My name is Vickie Best, and I am from Bournemouth. I started my career working for large FMCG companies such as Kerry Foods and HJ Heinz in both operational and commercial roles. When I had my son 15 years ago, working a 2 hour drive away from home became much less practical! Since then, I have worked with several smaller manufacturing companies within the South West in Operations Director roles, driving operational efficiency and cultural change. I pride myself on my ability to deliver business transformation and successful change management through engaging with people, using my commercial insight and empathy to achieve buy-in.
My role at I-Fulfilment is Operations Director. This means I’m responsible for making sure our fulfillment centers across the globe provide first class service to our merchant partners and their customers.
I-Fulfilment attracted me by providing a more focused logistical role and the opportunity to help a rapidly growing company deliver improved service for its clients and their customers. Plus, it’s really close to home!
The people – even when things are not going perfectly, there’s a great team spirit, and everyone is absolutely willing to do their best and solve a problem together.
Eddie Howe is an amazing example of a great leader. He led AFC Bournemouth from League 2 to the Premiership and is currently manager of Newcastle United. Whilst not a massive football fan (although I live in a house of boys, so I can’t avoid it completely!), I think Eddie Howe inspires his teams and players by engaging with them both as a group and on an individual level, which is the style of leadership I aspire to have.