Teams at Riverside Natural Foods Ltd.

Serve as strategic finance partner to the US Commercial team—drive trade spend planning and ROI analysis, support go-to-market and joint business plans, lead trade reviews and forecasting, deliver executive presentations, and implement trade policies and process improvements to drive profitable net sales growth.

Lead R&D team to improve product quality, reduce costs, and optimize production processes. Coach technologists and scientists, drive technical excellence, conduct data-driven analysis and sensory validation, troubleshoot factory issues, collaborate cross-functionally, and deliver shelf-life and specification documentation. Support commissioning of equipment and foster continuous improvement and supplier technical relationships.

Provide financial leadership to the marketing team by delivering analytical and strategic support for growth initiatives, business cases, pricing, product innovation, and brand planning. Lead multi-year strategic planning and the Stage Gate innovation process, develop P&L and margin guardrails, analyze product and channel performance, monitor market and competitive trends, and coach a finance analyst to optimize portfolio and marketing investments.