Cara Taylor Email & Phone Number

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Belfast, United Kingdom

Supporting local businesses by giving them access to the tools, knowledge or networks that will help them grow.Strategy, events, digital marketing, business growth, collaboration.

Northern Ireland

• New product launch into Northern Ireland
• Responsible for developing convenience, vape shop and off licence channels
• Relationship building and managing customer accounts

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Working with well-known drinks brands including Jameson, Powers, Hennessy, Absolut, Malibu and West Coast Cooler.
• Responsible for checking stock levels, promotions, and restocking shelves in multiples, working with section leaders and store managers to ensure sufficient stock levels throughout the busy Christmas period
• Merchandising, POS and relationship building with independent retailers
• Involvement in sales meetings (retail & on trade)
• Involvement in tasting sessions
• Channel planning project – working with some independent retailers, responsible for drawing up existing planograms, examining breakdown of categories with marketing manager then creating a new planogram according to.

Belfast, United Kingdom

McNicholl Hughes is a specialist shop fitting and interior construction company whose clients include major international franchises such as Costa Coffee, Dominos, KFC, Hamley's, Specsavers, Barratts, Molton Brown and Claire's. McNicholl Hughes work throughout the UK and Ireland. We project manage the entire installation taking charge of all.

Part of a team of 3 launching the new Rothmans brand into Northern Ireland (a dark market with no tobacco advertising), gaining a 1% market share in 6 months. Building strong working relationships with retailers through in store-marketing, education on product benefits and profit margins, auditing and sales in Independent, Symbol stores and multiples.

Holywood

General running of the office, social media as well as distribution, subscriptions, invoicing etc. Involved in organisation of the IN! Magazine Awards.

Holywood

Selling advertising space in IN! Magazine to local businesses...

Northern Ireland

Identifying opportunities to expand business, and other areas e.g. advertising and sponsorship, implementing existing distribution

Northern Ireland

Auditing / POS / planogram implementation for Wall's, Ben & Jerry's/ Odeon, Vodafone, Colgate

Retail Advisor for Energizer / Wilkinson Sword, and Morrisons Store Expert.

Belfast, United Kingdom

University placement

University placement

Belfast, United Kingdom

Advising customers, mainly on No.7 and fragrance counter

Cim Certificate In Professional Marketing, Marketing, Distinction

CIM Level 4 in Professional Marketing (Digital Marketing)

Master Of Science (Msc), Business Development And Innovation

MSc Business Development & Innovation

Bsc, Architecture, 2.2

BSc Architecture

A Levels, Spanish, English Literature, Maths, A,B,B

Activities and Societies: Senior Prefect, Hockey Captain, Mock Trial competitions (participating and coaching junior team), School Magazine

Pgcert, Executive Leadership