Dave Buckney Email & Phone Number

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

I am accountable for the delivery and leadership of a number projects within the team, ensuring our commitments to internal and external stakeholders are met across a diverse range of exciting maritime projects.

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

Defining and evaluating processes to ensure continual improvement as well as taking ownership of coordinating the delivery of onboarding and integration projects.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Manage MFD, printer, PC, laptop and solutions delivery and implementation ensuring customer’s needs are met and overall customer satisfaction is attained. Direct entire project scope for successful end to end delivery of bespoke projects. Set project objectives to ensure all stakeholders are aware of project outlines. Communicate with customers and internal teams to ensure time, cost and quality criteria are met.• Planned and delivered a project to supply and install 70 new MFDs across the whole of the UK.• Drove project implementation of over 50 HP MFDs and Print Management Solutions to a South Coast company.• Collaborated with stakeholders to install 93 HP multifunction printers across multiple locations at a South-East University.• Successfully managed multiple projects during the busy end of the financial year to ensure all printers and solutions were installed according to the project plans so that invoices could be raised.

Engaged with clients to determine needs and requirements for print and document management solutions. Managed printer and software delivery projects while assisting sales teams with technical scoping, delivery and post-sales technical support. Presented technical expertise on solution design to clients.• Championed migration project for all printers and MFDs across 3 hotels to Konica Minolta and executed new Print Management Solutions.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

My main responsibility is delivering managed print service offerings to both SMB and Enterprise clients.I'm involved in the full MPS cycle using industry leading software to asses and design solutions, project management skills to implement the solution and account management skills to support the customer for the full term of the contract, including regular business reviews.I'm experienced in providing pre-sales technical support for Print Management solutions including PaperCut and Equitrac. I also have experience of installing PaperCut.Our main vendors are HP and Xerox so I have excellent working knowledge of their respective solutions, pMPS and XPPS, plus a good understanding of other vendors' offerings.Within Vohkus I maintain vendor accreditations and also design and deliver ongoing training to our sales teams.

Provided pre-sales consultancy for Managed Print solutions to encompass all aspects of MPS process while supplying onsite installation and end-use technical training. Assisted 80-member sales team with pre-sales support and oversaw various contracts assisting with technical and administrative support. Directed installation and configuration projects of printers and solutions, liaising with internal and external stakeholders and departments.• Coordinated full installation and configuration of 70+ multifunction printers to numerous individual sites for key account.

Successful at using client centred teaching methods to help pupils to learn to drive and pass their test 25% quicker than the national average.

Preparing pupils to become safe drivers for life and in the process passing their driving test.Using client centred teaching methods to work closely with the pupil to design the best training program for the individual.Supporting pupils in their studying for the Theory Test.AchievementsAn above average pass rate with most pupils needing 25% fewer lessons than the 47 hours that the DSA state the average person needs.

An AV distributor focusing on supplying products into the education market place.Responsible for 4 major vendors including SMART products.Designed and delivered weekly training sessions for the 30 sales staff.Delivered end-user product demonstration.AchievementsTook sales of TurningPoint from £33k to £198k revenue in 3 months

The UK's largest independent reseller of colour laser printers and supplies with an annual turnover of £16million last year.Held responsibility for the entire product portfolio offered by Printware.Monitored individual sales executives' calls to identify weak areas in their sales and product knowledge.Organised and implemented ongoing sales and product training for the 30 sales executives.Delivered end-user product demonstration and training, enabling the customer to get the most out of the product.Analysed sales history and market trends to identify areas to focus on and then created training and marketing/promotional plans to maximise sales.AchievementsDoubled sales of key product ranges, taking the Gross Profit of £268k in 2003 to £704k in 2004.Achieved over 80% conversion rate on product demonstrations to potential customers.Established as main point of contact for training and support for the in-house CRM system.

One of the UK's largest broad-based distributors of IT hardware.Managed the Printer Division made up of 16 Product Managers.Organised marketing and promotional activities for all the different manufacturers.Main point of contact for external manufacturers and all internal departments in Divisional Managers absence.Collated the individual manufacturers' budgets and produced the Divisional budget.Processed all stages of recruiting and training of new members of staff.Produced sales forecasts to enable Purchasing to order the correct stock levels.AchievementsIncreased sales of Minolta QMS printers by over 200% within 3 months.Demonstrated managerial and organisational capabilities to warrant the creating of the Assistant Divisional Manager's position.Showed excellent time management balancing the demands of both the Assistant Divisional Manager and Product Manager positions.