Janice Tan

Janice Tan is an experienced Operations and Business Management professional with over 30 years of diverse experience across marketing, entrepreneurship, F&B operations, and setting up factories. She has a strong track record in building and managing teams, developing businesses, and overseeing multi-location food operations, with hands-on experience managing business operations, people, customers, suppliers, and central kitchen activities.

Since 2008, she has built extensive hands-on experience in the F&B industry, progressing from café operations to food court businesses and large corporate retail environments, including outlets located in Aeon, Tesco (now Lotus), and Giant, with exposure to halal-certified food production and multi-outlet food court operations.

During the covid pandemic, she served as General Manager responsible for setting up two new manufacturing facilities for energy bars and health supplements, taking both facilities from bare shop-lot units to fully operational factories with the required licensing and Halal, HACCP, and GMP certifications — covering facility setup, production processes, compliance, certification, and operational readiness.

She is a people-oriented and collaborative leader with a strong belief in teamwork, respectful communication, and staff development, known for a practical, hands-on management approach and the ability to coordinate people, suppliers, customers, licensing requirements, and operational processes to deliver business objectives.