Retailing of motorcycles motorcycle clothing and accessories. Industry legend.

Operations and purchasing control of a Motorcycle Clothing and Accessories company with a focus on the development of a successful ecommerce operation, encompassing control over design, marketing, content and operational procedures.

From an in-store management trainee at Peterborough through to the head office after a brief spell managing the retail department in the flagship Milton Keynes store. Multi store operations and buying for the group followed with a 27M turnover P&L responsibility on retail parts and clothing. Team development was crucial as the company grew from 6 to 21 stores through a mixture organic growth and acquisition. Reported directly to the Managing Director. Latter years were spent overseeing the purchasing spend as well as own brand launch and development of the new mail order operation.