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Article: Tim Barkey: marketing controller, Kerry Foods.(CLIMBING THE LADDER)(Interview)
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- Grocer
- Article date:
- August 16, 2008
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What was your first ever job? A part-time Christmas postman.
Give us a quick rundown on your career. Three years in retail management with Oddbins, three in field sales and trade marketing for Snapple, three in marketing and sales promotion with Sopexa, five in marketing (my true passion!) with PepsiCo on Tropicana and Copella and now four years as marketing controller with Kerry Foods on Wall's, Richmond & Porkinson sausages and Mr Brain's Faggots.
How did you get where you are? By knowing my customers end why they buy my brands.
Has your career followed u logical path? In hindsight it all looks planned and well thought out, but at the time ... ...