We Design craft and create Wooden toys for children and supply child care centres, kindergartens and pre schools.Established in 1980 the toys are proven, durable and long lasting."A Toy Today - An Heirloom Tomorrow"

For the last six years I've been working on myself, as well as my business, I'm a early childhood trauma survivor, that six years ago put down the bottle and all the mental anguish that comes with that, I was only able to transition from victim to survivor by engaging with a trauma councillor for a year, and finding like minded people to learn from and help.This year life started throwing curveballs, like no other 27th of April my oldest friend Darren passed from complications due to his battle with alcoholism.Not long after that my partner decided that she wasnt on the same page as me and ended our relationship,no time to grieve thou as I was diagnosed with stage 3 locally advanced prostate cancer couple of weeks later....The next four to five months was a kind of hell only someone who has lived it would understand, yet when i was heading to St Georges Cancer Care in Christchurch, I started to have a change on how I view the world.I realised i was in a unique position as a manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer.With my vision forming, i donated some toys to The Canterbury West Coast Accommodation in langdons rd CHCH, this set about a series of meetings with some incredible people and I found my village, my place in the world.Im happiest most content, comfortable in my skin when my intent is pure and its about helping others, there is a whole world of my type of people out there,, for so many years I could only see what benefited me, when I looked out at what I could give, everything changed, I realised I had a lot of lived experiences trauma,alcoholism, Cancer taking my Grandad at 8 Nana at 21 then both her sons,survived Christchurch EQs, my story is of no value if I can’t help others sharing my experiences, How I managed to get to work, to reconnect to start to trust others, to become passionate the inspired !

Botica Timber Services Ltd (BTS) is a timber processing plant located in The Concourse West Auckland. We specialize in custom cutting & machining of any species of timber for the wider construction & building industries. We also produce a wide range of standard profiles from weatherboards, skirting boards, decking, flooring and paneling."It's the quality that matters and the service that counts".

After moving back to Auckland I again started cold calling for Janssen Holdings Ltd.I was heavily involved in the re branding of all their products, and again grew my portfolio to over 1.3 million in Gross warranty revenue in the time I was there.

Having a love of building all my life and after the Earthquakes put a quick end to all sales roles, I embarked on a change of vocation, This mainly consisted of remedial work within my broken city.It was at this point in life I choose to move back to Auckland as I have a young daughter who needs a father, I must say my greatest most rewarding decision to date.

Business to Business Sales and Key Account Management.Part of the first dedicated Specialist team that was tasked to raise Yellow.co.nz online presence, when we started there were only 4% of the advertisers who were in the print publication that also had a online presence.After 2 years we had raised this to 18% a significant achievement in that we were educating a very heavily print biased portfolio of very well known New Zealand brands to the advantages of being "Found" online.I developed a solid understanding of my clients needs, while educating myself on the benefits of well written, well built websites and how this interfaces with Google and Yellow.co.nz to provide the best Return on Investment for any business.Providing 'best fit' recommendations that are in line with the clients sales and growth strategies, so as to develop long term relationships that benefited both parties.Responsible for 8 'print' Reps online targets, ongoing training and general promotion of online sales within my team.Ambassador for Digital Media Industry in a time when Online advertising was difficult to value proposition AchievementFinished 4th overall nationally in Digital Media Sales (being in the first year of operation as a separate sales channel from print)

The predominant products are Life and Income Protection InsuranceSupervising Agent responsible for:Field training new employeesPublic relations workAdministrative training.SkillsAppointment SettingTime ManagementAble to work AutonomouslyClear concise training methodsInformative Sales proposalsClosing SalesSales ReportingAchievement I qualified for an all expenses paid trip to Scottsdale, Arizona for the international convention. I qualified by meeting my annual sales budget in eight months.

Synopsis: The Company provides mechanical breakdown insurance and payment protection products to the motor vehicle industry.This was a smaller company competing with market giants like AA, Autosure, Protecta.My job entailed cold calling on potential clients, introducing myself and the company's products to each dealer principal.Driving Brand Recognition Clearly explaining our unique points of differenceProviding cost analysis on several different products at a time.Building solid relationships that provided long term retention.Training clients sales reps to increase product penetrationAdvising clients on their Business to Client Advertising StrategiesMy first six months sales were modest, around $150,000 (which was still a company record) but quickly escalated to an average of $70,000 per month resulting in net sales of $420,000 for my first year. By this time I was known and respected by key company clients and new business clients, resulting in my second year net sales reaching $840,000. The average sales representatives net sales at this time was between $500/600,000 per annum.I believe the key to this success was relationship building and networking, asking for referrals and very high retention of key clients, skills that are all valuable in any company.

When I started with Craig Collins they held 10 to 12 units in stock, and were very new to the automotive retail industry.We specialised in Imported Subarus GTB sedans and wagons,and the well loved WRX sedans creating a niche market and competing against one of the more well known franchise dealers in town.Over the first year we implemented sales processes added a F & I manager and were averaging 15 to 20 units per month with 30% finance and warranty penetration.Over the next 12 months we started some alternate marketing strategies forming a association with "Club Sub" and the local Chinese student community via a referral or spotters remuneration scheme.This worked especially well keeping our average gross per unit high by saving on advertising costs.We were then averaging 30 units per month with a high repeat business element when I moved to my next role.

Fantastic role in a very new niche market at the time.Still hold unbeaten 14 vehicles sold paid and delivered on one day.

General Sales role achieved well moved onto next role as remuneration was better.

My first role in the Automotive Industry and one which im very grateful to have filled.This gave me a great foundation on which i still refer back to in every day in the sales and service industry.Heavily Martec Road to the Sale based processes, which are still relevant on any yard today.Meet Great Qualify and Six position sell are fundamentals which seem to be forgotten by the great number of salespeople ive come across over the years.Also how to take a incoming sales call in a manner which results in a 90% appointment strike rate.On most months I achieved top six placement in Queensland for Overall Sales and Customer Satisfaction Surveys.