Q1 How would you introduce yourself?

Hello, my name is Natalie Walls and I am Logistics Coordinator and Office Manager for AlphaBio . I live in Ipswich, not far from where I was born, and work in Bury St Edmunds. I joined the company in November 2019 from a software company where I was an account manager.

Q2 What does your role in AlphaBio entail?

As the Logistics Coordinator for the company, my role involves looking after orders for our products, such as our bioinsecticide, FLiPPER^©, coming in from our customers, and liaising with our production plant in San Colombano al Lambro, approximately 40 km south of Milan in Italy, to ensure delivery.

Plant protection products are strictly regulated around the world, and even the labels are essentially legal documents. So, I also place orders for labels appropriate for each country where the product is going to be used. And then finally I make sure that invoices are sent out to make sure the company gets paid!

Not surprisingly, it is a highly process-orientated role, which is fine because I love a process.

I have also recently taken on the Office Manager which I am finding makes for a busy time – health and safety, first aid, meetings, catering, booking accommodation and even stationery falls under this role.

Q3 What do you like about working for AlphaBio?

AlphaBio is such a lovely company with a great team and in a really supportive environment. It has been going for 12 years but it is exciting to be here when it really seems to be growing and developing.

I had no experience of working in agriculture so it is a bit of a learning curve but I enjoying helping out when it’s needed. Even if I did not set out to work for a “green” company, it gradually sinks in that what AlphaBio is trying to do is important.

At AlphaBio, the team is relatively small but you really feel very valued and appreciated. As a result, I am happy to go the extra mile if something is needed out-of-hours.