Stuart Elkington Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Founder of The Dry Drinker, the UK’s most trusted alcohol free beer, wine and spirit shop Winner of the Best Independent Retailer award at the Zero Awards 2016Sources and stocks a large and growing range of premium low alcohol and alcohol free drinks from the UK and beyond. The range of non alcoholic beers, wines, sparkling wines, spirits and premium soft.

London-South

• Accountable for leading and delivering investments including a new concept development and refurbishment for the company to achieve its overall capital investment program.
• Delivered regional investment plans to ensure return on investment, spend targets and sales and profit targets were met
• Strong focus on creating high customer impact in the most cost efficient way while achieving balance across quality, time and value
• Recognised for ensuring clear communication of project objectives and alignment needs to all internal and external customers
• Led and mobilised a team of external partners to ensure consistency and quality in the delivery of every investment project

• Delivered double digit sales growth for 2011/12
• Implemented and grew the retail operating brand across the region
• Developed and achieved a robust people-plan to ensure the right people and capabilities were in place to drive the ambitious growth objectives and ensure strong brand alignment
• Achieved top quartiles scores for implementation of safety, legal and compliance measures

• Area account management of existing clients across China, Australia and Singapore
• Identified new investment opportunities to strengthen existing clients' portfolios and grew value of existing portfolio by $750,000
• Increased new client portfolio by 25%
• Established attendance at trade fairs to grow presence and introduce new business

• Led catering and events diversification at Singapore’s largest branded restaurant and bar group.
• Negotiated new outside catering contracts, including securing Singapore’s F1 night race contract for Harry’s Catering for the next five years
• Negotiated contract catering for Barclays Singapore Golf Open
• Recruited and developed new catering team

• 2007 – 2008 Led UK based brewery and pub franchise business; now part of Heineken UK Regional Account Management for 43 leased and franchised business
• Successfully identified opportunities for growth in previous untenable premises resulting in 100% revenue growth on rental income and drinks sales across 6 businesses
• Accelerated the development of the UK business consultants by launching and sponsoring a new mentoring programme with Scottish and Newcastle plc. in 2008

• Retail Business Manager, Laurel Restaurants & Bars2001 – 2006, A chain of national branded restaurants and bars, including Slug & Lettuce and Yates. Managed 26 branded restaurant and bar business across the UK.
• Delivered yearly business plans for the area which included sales and marketing, strategic and financial planning, compliance management and people planning
• Exceeded sales and profit targets for 2002,03,04 by 18%
• Led the team who designed and implemented a labour management model to introduce nationwide labour savings against budgeted targets, which resulted in a cost saving of £1.2 million across the UK business

• A leading UK pub company with over 7100 pubs across its leased and managed portfolio 2000-2001Reporting to the regional operations firector, responsible for:
• Identifying 22 business for new sports concept trail within the UK (Q”S)
• Developing basic brand principles, scheme design, menu development and service style
• Recruiting, inducting and training senior management team
• Setting sales and profit budgets for each business
• Securing funding for each project though board presentationAchievements

• A national pub company which specialized in standalone family restaurants and bars Held various positions of increased responsibility to include senior investment operations manager, operations manager, retail auditor.
• Site selection, pre and post project evaluation, template design, recruitment of retail managers and project launch of Tom Cobleigh Pub brand nationwide
• Day-to-day management control of 15 food and beverage restaurants across the UK
• Auditing 28 food and beverage restaurants across the UK

Responsible for day to day management of large restaurant and bar.

Education record

Conduct Contempory based Assessment Singapore 2009 Design and Develop a WSQ Facilitated Training Singapore 2009 Interpret Singapore.

Catering