Chris Palin Email & Phone Number

Reading, Gb

Delhi, India

Southampton, United Kingdom

Dealt with all operational aspects including staffing, costs, warehouse, deliveries, finance and facilities.

Southampton, United Kingdom

Leading a team of 17 in excellent customer service, managing costs, maximising sales and profit whilst maintaining a safe and legally compliant store.Key Responsibilities:• Ensure that the company business plan is delivered to time scales below cost and to the highest standard.• Managing budgets, planning and forecasting using them to achieve maximum effect for minimum cost.• Using Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to plan and implement future business strategy.• Check that process and routine are followed to ensure sustainability, challenging any deviation and coming up with a robust plan to address any short falls.• Lead change and engage all stakeholders in change activities.• Spot talent and develop colleagues allowing them to reach their full potential.• Maintain standards of store aiming for retail excellence providing a great place to work and shop.• Working with the Operations Manager and Senior Leadership team to ensure all goals are met feeding back any concerns.• Dealing with external contractors and visitors ensuring that work carried out as per the contract.Key Achievements:• Achieved and surpassed sales budget for the year to date growing the business and improving like for like sales whilst driving down waste and delivering on other cost lines.• Responded to customer and staff feed back to resolve problems improving the service provided.• Recognised as the most successful external candidate recruited to the company in the area last year. • Selected as part of a team of three store managers to develop and deliver training across the region on cash and stock routines.• Improved staff attendance/sickness levels bringing them down below company targets by fostering a culture of team work and loyalty.• Attended and passed Tesco Store Manager Academy and Store Manager Technical validation.

Defence College Of Communication And Information Systems

Delivering and developing training on to British forces personnel both practical and theory on a new in service communications system.Key Responsibilities:• All training material is up to date and meets with all technical specifications as laid down by the customer. Reacting to customer feedback to improve and enhance training.• The training is carried out in an environment conducive to learning and in accordance with the health and safety policy.• Support the training manager in the acceptance of designated work packages and their subsequent delivery to time cost and quality.• Use correct method to deliver training either practical, class room based computer based training.Key Achievements:• Part of a small close knit team asked to review all training documentation matching it to technical specifications and checking for inaccuracy.• Took on and delivered mast training after only a short period with the company.

Responsible for the instalation and intergration of 3G mobile equipment into the mobile phone network

Southampton, United Kingdom

Responsible for pre operational training and administration. During operations responsible for day to day running of a busy operations room working in an international environment, camp security, movement in and around Kabul of British forces including VIP’s, continuation training and development . Pre and post incident management ensuring that all personnel and assets where recovered in a safe and timely manner

Responsible for instructing and administration of the Bowman Systems Managers (BSM) course. Carried out course planning, delivery and refinement using the defence systems approach to training (DSAT). Ensured that standards where maintained and met through testing and evaluation. Advised and assisted outside agencies with new course ware development. Preparation and delivery of high level presentations and briefings to senior Commanders

Basra/Hohne

Troop Sergeant managing 35 junior ranks, 10 Armoured Vehicles, mobile head quarters and associated stores. Deployed to Iraq as Senior Non Commissioned Officer In charge of Radio Control to deliver and maintain a robust communications network to the customer when deployed to the field satisfying all customer requirements. Briefed and trained senior officers and junior soldiers on communications and their best use.

Bulford

Selected to teach Bowman communications suite to the British Army as part of a multi million pound project. Specialised in HF communications (Harris Radios) but still able to teach all other equipment and data comms to a high standard.

Worldwide

Early career deployed worldwide using many different communications systems. High lights include deploying to Iraq as the Corporal in charge of Divisional Headquarters, selection for 6 month secondment to the British Antarctic Survey Team, manning help desk in Oman, detachment commander in Norway and Greece, Physical Training Instructor in Cyprus, ski instructor in Norway, detachment commander in Bosnia.