, health and food) on the beverage industry, and created a roadmap for how to synthesize trends to new products.
Explored the economic impacts of the transition to a legal cannabis industry, including labor demands, tax implications and consumer profiles, as well as industry forecasting.
