An experienced marketing and business development professional having held senior positions within the business to business environment. I have driven marketing and business development strategy and initiatives across whole businesses; influencing change at a senior level, but I am equally at home getting my hands dirty on more operational matters. Reporting into Chief Executives and Managing Partners (accountancy and legal professions) I have been responsible for managing experienced teams of up to 20 staff and believe in integrating strategies with other centralised functions, such as Marketing Communications, IT and HR, and consequently develop strong internal relationships. Specific strengths include the following: • Strong people management skills and a demonstrable track record of recruiting, motivating and developing teams• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across the business, with clients and potential clients• Experience of running key accounts and key account programmes• Experience in strategic project management • Setting, working within and reporting against detailed budgets• Intellectually capable to understand complex issues, extract key benefits and communicate in a sales context• Development of “content marketing” to set a clear market differentiator to support business development activitiesSpecialties: Business to business, Professional services, Accountancy, Audit, Tax, Financial services, Law, Business development, Sales campaigns, Potential new clients, Market research, Client relationship management, Account management, CRM, Proposals, Bids, Tenders, Writing, Public sector.
Listed skills include Business Development, Management, Business Strategy, Crm, and 19 others.