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St Albans, England, United Kingdom

New Business Development specialisation. Managing multiple brands with multiple distributors in the Middle Eastern, African and Asian Regions, giving direction on focus areas for explosive growth.

St. Albans, England, United Kingdom

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Focussed FMCG distributor management in the Middle East, New business development in Africa and Consolidator management for the smaller Rest of World distributor markets. Advanced commercial awareness.Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with strong International network and distributor relationships. Full P&L management, business planning.

Biggleswade

Regional Distributor management for our Nordic and Middle Eastern regions.

International Account Manager for three brands: Dorset, Jordans & Ryvita. Distributor Management for core Trade Markets: Middle East, Italy, Spain, Russia, South Africa & Czech Republic. Responsible for managing the export relationship between other worldwide trade markets in 64 countries. New Business development and market seeding.

• Managed all aspects of new international product introductions and changes within the business
• Managed internal Purchase Order generation, invoice posting / coding and tracked spend within the contributor system
• Liaised with distributors in Australia, Canada, France and other export markets and direct contacts to ensure all aspects of forecasting, product supply and support activity were fulfilled accurately
• Compiled period and ad hoc business reports
• Used a variety of communication skills to communicate effectively with customers (internal & external).

Completed a 3 month contract for Reed Specialist at Bedfordshire NHS as a Mental Health Contract Manager within the Procurement and Contracting team.

Management of the data processing department staff, a key and central function within the organization. Using business skills to prepare the function for planned business growth by standardizing processes in line with ISO. Extensive spreadsheet manipulation for marketing data analysisWorking knowledge of QPS systems for data processing.

Support for the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager with all aspects of expense accounting: Management of the Accounts Payable team during a transition period when Swiss Re moved the Accounts payable from a central GE point to Hitchin.Completion of monthly accruals and prepayments for supported functionsPreparation and journal entryIT Contact and.

Directors assistance with staff and diary managementAssisted the finance partner with Marketing accruals and prepayments and analysis of spendArranged travelSet up executive meetingsSet up and chaired staff meetingsSourcing specialist in the GE Sourcing Centre of Excellence; won the Everest AwardManaged a GE Women's Network career development event for 150.

Sales Managers assistance and assistance to the Marketing director with day to day activitiesEmail training for the departmentModified external correspondence to a high professional standardImproved use of links between modern software packages and the database systemUse of Access and "Unix" to provide a comprehensive marketing and customer contact system.

Supported the Administration Director with running the membership and Administration of the British Geriatrics Society.

Management of the office, Company security, General Company accounts, Preparation and payment of the payroll, Credit control, Petty cash, Monthly and weekly management reports, PAYE and Sales Tax calculation, Use of Sun Accounts

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CIMA training

Certificate In Personnel Practice, Certificate In Personnel Practice

CPP

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