The Painters Hub is painting/decorating business located in the Wellington Region. Our decorating teams specialise in Roof, Exterior and Interior painting as well as House Washing. We also enjoy collaborative relationships with a few other high-end decorating businesses to ensure that no matter the project, we can deliver.We rely on our experienced and educated team of decorators to deliver finished projects of the highest quality, without feeling the need to quote at the highest end of the market. Our mix of great people along with our reliance on the latest technologies, enables this.We're keen to talk with prospective customers about some of the things that we do differently. From our communication frameworks through to our brand new Painters Report, along with some of our new coating technologies.Feel free to reach out if you think it's time to lean into our expertise. We'd love to hear from you.

This role is about sales growth within the existing territory. It's an exciting opportunity to expand Wattyl's market penetration and relevance and the early results are setting a new standard

We've all had or heard of a cringe worthy experience with 'Tradies' with the painting trade being no exception to that rule. Put simply, it doesn't have to be that way and and at Capital Painting Services its not.My two part role is about building and refining the current painting systems for increased efficiency and predictability as well as increasing profitable sales through a new definition of customer experience.One of the early industry leading changes is a visual report of the work carried out critically showing what can't be seen once the job is completed, such as before and after photos of repairs. Think 'Painters Report' in addition to a builders report and you're on the right track. The report also includes many 'must knows' for property owners providing them with a clear advantage come time to sell.We are currently deciding on the best mobile technology for communication as well as setting visual expectations with customers. Residential painting, inside or out, can be a significant investment so we think that customers should be guided through a visual decision making process that creates confidence and reassurance.Finally, like any business that desires growth, I'm responsible for making the business scalable in every way. The way we communicate, the way we work, the way we set expectations, the way we positively surprise every individual customer, the way we market, the way we sell, the way we're interpretated and the way that we introduce new standards as 'the norm' are only a handful of considerations for our long term sustainable growth.I love changing the relevance of a business for its customers. Get in touch with me if you would like to know more about how we're redefining the entire painting customer experience.

As Delivery Lead my responsibility was to manage the commercial outcomes and delivery of agreed specifications. Those specifications include software testing as a traditional strength, but the role focused on New Ways of Working and transformational change through Modern Agile. I enjoyed being a part of the team delivering this type of transformational change within the public sector. My time Assurity allowed me to bed in the principles of modern agile and how important they are in leadership, in the flexible application of management and in the day to day application of efficient and effective teams. Let's always make sure that we are Making People Awesome, Delivering Value Continuously, Making Safety a Prerequisite for our people and Experimenting and Learning Rapidly.

The Radio, Digital and Print medias are exciting mechanisms for advertising and growing business. In addition we also sell and build profitable websites and provide commercial print for our clients. You would be safe in assuming that NZME complete's the circle in terms of all things marketing and advertising for a business. My responsibility lies with the successful management of the Wellington Sales Team. We have a great team brimming with expertise and experience. There is no shortage of opportunity for the growth of our team and their increased performance, which is also really exciting.Over the next few months we will be putting in place activity measures around all IPA's (Income Producing Activities) so that the team is able to accurately measure the activities that lead to results. There's plenty more on the go including the opportunity to refresh the current NZME website offering - but more on that later.

I am responsible for the overall growth of the printing.com (pdc) network in New Zealand (NZ). In addition to pdc, we have just launched our pilot studio for our new business named Nettl. pdc is New Zealand's largest franchised retail print and design business. In addition to the 32 franchised sites around New Zealand, we also have 45 non-franchised re-sellers. During 2012 I was responsible for creating the unbranded national network of re-sellers. I was tasked with increasing our market penetration. I created an unbranded offer which could be used within our existing territories. The result has seen 45 additional businesses join our network, an increase in sales and better use of the production platform.Culture change is a substantial area of responsibility. Over the past 2 years we have changed the culture from being production driven to sales driven. For a traditionally robust manufacturing business, this has been a big shift in mindset and no small undertaking.Nettl is a new and equally exciting opportunity. There is an obvious gap in the market for a national level brand that delivers 'easy to understand'​ and 'profitably effective'​ websites to businesses. The pilot studio has performed exceedingly well. A 'start-up' with no customers on day one was profitable after only three months. We're now engaging the market and will have a further 3 studios open by May 1st 2016. Nettl is the second brand that I am building around New Zealand. I was associated with the printing.com growth, with the main build driven by Steve Messenger. The White Label brand was the first national brand I was tasked with building (now 45 businesses strong).

My responsibilities included selling the services of PrintNZ and supporting the membership drive. They included Government Level advocacy, Health & Safety education/advice, Human Relations advice/resources and business networking opportunities. During my time at PrintNZ, the membership base grew from just over 350 businesses to over 700 businesses.