Alan Smyth Email & Phone Number

County Dublin, Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

Sydney, Australia

Since being founded in 2009, OfficeLine Products (OLP) has experienced a rapid growth in the Office Storage Equipment industry. Eventually resulting in becoming the largest supplier to the Australian retail market in 2013. OLP's range of products are always growing and adapting to the needs of todays consumers, be it with the launch of new products, or the.

ACT/NSW

• Staples are the largest office product supply company in the world with sales in excess of AUS$24billion. They are also the 3rd largest online retailer. After a successful 2 year period in the Merchandising area of the.
• Surpassed sales and profit targets in 2015
• Grew YOY revenues by in 2016
• Grew YOY profit in 2016 with budgeted target margin achieved
• Won national tender with the Australian Department of Defence
• Increased transactional furniture sales by 4% through improved customer relationships

Sydney, Australia

• Responsible for developing and executing category business plans and merchandising strategies for both the Commercial Office Furniture and Office Paper categories. Determined product ranges for the marketplace ensuring.
• Grew transactional furniture category margin through better sourcing, offshore procurement and vendor consolidation
• Increased revenue through building Australia and New Zealand relationships with key sales personnel including the Furniture Sales Team and Enterprise Sales Team to drive the Furniture Category brand.
• Initiated off shore procurement for key products within the category
• Established a new range of project commercial furniture – Business Interiors by Staples
• Increased rebate revenue with key vendors

Sydney, Australia

Taste Ireland is Australia's prime source for buying Irish grocery products online. Their aim is simple - to offer the largest variety of Irish groceries at competitive prices, with high levels of service and customer care. They have teamed up with the various Irish food manufacturers to bring you a wide range of products. The products have been selected.

Australia

On a cold March evening in Dublin we decided to look at potential opportunities outside of Ireland. Never thinking that Australia would be the one that came out on top. 5 months later, after a number of meetings and various discussions, we packed our bags and loaded a container and off we went on our new adventure!

Ireland

• Furey Smyth Group owns 6 supermarkets operating under the Eurospar symbol (part of the BWG Group – which runs the Spar franchise in Ireland) with a turnover in excess of $70M and over 350 staff. Key Achievements
• Extensive cost savings achieved in a number of key areas – Energy costs, advertising (printing costs) and packaging
• Introduced monthly non –food promotion catalogue for all the stores generating an additional $1m revenue per annum for the Group
• Established very strong relationships with all areas of management in the business to ensure continued support of the buying function
• Established a new discount section within one of the larger stores generating approx. €600k revenue per annum for this store
• Introduction of a new frozen food supplier from the UK into the stores which significantly increased the margin in the promotional frozen food category

Ireland

• Triumph Distribution and Marketing was a family owned Irish operation established in 1986 to deliver quality non-food (house ware) products to Multiples, Department Stores and the majority of independent supermarkets.
• Rejuvenated the complete range of house ware products offered to supermarket customers (e.g. Supervalu (Musgrave), Eurospar, Spar)
• Continued margin growth through improved sourcing strategies
• Excellent relationships built with customer purchasing departments on a national basis over 15 years
• Successfully sourced and branded full range of cleaning products to compete with the Irish market leader
• Negotiated & implemented the national distribution of a leading global brand of houseware products

Ba, Business/Commerce, General

Ba, Business, Accounting,Economics.Law,French

Activities and Societies: played with the Reckless pedestrians from 91 to 93, golf Studied Business, Marketing and French

Leaving Certificate (High School Final Exam), Leaving Certificate

Leaving Certificate (High School Exam)

Education record