David Hocking Email & Phone Number

Oxford, GB

Berkhamsted, England, United Kingdom

Bicester

• SALES EXECUTIVECastle Minibus is a small family run business providing the Education Sector with Minibuses on a contract lease. Castle pride themselves on the level of service they are able to provide and hands on.
• Managing to secure a sale within the first month of starting with the company, in a county we currently did not supply.
• Gaining more face to face experience.
• Securing an order from a face to face site visit.

Bicester

• Morleys of Bicester are specialists in educational furniture. Morleys they pride themselves on the quality of the furniture and longevity of the products and stay away from cheap alternatives that would need replacing.
• Developed a new role within the company.
• An annual sales target of 1 million pounds, which was meet in the first quarter and remaining consistent through the second quarter.
• Recording a pipeline of any potential business from new and existing accounts.
• Maintaining a high margin in order to meet the companies targets.
• Quick to offer alternative products and solutions to win potential customers.

Oxford, United Kingdom

• At Parker Merchanting we dealt mainly with PPE equipment for on site engineering, but also dealt with many other items that site personnel would require within the industry. I worked for a depot which consisted of 6.
• Assigned the depots largest account, dealing with any queries they would have in a swift and efficient manner.
• Consistently hitting sales targets given personally and as a depot.
• Part of a team named depot of the year two years running (2007 & 2008).
• Won a sales promotion for a new line of products not shown in the catalogue, this was a contest between the internal sales team which consisted of over 100 people.
• Dealing with the depot’s largest account I evaluated products that were purchased on a continual basis and instigated a site call-off form using Excel to make ordering for their sites easier.

Chalgrove

• Blazepoint dealt with the design and build of printers being used within Territorial Army. I worked within a production line in solely building the circuit boards for the printers and making sure they were ready for.
• Meeting daily and monthly targets for getting printers ready to be despatched
• Although my main dealings were with the building of the circuit boards was always keen to help out with other areas of the build to speed up the process.
• Despite being a Temporary member of staff I was asked to remain with the company on a permanent basis, due to my commitment and consistently meeting targets.
• Was able to manage my time so as processes were not delayed due to my part of the build not being ready

Wheatley

• Operating within a set team of three we dealt with shoring up canal/river banks with metal sheet piles to prevent erosion. I also assisted with the transport department in making sure vehicles were up to date with.
• Consistently picking up knowledge in a field I knew relatively little about, I obtained the trust of fellow workers
• Remained focused and driven to get jobs completed on schedule
• Was asked to be part of a team to excavate a pond to feature on the BBC programme Gardeners World

Thame

• CRC was involved in setting up a division that was responsible for repairs of Minolta QMS printers. Operating as part of a team in which processes were taken to solve problems customers may have. My responsibility.
• Liaising with engineers to solve printer problems.
• Acquired extra responsibilities to add to my existing role, which included ordering parts required within a strict budget.
• Took it upon myself to learn more about the printer problems to see if I could help the customer further when logging problems with the printer by attending courses.
• Introducing ways to get new Minolta products into the market.
• Ensuring deadlines were met to meet customer satisfaction.