Chris Smullen Email & Phone Number

Bequia Island, Grenadines, Caribbean

The stunning Sail House was voted "Best Private House in the World" at the 2021 Architizer A+ Awards. This followed a unanimous decision by a panel of distinguished architects. The 2-acre estate consists of one main house with a pool & professional music studio, a workshop & solar farm, a manager's cottage, and three guest cottages. It is located on the top of Mount Pleasant on Bequia Island, Grenadines, Caribbean. The Sail House Company which I manage also has four vehicles and a sailing boat.More information, photos, & videos on the links here;https://www.thesailhouse.space/https://davidhertzfaia.com/sail-house-bequiahttps://www.kevinscott.us/sail-house

Bequia, Island Grenadines, Caribbean

The Lookout is located on the paradise island of Bequia in the Caribbean. I own two boutique apartments, nestled above the island's two finest beaches.Web: www.thelookoutbequia.comE-mail: louise@thelookoutbequia.com

Heathrow, United Kingdom

Best known in the UK for the New York Bagel Company brand, this was an interim role looking after the top 4 UK grocers (& beyond). Post contract, I once again returned to the Caribbean to focus on my business interests there.

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

Interim summer role managing the Asda account worth £115M, before returning to business interests in the Caribbean for the winter season

Stretford Bridge, Herefordshire

Responsible for a business unit focused on Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, M&S and High St Discounters. Key achievements outlined in my profile section above. Reporting to MD, with two direct Senior National Account Manager reports.Key Achievements • Exceeded challenging performance targets by more than quadrupling sales & profit for my Business Unit.• Recognition that I played an integral role in the “stellar performance” that led to the sale of the business for £300M to US giant Amplify Snacks in August 2016.• I secured own label contracts worth over £12M across the account portfolio.• I consistently delivered best in class in-store execution, coinciding with ABL support plans. I have achieved the maximum possible foyer & gondola end feature display and demonstrated the success using relevant & credible data.• I increased distribution points by more than 500% in one Multiple Grocer

Newton Le Willows, Merseyside

Tesco & Sainsbury SNAM• Played an instrumental role in doubling the Vimto brand size in just 4 years.• Won the award of Best Sales Initiative in both 2009 & 2011.

Focussed on driving corporate membership sales by building strong commercial relationships with key national accounts such as KPMG, HSBC, Unilever and Shell.• Delivered over 30% annual sales growth across the account portfolio.

Career break taken to fulfil an ambition to travel to over 20 countries across five continents. A truly enriching & life-changing experience.

Leigh, Lancashire

Sainsbury's, Asda, Co-op, Somerfield Group• Instigated a dramatic turnaround for the frozen business unit from loss-making into significant profit, before being promoted to the grocery arm of the business.• Initiated beacon branding into the world foods section of Sainsbury’s, delivering company merchandising principles whilst increasing product visibility, availability and sales performance.• Secured own label contracts worth in excess of £3M.

Aintree, Liverpool

Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Asda• Managed own label projects from concept through to launch.• Adopted & implemented beacon branding company merchandising principles.

North West Stores

Store Mgr at the age of 22, hitting the ground running straight out of University• Won “Store Manager of the Year” award as recognition of my achievements.

Bsc. (Hons), Sports Science With Leisure & Recreation, 2.1

Based at Bedford campus

A Levels, Sports Studies, English Language, Biology

Education record

Education record