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Barry Pamplin Director
Barry has 28 years experience in packaging, working for some of the best known household names in Europe. During this time he has built an unrivalled expertise in FMCG food packaging.
He started his career with Unilever, working for Bachelors' Foods and Brooke Bond. Having completed 6 years with Unilever he moved on to become the youngest senior manager at Cadbury's main count line factory in the UK. Whilst with Cadbury, Barry successfully studied and completed an executive MBA at Bath University. Barry’s roles at Cadbury included working in production, HR, supply chain and managing the £10 million contract budget for the Somerdale site. Throughout these roles Barry always maintained the packaging development brief. His final role at Cadbury was responsibility for managing the total UK packaging development brief for Count lines and Moulded bars, based in Bourneville, including Cadburys Dairy Milk, Crunchie, Caramel, Mini Eggs, Buttons, Creme Eggs, Christmas selection boxes and novelty packs.
Seeking a wider role and bigger challenge Barry moved to United Biscuits as Head of Packaging and European Packaging Technology Controller. This role included responsibility for the £125 million packaging spend working on iconic brands such as McVities, Jaffa Cakes, Delarce, Verkade, McCoys, KP and Go Ahead! The role required the management of the idea generation process ensuring that the idea funnel was complete from development to delivery.
For the last 12 years Barry has operated at a senior management/Director level in £1.5 billion companies. His latest role was Packaging and Technology Director for Findus Group.
Barry has managed packaging teams across Europe, delivering packaging strategies at all stages of the supply chain from procurement to distribution and to the customer and consumer.
Barry's latest venture is founding D to 3D, a consultancy to help clients unlock the potential of packaging development to drive their brands.
Barry is the current Chairman of the Campden BRI Packaging panel and has judged the Packaging News UK Packaging Awards in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
He has extensive expert technical knowledge of all packaging materials. This is balanced with considerable commercial acumen and insight.
Barry has been described as passionate about packaging!
He started his career with Unilever, working for Bachelors' Foods and Brooke Bond. Having completed 6 years with Unilever he moved on to become the youngest senior manager at Cadbury's main count line factory in the UK. Whilst with Cadbury, Barry successfully studied and completed an executive MBA at Bath University. Barry’s roles at Cadbury included working in production, HR, supply chain and managing the £10 million contract budget for the Somerdale site. Throughout these roles Barry always maintained the packaging development brief. His final role at Cadbury was responsibility for managing the total UK packaging development brief for Count lines and Moulded bars, based in Bourneville, including Cadburys Dairy Milk, Crunchie, Caramel, Mini Eggs, Buttons, Creme Eggs, Christmas selection boxes and novelty packs.
Seeking a wider role and bigger challenge Barry moved to United Biscuits as Head of Packaging and European Packaging Technology Controller. This role included responsibility for the £125 million packaging spend working on iconic brands such as McVities, Jaffa Cakes, Delarce, Verkade, McCoys, KP and Go Ahead! The role required the management of the idea generation process ensuring that the idea funnel was complete from development to delivery.
For the last 12 years Barry has operated at a senior management/Director level in £1.5 billion companies. His latest role was Packaging and Technology Director for Findus Group.
Barry has managed packaging teams across Europe, delivering packaging strategies at all stages of the supply chain from procurement to distribution and to the customer and consumer.
Barry's latest venture is founding D to 3D, a consultancy to help clients unlock the potential of packaging development to drive their brands.
Barry is the current Chairman of the Campden BRI Packaging panel and has judged the Packaging News UK Packaging Awards in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
He has extensive expert technical knowledge of all packaging materials. This is balanced with considerable commercial acumen and insight.
Barry has been described as passionate about packaging!