Dan Blything Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

• Belong Gaming deliver unforgettable grassroots esports experience to gamers. Belong is a home for gamers, operating 6 physical LAN centers in the United States, with 27 locations operating in the UK through the.
• Working directly for the CEO & General Manager supporting the C-Suite team across the business
• Represented the CEO, General Manager a C-Suite team at all times
• Implemented processes for business planning and coordination of activity and events
• Project managing key business projects across operations, marketing, retail, technology and finance
• Working with C-Suite to define the business strategy, and immediate actions to deliver

Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom

• Belong Arenas UK is a subsidiary within the Frasers Group, a non-retail division that operates the UK’s leading Esports Arenas across 26 locations.
• A seconded role to support the start-up of a new esports gaming arena business in the USA working in a consultancy capacity; opening 10 arenas in 2021 and setting the foundation to progress to 500 within five years.
• Established business project plan with the CEO to define and build the foundations of the business
• Collaborative working with the UK team ensuring all stakeholders contribute within their role
• Developed use of Asana project management tools to support rollout and business build
• Creating engaging sales presentations for existing and potential partners and sponsors of the business

Basingstoke

• Game is an electronic gaming specialist retailer recently acquired by Frasers Group plc operating throughout the UK and Spain. Employing circa 2,500 people increasing to over 3,000 during peak trading periods across.
• Reporting to the CEO and responsible for a team of Business Managers supporting management
• Business Management team supported across Operations, Commercial, Marketing and Belong arenas
• As Senior Business Manager, represented the CEO and his priorities at all times
• Management, tracking and implementation of key business projects
• Designing and creating engaging partner presentations for CEO outreach and business development

Basingstoke

• Reporting to the CEO, and responsible for delivering across all areas of support
• Represented the CEO and his priorities at all times
• Management, tracking and implementation of key business projects
• Designing and creating engaging partner presentations for CEO outreach and business development
• Providing accurate progress updates for all projects highlighting issues and risks
• Planning and implementation of internal events and annual conference - structure, logistics & content

Basingstoke

• Day to to day management, creation of communications and regular tasking to over 300+ stores
• Assessing, sourcing and implementing digital business solutions to improve in-store digital proposition
• Supporting Commercial and Marketing teams with Remerch projects and seasonal store changes
• Management and development of 2x Operations Assistants within the team
• Launched and developed improved company intranet for store teams, including ongoing management
• Developing ways to communicate to stores including improving the tone of voice

Basingstoke

• Part of the Central Operations team reporting to the Retail Communications Manager
• Responsible for liaising and supporting store locations & Regional Managers
• Day to day management of communications from the Head Office to 300+ stores
• Review of all store communications to ensure consistency and contain accurate detail
• Management of the Gamestation brand's company intranet
• Managing and develop the Operations Assistant role within the team

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

• Gamestation was an electronic gaming retail specialist focused on console gaming and the trading in / selling of pre-owned games up until it was acquired by Game PLC in May 2007.
• Multi-Site management role managing and developing a region of 5 store locations
• Day to day management and performance of my own store as well as those within my cluster
• Performance and P&L management of the locations within my cluster
• Responsible for store compliance reviews, reviewing health & safety and business audits
• Supported HR team with employee performance management

Various Locations - Reading, Maidenhead, Basingstoke, Swindon, Bracknell, Oxford

• Day to day management of the store location
• Recruitment of all employees and development of talent
• Risk management and health & safety accountability for the location
• Merchandising of product and implementing improves sales displays
• Managing and implementing creative product launches with partners
• Performance & P&L management of store