Craig Maxwell Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

• Evaluated situations and delivered targeted solutions using various tools and resources.• Developed complete business plans and operational strategies for new and existing business.• Performed as consultant for startup business in areas of marketing, logistics, and training to various behavioral healthcare service professionals.• Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.• Creating in-depth reports and presentations on business processes providing forecasts and expectations.• Working closely with key customers to keep them updated on process changes designed to improve service.• Establishing communication networks with other consultants who work as IT or recruitment specialists studying new and potential trends within industry Suggesting solutions to business problems.• Establishing methods for testing business applications and creating templates for reports used to monitor application effectiveness.• Hosting workshops and staff presentations within company.• Discovering new opportunities and markets for businesses to expand in Finding new financial avenues to keep company solvent.• Organizing and executing assigned business projects on behalf of clients according to client requirements.• Meeting with assigned clients when needed and performing initial assessments of problematic situation.• Collecting information about client’s business through variety of methods (shadowing, interviews, surveys, reading reports etc.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Physical trading & supply of cement & structural / reinforcement long steel products.• Structured trade finance credit facilities to support trading activities.• Cash and Risk Management.• Research and evaluate trading partners based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production, distribution capabilities, reputation, and history.• Undertook and completed training on: Time charter and voyage charter parties, FFA contract negotiation and execution.• Vessel bunkering hedging and execution, Internal freight accounting practices.• Worked closely with Freight Operations team.• Ensured all documentation and administrative requirements are completed.• Evaluated and monitored contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.• Developed relationships with traders, vessel owners, brokers to price freight needs.• Took care of external price proposals to determine fair market prices, negotiate freight rate and other Charter Party contractual.• Maintained and evaluated customer requirements, competitor activity and customer/ supplier performance.• Developed network within Arab Gulf & Indian Subcontinent market to maximise the overall profitability of the trading book.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Developing new business for international education recruitment sector, recruiting for 20+ undergraduate and post graduate universities.• Evaluated situations and delivered targeted solutions using various tools and resources.• Developed complete business plans and operational strategies for new and existing business.• Building robust teams for all our operations and offices to ensure that students are making well-informed decisions.• Provide complete & accurate information on universities, courses & study destinations.• Demonstrate various educational programs, and enrolment processes, and provide information about different institutions.• Asses and evaluate information related to students and their choices to help them make right decisions for their higher studies and career goal.• Organize various workshops, meetings, conferences, and committees to promote and deliver student welfare programs.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Developed new start-up company in telecom sector with USD $9 Million USD turn over.• Identified interested and qualified customers to provide potential customers with additional information regarding product.• Collaborated strong network with incumbent telecom operators with spectrum licenses with 2g and 3g networks.• Built telecom wholesale as primary business aggregating voice and global SMS traffic, providing International long-distance termination including implementation of soft switch, billing systems, POP / Data centre, and complete Network operations centre.• Exploring new business opportunities within telecom wholesale industry and finding potential customers• Acting as main interface between customers and company on commercial matters• Managing existing relationship with current customers and partners• Proactively selling various products and services offered by company to carriers, ISPs and telecommunications providers including Leased lines, Ethernet, MPLS-VPN, Transit, Data Centre, M2M services and as well Cloud services.• Day-to-day communication with customers and being ready to visit customers in other countries on regular basis.• Preparing quotations, proposals, and solutions (for RFPs, RFIs) to customers and presenting solutions to customers.• Managing whole sales lifecycle and liaising with teams internally to assure customer satisfaction.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Worked exclusively as marine broker/ trader and acted on behalf of KC Marine - Golden Crown Petroleum.• Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.• Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.• Developed complete business plans and operational strategies for new and existing businesses.• Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.• Led restructuring of organization internal processes, resulting in improved performance.