UCC Coffee Australia & New Zealand
James Fitzgerald is an experienced procurement and supply chain professional currently serving as Group Procurement Manager for UCC Coffee Australia & New Zealand since June 2024. Previously, James held the position of Head of Procurement at Hiro Brands Ltd, where responsibilities included reshaping supply chain and procurement strategies. With a strong background in operations, James has also worked as Senior Director of Operations & Supply Chain at LIFX, overseeing critical functions such as contract negotiations and demand planning. Notable earlier roles include Group Procurement Manager at Hudson Pacific Corporation and National Purchasing Manager at Superior Food Services, where team leadership and supplier negotiations were key focuses. James holds a degree in Business with a specialization in Agribusiness from Monash University, obtained in 1996.
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UCC Coffee Australia & New Zealand
We are UCC Coffee, leaders in fresh coffee across Australia and New Zealand. We are a business with a strong pioneering history in coffee that creates innovative and sustainable brands for Australasia and beyond. Locally born, our coffee brands are amongst the regions most respected, most iconic, most loved and most consumed. Our brands cover continents, categories and channels. The DNA from our brands strongly reflects our business. Their DNA has created a spirit of insatiable curiosity, encouraging us to challenge boundaries. We live and breathe coffee, our people have the passion and ambition to provide a better coffee experience for everyone. Our purpose is to create innovative and sustainable fresh coffee for consumers in Australia, New Zealand and beyond while having some fun along the way. Eight brands make up the portfolio of UCC Coffee, including Robert Harris, the founder of espresso in New Zealand, Atomic Coffee Roasters, the non-compromising speciality coffee roaster from Auckland, Toby’s Estate, founded by Toby Smith in his garage in Sydney with plans to conquer the world and Mocopan the largest roaster of coffee in Australia. UCC Coffee is a part of the UCC group, a company founded in 1933 by Tadao Ueshima, The Father of coffee in Japan.