{"id":3646,"date":"2025-05-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newtonimpact.com\/?post_type=content_library&p=3646"},"modified":"2025-10-07T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:00:18","slug":"wil-schoenmakers-100-days","status":"publish","type":"content_library","link":"https:\/\/newtonimpact.com\/en-us\/content-library\/blog\/wil-schoenmakers-100-days\/","title":{"rendered":"100 days in: Wil Schoenmakers on feeding the nation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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100 days in: Wil Schoenmakers on feeding the nation\u00a0<\/h1>\n

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As Wil Schoenmakers, Newton\u2019s Senior Partner & Global Head of Retail and Consumer Goods, completes his first three months with Newton, he delves into why purpose-driven strategy is the way to unlock sustainable growth today.\u00a0<\/h2>\n <\/hgroup>\n \n
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Tell us about Day One. How did you feel on walking through the door at Newton\u2019s head office that February morning?<\/h2>\n <\/hgroup>\n \n
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Honestly, I felt immediately at home which is remarkable but really speaks to the culture of Newton. I had such a warm reception and that feeling has carried through ever since. Everyone is highly\u00a0 engaged and tenacious, but they\u2019re also incredibly nice, genuine and supportive. It\u2019s an amazing group of colleagues and a great feeling joining it. That first day the team not only helped me understand the business, the Newton difference, the impressive financial architecture, but also how to make coffee and where to find cups \u2013 obviously very important.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n\n\n

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What have you been most surprised about since joining Newton as Global Head of Retail and Consumer Goods?<\/h2>\n <\/hgroup>\n \n
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We\u2019ve run a couple of revealing economic and strategy events over the last few weeks with CEOs and CxOs, and I\u2019ve met with a lot of senior leaders individually as well. What I\u2019m finding consistently is that people are worried. There\u2019s a sense, dare I say it, of chaos \u2013 a concern that finding the right path ahead is tricky when everything can turn on its head in an instant, and when every move is so intrinsically connected to the whole ecosystem.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Strangely, that isn\u2019t dulling anyone\u2019s drive! In fact, it\u2019s spurring people on to think in new ways and strive to make the most of technological opportunities as a powerful way to find clarity and unlock both sustainable & global growth and enhance or manage profit in new ways. People are asking important questions. How can we do better? What is our role in feeding and clothing the nation? In reducing waste? How do we always get the right product to the right place at the right time at an affordable cost, regardless of outside pressures?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>That\u2019s an exciting place for us to play in with our experience in end-to-end operational excellence and enabling long-term growth. It forces us to ask ourselves: how do we, at every stage, help our clients transition to more purposeful business models so they can better serve their consumers in a rapid ly changing business landscape, and not just make more money?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“With our experience in end-to-end operational excellence and enabling long-term growth, how do we, at every stage, help our clients transition to more purposeful business models so they can better serve their consumers in a rapidly changing business landscape”<\/p>\n \n Wil Schoenmakers <\/cite>\n <\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n\n\n

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How are you making sure that the team is delivering for clients at the level they need right now?<\/h2>\n <\/hgroup>\n \n
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One thing I\u2019ve kickstarted since joining is a real passion area of mine \u2013 it\u2019s an advanced new leadership development programme which will help everyone make the most of their strengths and come together as a powerful leadership team. All of us are having interesting and strategic conversations with senior leaders every day. Being clear, being confident, these are really key to earning trust. Communication is something I think consultants should work on continuously to deliver the greatest impact for clients, consumers and society at large.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n\n\n

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What\u2019s next for the Consumer cluster at Newton?<\/h2>\n <\/hgroup>\n \n
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We\u2019re experiencing exciting global growth ourselves and I want to accelerate that. We\u2019re hiring people with the same strategic, data-driven, detail-oriented mindset that all Newton employees have. We\u2019re meeting with clients in the US, Australia and across Continental Europe\u00a0 to discuss how Newton, as a strategic delivery partner, could accelerate their top and bottom line growth while safeguarding the critical relationship with consumers and communities at large around the world.\u00a0 This week alone I met with clients in New York, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also joined some amazing industry organisations, like the Consumer Goods Forum, to make new connections, showcase our our advanced capabilities, underpinned by a 100% risk based commercial model to help support the industry in these remarkable and rapidly changing times.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who knows where we will be in a year, or even the next 100 days, but one thing I am sure of is that the consumer goods and retail industry will work out a way to thrive while doing what\u2019s right for consumers, communities and the planet. I want us to be at the heart of that!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n\n\n

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About Wil<\/h2>\n <\/hgroup>\n\n
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Wil leads Newton\u2019s Consumer Goods practice, With <\/span>a 30-year track record of delivering growth through innovation and operational excellence within consumer businesses, working with the likes of P&G, Unilever and Diageo among many others.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n\n\n

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