FMCG/Food and Drink

Principal Consultants
Peter Smith, Avi Swain, Mark Danvers, Ken Gale, Mick Roberts, John Jebb  (click on the name link to see the profile and contact details)

CNA Executive Search works widely within the range of FMCG businesses and has developed a reputation for delivering high calibre candidates for a wide range of functions.

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) are products that are sold quickly at relatively low cost and in large volumes. This sector includes, for example, those producing/ selling: Soaps and Toiletries, Cosmetics, Detergents, Food and Drink, Plastic Goods, and Consumer Electronics, as well as those industries supporting this area such as Packaging.

CNA Consultants have strong industry knowledge and work collaboratively with CNA colleagues in related specialist functional areas to deliver a high level of service to our candidates and clients.

We recognise the current issues facing FMCG businesses, such as: fluctuations in global currency markets, increased energy and fuel costs, higher raw material/ commodity prices, increasing power of global retailers, and changing consumer trends. Consequently, FMCG operators must constantly deal with downward price demands and ever-squeezed margins. Efficiency improvements are a continual requirement, as is the need for ever more effective brand management and New Product Development (NPD) to exploit consumer demand, and protect margins and profit.

CNA Executive Search finds high-calibre candidates across a range of functions within the FMCG sector to allow businesses to meet world class standards in:

• Sales Management and Business Development
• Marketing and Brand Management
• Product Development
• Finance
• Purchasing
• Logistics and Distribution
• Manufacturing and Planning
• HR