Amsterdam Produce Summit agenda

JORG SNOECK
Founder
RetailDetail
Antwerp, Belgium

Jorg Snoeck, a.k.a the Captain of Retail, is the Founder of RetailDetail, the leading communication and networking platform for all professionals in retail and FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) in the Benelux. By sharing knowledge and inspiration, RetailDetail has grown to become a vital partner in the world of retailing.

Jorg is also the founding father of the travelling experience center Future of Shopping Roadshow, and of the knowledge center RetailHub, where industry professionals can immerse themselves in the future of retail and FMCG. As the newest addition to the RetailDetail network, RetailHub is more than a place; it’s a dynamic platform, where new trends, evolutions and questions are treated.

Jorg says he is on a personal mission to ensure more entrepreneurs and businesses can continue to thrive in this challenging and rapidly changing retail landscape. That’s why his aim is to enlarge the common brain of this industry in turmoil.

Given his degree and background in marketing, Jorg’s passion especially lies with the analysis of shopping behavior, and the scrutiny of the changing consumer.

STÉPHANE ROGER
Global Shopper and Retail Director
Kantar Worldpanel
Barcelona, Spain

Stéphane Roger has been involved in the French and Spanish FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry for 25 years; working for several agencies and manufacturers in a range of client-facing, marketing and team management roles.

His current post as Global Shopper and Retail Director at Kantar Worldpanel focuses on helping global manufacturers and retailers to drive value understanding of how shoppers are likely to behave and change in the future.

Stéphane is also the author of papers on e-commerce and omni-channel retailing. His latest release is titled: ‘Finding growth in reinvented retail’, and was issued in June 2018.

LOREN ZHAO
Owner/Co-Founder
Fruitday Co.
China

Loren Zhao is the Co-Founder of Fruitday Co., in Shanghai, which is China’s largest fresh fruit e-commerce company in terms of sales revenue.

Fruitday provides an end-to-end, home-delivery service to ensure its customers receive products two days from ordering. Fruitday operates six distribution centers, and its fresh-delivery service covers over 300 cities in China, encompassing more than 5 million members.

Pioneering omni-channel retailing in China, recently Fruitday invested in City Shop, a high-end supermarket chain with locations in Shanghai and Beijing. Fruitday now offers its more than 100 million online users a physical experience center at City Shop, while offering overseas fresh produce suppliers a more direct reach to the Chinese consumer.

MIGUEL GÓMEZ
Associate Professor
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Miguel I Gómez is Associate Professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business within Cornell University in the USA. He is also a Faculty Fellow for the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University.

Professor Gómez concentrates his research and extension program on two interrelated areas under the umbrella of food marketing and distribution, with an emphasis on fruits and vegetables. His areas of interest include: the competitiveness and sustainability of food value chains; and the study of business-to-business and business-to-consumer food markets.

The geographic scope of Professor Gómez’s research and outreach program is global, with an emphasis on food value chains in Latin America.

RAND WADDOUPS
Senior Director, Omni-Channel
Walmart

USA

Rand Waddoups is the Senior Director of Omni-Channel for Walmart USA, where he works at the intersection of physical and digital retail with Walmart stores and e-commerce. In this role, Rand is at the forefront of retail’s digital transformation developing strategy, in-store processes, and in-app experiences that enable a seamless customer experience.

Previously, Rand led a team of buyers that managed a wide range of electronics and accessories products, from computers to phone cases. He also developed Walmart’s private brands in electronics and led ‘retail-tainment’ for properties like ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Angry Birds’.

Prior to his work in entertainment/electronics, Rand was fortunate to lead Walmart’s product sustainability strategy. With a small team, he focused on Walmart’s aspirational goals: 1) to have zero waste, 2) to use 100% renewable energy, and 3) to bring sustainable products to its customers. The sustainability team was awarded Walmart’s highest honor, the ‘Sam M Walton Entrepreneur of the Year Award’.

Rand also spent several years as a buyer/category manager where he worked on a broad spectrum of food products; from frozen Brussels sprouts to flaming-hot cheese puffs. Wal-Mart recognized Rand as a ‘Buyer of the Year’, and the food manufacturing community voted him one of the nation’s ‘Top 5 Buyers of Frozen and Refrigerated Food’.

Rand is a father of two, a husband, and an active member of the community. He has a background in public service, including two years in the Philippines. Additionally, Rand has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Arkansas in the USA, and an undergraduate in Economics from Brigham Young University in the UK.

Tim York is the President of Markon Cooperative, a purchasing, marketing, and logistics cooperative serving North America’s leading independent foodservice distributors. Based in Salinas, California, Markon distributes fresh produce to over 70 facilities in the USA and Canada.

Tim has over 40 years’ experience in the produce and foodservice industries. He joined Markon in 1985 as Purchasing Director, and was promoted to President in 1990.

Tim was instrumental in the industry addressing the issue of food safety, as well as the formation of the Center for Produce Safety in 2007, serving as its Chairman between 2007 and 2012.

LISA CORK
Owner/CEO
Fresh Produce Marketing
Auckland, New Zealand

Lisa Cork is an award-winning strategist who transforms fresh produce businesses from being production–centric to consumer-centric; helping them to increase sales, own their category and to become suppliers who stand-out in a crowded marketplace.

Over her 30-year career, Lisa has shaped current thinking on fresh produce marketing and branding through her writing, speaking and industry involvement. Working with clients globally, she regularly travels the world; enabling her to incorporate the latest international trends and insights into her client work.

As CEO of Fresh Produce Marketing, Lisa is passionate about helping fresh produce companies to challenge their status-quo thinking, and to implement strategies that future-proof their business, as well as deliver a substantial return on investment.

Outside of work, Lisa loves to travel and summit mountains in exotic locations. You can follow her on LinkedIn: LisaSCork and Twitter @LisaCork_FPM

There is still time to book your place on the CH Robinson Fresh Tour, taking place on the final day of the APS on Wednesday November 14.

You will depart the official hotel at approx. 09.00 on a dedicated executive coach, and can expect to arrive back at the hotel by 13.00.

Click here for the full itinerary.

There are only 30 space available on the APS Robinson Fresh tour and spaces are filling up quickly, so be sure to sign up asap!

Industry tours are available to registered APS attendees only, so be sure to register and benefit from the entire programme of networking and educational events in advance.

If you have any queries, and for more information email joinus@amsterdamproducesummit.com