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London, England, United Kingdom

As Managing Director at The Opportunity Hub UK, my role encompassed driving team growth, forging powerful talent-company connections, and leading the charge in technological innovation. Central to my mission is fostering inclusivity, aiming to make job searching a more equal, accessible, and empowering experience for all. Through these efforts, I'm committed to reinforcing The Opportunity Hub UK's standing as the ultimate opportunity platform, transforming the job search landscape in the UK and beyond.

London, England, United Kingdom

As a Freelance Communications Recruitment Consultant, I dedicated my time to providing Recruitment Technology consultancy and executing headhunting contracts within dynamic sectors, including PR and digital markets. Specializing in Gaming, Crypto, Health Tech, Marketing, Finance, and Tech, I successfully navigated the intersection of technology and talent acquisition.

London, United Kingdom

With almost 5 years of experience at the agency, I successfully recruited hundreds of graduates into top startups and PR & Marketing agencies across London, resulting in a 7-figure revenue for the agency. However, I have decided to focus on my personal passions and life goals. Throughout my tenure, I led a team of recruiters and established strong connections with companies of all sizes, providing 360 recruitment services for both graduate level and senior search, while also identifying new business opportunities for the agency.

London, United Kingdom

As a budget holder for a diverse range of high-profile, private, bespoke 1-1 swimming tuition locations throughout London and the south of England, I have successfully managed a £500k revenue budget. My clients have included Fitness First Gyms, The Marriott, and Hilton Hotels. Key highlights of my experience include: ☐ Building strong stakeholder relationships through engagement with venue management, including negotiating contracts, identifying opportunities for growth, and fostering community connections with staff, customers, and instructors.☐ Planning and executing effective local PR, marketing, and re-enrollment campaigns to drive pool engagement.☐ Recruiting, managing, and developing a talented team of 40 FTE local swimming instructors.☐ Proactively optimizing lesson bookings and outreach opportunities to increase income and improve lesson quality.☐ Accurately forecasting and managing the regional budget, with strong controls on P&Ls.I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the leisure industry and have since transitioned into recruitment, where I am dedicated to helping companies build world-class teams.

Reading, Milton Keynes & Stroud

Delivering programmes geared at supporting unemployed people into employment.Thames Valley: Nov15 – June16 - £2.5million annual revenue. Gloucestershire: Feb14 – Nov15 £500k annual revenue. Responsible for the delivery of a multitude of DWP - European Social Fund (ESF) & Skills Funding Agency (SFA) funded contracts with a combined contract total of £3million. Portfolio: Community Work Placement (CWP) Adult Skills training budget (ASB.)The Work Programme (WP), Skills Support for Work Programme (SSWP), Maths and English for the unemployed, Programmes For the Unemployed (PFU.) I am a results-driven leader with a proven track record of improving performance in the delivery of welfare-to-work contracts. I played a vital role in significantly improving performance for our delivery of Welfare to Work contracts including the Work Programme and Programme for the Unemployed in the Southwest & Thames Valley regions. Upon joining in February 2014, our organisation was ranked 40th out of 40 providers. Through my leadership and collaboration with a dedicated team of business managers, we achieved a top ranking and regained the trust of the Department for Work and Pensions as a preferred partner.Key achievements: ☐ Initiated region-wide performance initiatives resulting in improved quality and performance, as well as multiple region-wide Service Level Agreements with key external stakeholders☐ 40+ direct reports, line managing, recruiting and developing world-class teams resulting in staff engagement scores better than the business and industry averages and overachieving budgets across multiple contracts☐ Supported the organisation with new business contract bids and contract severances increasing our revenue and making large cost savings. ☐ Hand-selected for national think panel to drive performance across the national employability division as well as complex strategic planning to drive people development, quality, stakeholder relations, and performance

Gloucestershire & Herefordshire X 7 Stores

2005-2014: Branch Manager of multi-million pound turnover Convenience & Supermarket stores. As a Branch Manager from 2005-2014, I was responsible for overseeing the operations of seven multi-million pound turnover Convenience & Supermarket stores located in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. Throughout my eight years in this role, I made an instant impact on sales in each store, with notable achievements such as converting loss-making sites into profit-making in under 12 months and being named a store of excellence winner. Starting as the youngest store manager at the age of 18, I was given the challenge of turning a loss-making store into a profitable one. Through my relentless drive and ability to build great teams, I was able to progress to managing larger stores with bigger budgets and even opening brand new stores, including the hiring of an entirely new teams.Key achievements: Recruited and developed world class teams to deliver exceptional standards of shopkeeping, converting 2 loss making stores into profit and consistently the standard-setters across the region Generated 25%+ profit year on year in each store on fresh food sales through creativity and handpicked promotional activity Achieved Internal loss prevention Audits and colleague engagement survey scores 95% and highlighted by management as an exemplar manager Promotion to a larger site every year from 2007-2014 due to outstanding performance Ensured that 150% of stores’ community hours were completed each year, submerging ourselves as part of the communityResponsibilities:  Embedded exceptional standards of customer service and motivated colleagues to increase sales and store efficiency Drove colleague engagement, scheduling and assigning duties for teams various sizes Acute management of Stock and order ensuring cost centre budgets were achieved Ensured all corporate and local regulations and procedures are met and complied with