James began his career in 1995 in Botswana where he lived for 5 years running his own business. In 2000 he trained as an auditor with BDO before joining innocent as financial controller in 2003 when the company was only 4 years old. Since then innocent has grown, from a business of 30 people with revenue of around £7m in 2003 to just under £400m last year. James sits on the Board of Directors as Chief Operating Officer.
Jenn came to S&OP via a range of FMCG roles across both demand and supply. She has driven our S&OP team and processes at innocent since 2013, developing the S&OP partnering model and exploring what being a fast growing, responsible, entrepreneurial business means to our processes and the people who embody them. Jenn is our Global Business Delivery lead.
Here at innocent, we’re excited to say that we’ll be hosting an IBF meet-up event at our home in Fruit Towers, London. If, like us, you’re really passionate about S&OP and forecasting* we’d love to invite you to pop down and join us.
It’ll be a relaxed, informal evening with a few short talks from our friends at IBF as well as a little bit about our innocent story. You’ll hear how we believe forecasting and S&OP is a critical part of delivering on our mission to make natural, delicious, healthy drinks that help people live well & die old.
There will be loads of time for chatting and meeting new people which we hope will begin to build a community of S&OP and forecasting enthusiasts. We’ll work on our group name later.
We know it can sometimes be tricky to stay awake at the end of a long day so there’ll be loads of smoothies (obviously) as well as some decent snacks and a few drinks to keep you going.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Andrew Scuoler, Managing Editor at IBF, will provide a brief introduction to IBF. James Davenport, COO at innocent drinks, will tell our innocent story, and why, as a leader, he’s so passionate about S&OP and forecasting being key to our success. Jennifer Thornton, Global Business Delivery Lead at innocent drinks, will then discuss the importance of partnering and purpose in S&OP and forecasting.
*not the weather kind