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Nicola Benniston

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Executive Director Technical at Oscar Mayer Group UK
📍 Ripley, England, United Kingdom

Nicola Benniston is the Executive Technical Director at Oscar Mayer Group UK, leveraging a 30-year career in the chilled food sector with previous roles at 2SFG and Samworth Brothers. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Aston Business School and a first-class Bachelor of Science degree.

Nicola has participated in company roundtable discussions about menopause in the workplace, sharing personal perspectives to help build a more supportive and empathetic environment for colleagues. She has also served as a Child Welfare Officer for a local football club, Ripley Town FC.

She has a passion for science and food, which has guided her traditional career path into the chilled food industry.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Executive Director Technical
Job Level
Senior
Location
Ripley, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Nicola shows up

Slower Adopter
Not Very Vocal
Inflexible

They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. Being observant comes to them naturally.

Priorities

Topics Nicola cares about

Food Safety & Quality
As Executive Technical Director, she authorizes her company's food safety and quality policies and has built a career focused on technical standards in food manufacturing.
Workplace Wellbeing
Participated in an open roundtable discussion at Oscar Mayer about the realities of menopause at work to foster an honest and supportive environment.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Executive Director Technical
Oscar Mayer Group UK
5-2024
Group Technical Director
Oscar Mayer Group UK
12-2017 - 5-2024
Divisional Technical Controller
2SFG Meals Division
4-2015 - 12-2017
Technical Manager
Samworth Brothers
3-2013 - 4-2015
Head of Technical
New Ivory
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
9-2018 - 8-2021
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Aston Business School
Bachelor of Science with Hons (1st Class)
Nottingham Trent University (Brackenhurst Campus)
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

S

Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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