Ivan Thyregod

Experience

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  Procter & Gamble

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2004

  Sales & Marketing Manager

  2003 - 2004 Sales & Marketing Manager Fine Fragrance. Geneva. CH.2002 - 2003 Marketing Manager Homecare. Geneva. CH. 2000 - 2002 European Trade Development Manager. Geneva. CH.1998 - 2000 Sales Manager Swedish & Nordic Coop. Stockholm. SE.1997 - 1998 Nordic Commercial Marketing Manager. Stockholm. SE.1994 - 1997 Key Acccount and Trade Marketing Manager. Holstebro. DK.1993 - 1994 Trainee - Sales Representative. Holstebro. DK.

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  Odense Marcipan A/S

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  Sales & Marketing Director

  Leading Sales & Marketing Dept. in overall brand relaunch and commercial step change across multiple Sales Channels

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  Dansk Cookie Industri A/S

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Sales & Marketing Director

  Merging two companies Sales & Marketing functions with central marketing and local sales subsidiaries

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  Cocio Chokolademælk A/S

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2015

  CCO - Chief Commercial Officer - Director

  Leading all Commercial Sales & Marketing efforts in establishing and driving new Milk Based Beverage division in Arla Foods with local brands (Cocio, Matilde, Pucko, etc.) and global brands (Starbucks Ice Coffee)

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  Commercial Lighthouse ApS - Owner

  Jan 2013 - now

  Strategy Advisory & Board Member

  Advisory - Food & Beverage, Consumer Goods, Ad Agencies, Management Consulting, IT & Digitalization.Non Exc. Board Positions: 2019 - 2021 A/S Bryggeriet Vestfyen - Craft Beer Brewery - Turnaround and M&A2020 - 2021 Team Rynkeby Fonden - Charity2013 - 2018 House of Oliver Twist A/S - Food & Bev. - M&A2010 - 2015 Dansk Mjød A/S - Mead Brewery - Geo Expansion

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  Arla Foods

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2020

  Global Head of Commercial Excellence - Senior Director

  Establishing and running Commercial Excellence in Arla Foods by developing global sales capabilities and sales leadership competencies. Setting up multiple Sales Channel strategies (Retail, Discount, Convenience, Foodservice, e-Com & Industry/BtB). Revising companywide Category Strategy Process. Managing Commercial IT agenda (e-Com, CRM, TP & TPX, Field Sales Force, etc.) and engaged in Global Top 2 Top Customer engagements.

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  Eckes-Granini

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Country Manager - Managing Director

  Leading country organization and P&L. Driving step change in Supply Chain efficiency. Powering up brand consumer engagement and securing best in class sales fundamentals across sales channels.

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  Infosys Consulting

  Jan 2022 - Jul 2023

  Nordic Regional Manager - IC Consumer, Retail & Logistic - Associated Partner

  Lead Infosys Consulting business establishment and client engagement in Consumer, Retail and Logistics across Nordic with build-up of local organization in linkage with European set-up. Consulting with focused offerings on digital enablement of the Commercial Strategy; through Business Process Mining, Data Translation and Business Strategy Enablement by Systems (e.g. E2E Supply Chain Control Tower, CRM, Digital Marketing, Sales TPM, eCom, etc.) and Organizational Change Management.

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  ABENA

  Aug 2023 - now

  Managing Director - Abena International Subsidiaries

  Managing Abena owned Sales Subsidiaries globally, focusing on creating and leveraging scale efficiencies in market with a Central Team respecting market uniqueness's