Everybody wants to be able to communicate effectively.....right?Well..I help people use language that is certain to impress.I do this because I love effective and clear communication. I teach people how to understand that it is not what you say, but what people hear that really matters.I have worked  with dozens of professionals to adapt the skills they know they have, into skills that others want to have.

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My responsibilities include managing the companies technical product range. The role involves introducing the companies' technical products range to Architects, Consulting Engineers, and County Councils. Client presentations, CPDs (Continuous Professional Development) and product information seminars are a vital contributor to the success of this role. I am also involved in new product development and providing market feedback to the technical products team. This role requires very strong… Show more My responsibilities include managing the companies technical product range. The role involves introducing the companies' technical products range to Architects, Consulting Engineers, and County Councils. Client presentations, CPDs (Continuous Professional Development) and product information seminars are a vital contributor to the success of this role. I am also involved in new product development and providing market feedback to the technical products team. This role requires very strong communication, networking, and relationship-building skills. Show less

Responsible for Builders Merchants, Tiling, Flooring, Highways and Streetscape product ranges.Accomplish business development activities by researching and developing marketing opportunities and plans; implementing sales plans; managing staff.Financial Planning and Strategy, Marketing Concepts, Positioning, People Management, Territory Manage personnel and develops sales and sales support staff. Review progress of sales roles throughout the company. Accurately forecast… Show more Responsible for Builders Merchants, Tiling, Flooring, Highways and Streetscape product ranges.Accomplish business development activities by researching and developing marketing opportunities and plans; implementing sales plans; managing staff.Financial Planning and Strategy, Marketing Concepts, Positioning, People Management, Territory Manage personnel and develops sales and sales support staff. Review progress of sales roles throughout the company. Accurately forecast annual, quarterly and monthly revenue streams. Develop specific plans to ensure revenue growth in all company’s products. Provide quarterly results assessments of sales staff’s productivity. Coordinate proper company resources to ensure efficient and stable sales results. Formulate all sales policies, practices and procedures.Assist sales personnel in establishing personal contact and rapport with top echelon decision-makers.Collaborate with Directors to develop sales strategies to improve market share in all product lines.Interpret short- and long-term effects on sales strategies in operating profit.Educate sales team by establishing programs/seminars of emerging products and multi-product sales, profitability, improved presentation strategies, competitive strategies and required use and level of sales support.Collaborate with Financial Director to establish and control budgets for sales promotion and trade show expenses.Reviews expenses and recommends economies.Holds regular meeting with sales staff. Show less

Introduce Larsen Building Products Ltd range of highway maintenance and streetscape products, to the Republic Of Ireland territory. Develop new business by positively promoting Larsen Building Products products Highway maintenance and Streetscape range of materials. Responsible for gaining product specifications, undertaking product demonstrations and delivering seminars.Main target markets are local authorities, water services, civil engineering and utilities companies… Show more Introduce Larsen Building Products Ltd range of highway maintenance and streetscape products, to the Republic Of Ireland territory. Develop new business by positively promoting Larsen Building Products products Highway maintenance and Streetscape range of materials. Responsible for gaining product specifications, undertaking product demonstrations and delivering seminars.Main target markets are local authorities, water services, civil engineering and utilities companies. Specifications are driven through presentations to Local Authority Engineers, Architects and Engineering consultants.A significant element of this role is to make strong and influential presentations to professionals and representative bodies e.g. NRA and Irish Water.This role is a true business development role, starting from a zero market presence, with the intention of making Larsen Building Products Ltd the leading brand in this sector in the Republic Of Ireland.I am also responsible for reinvigorating Larsen's presence in the Builders Merchants/Providers market sector. Show less

Develop new and existing business by positively promoting products for the market-leading manufacturer of Highway maintenance and streetscape materials. Responsible for managing Irish distributor network, gaining product specifications, undertaking product demonstrations and delivering (Continuous Professional Development) CPD seminars.The main target markets are local authorities, water services, civil engineering, and utility companies. Specifications are driven through (Continuous… Show more Develop new and existing business by positively promoting products for the market-leading manufacturer of Highway maintenance and streetscape materials. Responsible for managing Irish distributor network, gaining product specifications, undertaking product demonstrations and delivering (Continuous Professional Development) CPD seminars.The main target markets are local authorities, water services, civil engineering, and utility companies. Specifications are driven through (Continuous Professional Development) CPD presentations to Local Authority Engineers, Architects, and Engineering consultants.A significant element of this role is to make strong and influential presentations to professionals and representative bodies e.g. NRA and Irish Water. Show less

This position involved selling Dental CAD/CAM processes and specifically manufactured metal free restorations for crowns and bridges. This process incorporated reverse engineering touch scanning methods.My role as Business Manager meant I was responsible for designing and developing the business model. I was also tasked with generating long and short term sales plans and implementing same.Having been relocated to the UK by Renishaw I covered the UK and Ireland region. In addition I was… Show more This position involved selling Dental CAD/CAM processes and specifically manufactured metal free restorations for crowns and bridges. This process incorporated reverse engineering touch scanning methods.My role as Business Manager meant I was responsible for designing and developing the business model. I was also tasked with generating long and short term sales plans and implementing same.Having been relocated to the UK by Renishaw I covered the UK and Ireland region. In addition I was tasked with the launch of our product suite into the Benelux regions.My target market consisted mainly of dental laboratories and working in collaboration with these laboratories I would sell directly to dentists.On a day to day basis, I would liaise with business owners.As this was a new product launch the emphasis of the role was placed on new business development. I mainly developed new business by targeting representative bodies within the trade, establishing a strong marketing function, and generating referrals.The role required excellent communication skills and the ability to deliver presentations with confidence to Medical professionals. Show less

My product portfolio consisted of measurement devices such as calibration lasers, touch trigger probes and laser tool setting devices, motorised indexing heads, CMM probes and systems.My territory consisted of Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.My target market consisted of Medical Devices manufacturers, Aerospace, Defence, Automotive, Oil and precision engineering companies such as Shorts, Schlumberger, Cameron Willis, Smiths Aerospace, Langford Lodge, Abs… Show more My product portfolio consisted of measurement devices such as calibration lasers, touch trigger probes and laser tool setting devices, motorised indexing heads, CMM probes and systems.My territory consisted of Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.My target market consisted of Medical Devices manufacturers, Aerospace, Defence, Automotive, Oil and precision engineering companies such as Shorts, Schlumberger, Cameron Willis, Smiths Aerospace, Langford Lodge, Abs Pumps, Boston Scientific, Depuy and Stryker Howmedica.On a day to day basis I dealt with department heads and business owners.The emphasis of the role was placed on generating referrals, cold calling, setting up and attending trade shows, networking with distributors of precision engineering equipment.This role was a pure business development position. Show less

Responsible for sales team of 4 area managers. Total sales budget 4 million euros.

Repair, commission and provide programming service and support across a range of CNC machine tools