Stella Mooraj

Director of Business Optimization Niagara Bottling

Prior to corporate relocation Stella led enterprise-wide transformation, continuous improvement, and strategic change programs for the largest food company in the world. Direct report to C-level executives. Global, regional, and business unit success. Proven ability to work across levels and functions.  

Led change management strategy and approach for North American implementation of Nestlé Business Excellence Program, a global initiative transforming system, process, organization and technology for critical business end to end flows. 

Led implementation of global Nestlé Continuous Excellence Program in $10 billion food business for new CEO, Nestlé USA. Goals included cost reduction and revenue growth, higher employee engagement and continuous improvement of value creation. Role included enterprise-wide strategic alignment including cascading of strategic plans and performance measures through brands, functions, and operations.

Managed business strategy and performance management approach for North American shared services center and creation of a centrally managed, geographically dispersed Global Shared Services organization. 

Developed and supported change management approach for world’s largest SAP implementation.

Prior to Nestlé, Stella studied and worked in Switzerland where her focus was on strategic alignment and control systems.  She consulted in various capacities with British Airways World Cargo, Pacific Region; Swiss Hospices, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Stella is UK-born; speaks fluent French; and holds both an MSc in International Management as well as a PhD in Economic Sciences from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.