Founded by Ian Anderson, Grapevine Consultancy Services helps Private Label manufacturers to win, grow and retain contracts whilst keeping overheads to a minimum.
With an MBA from Manchester Business School and over 35 years’ experience across FMCG, automotive, and specialty chemicals, Ian brings deep industry insight and a practical, results-driven approach. His career includes senior leadership roles in marketing and commercial strategy for major FMCG manufacturers, serving retailers like Tesco, Aldi, and Lidl, and global brands such as Johnson & Johnson and Unilever.
As a consequence of the unique demands of these often high-pressure, low-cost environments, his natural style is very much down-to-earth and ‘hands-on’.
Ian says, “For manufacturers, keeping pace with the expectations of Private Label buyers representing retailers across Europe is no mean feat.
The menu of options on the ‘balanced scorecard’ against which they are judged covers everything from service levels and latent capacity to quality complaints, innovation output and CSR credentials.
However, underpinning all of this is the manufacturer’s need to maintain the retailer’s confidence in their fundamental grasp of the market. At any point in time this need can be articulated in a variety of ways, needing a flexible approach to data, insights and market understanding.
Grapevine Consultancy Services offers a fractional approach to this challenge and is ready to support any manufacturer with a need to bolster its credibility without committing to permanent, unaffordable resource.”
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