Responsible for the Sales & the Business Activities of the Be-Ge Group throughout the UK and IrelandBe-Ge's Seating Divison, is the World's Oldest Manufacturer of Drivers Suspension seats, founded in 1934, we span the entire transportation industry in sectors such as Bus, Coach, Truck, Rail, Marine, Construction, Mining, Ambulance, Police, Fire, Utiliities and specialist vehicles such as Military, Airline Support, Simulators, Snow Ploughs, Forestry and Environmental vehicles.We are also a supplier of speciaist office chairs offering 24 hour operators chairs for power stations, air traffic control, control rooms and Surveillance. We do not sell "off the shelf seats" its not really our strength, we sell seating solutions tailor making seats to suit customer applications. All our business comes from project orientated work dealing with the Fleet managers and vehicle designers to come up with seating solutions and getting our products specified in their builds.On a personal note, I enjoy the "blank canvas" of a vehicle chassis or van and being involved with transforming it into an operational tool that not only meets the drivers requirements to allow them to perform their duties, but provides them with maximum safety We are heavily involved in testing and with test rigs & teams of R&D and homolgation experts based at our factories in Sweden and Denmark, all our testing is independently witnessed by leading test houses such as TÜV Rheinland to enusure our seats meet Type Approval Rules for seating categories M1, M2 and M3.With manufacturing plants in Sweden, Denmark and Holland, we also have within our Group specialist steel stamping, automotive component manufacturing, specialist component paint spraying and our own upholstery cutting & sewing factory in Lithuania.

Mr Primary role was to assist Danish Companies to export to the UK market. Responsible for the whole of the Industry sector between Denmark and the UK, have excellent working knowledge of the Food, Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Agricultural, Medical, Transportation and Materials handling industry.Work involved Marketing, Market Reports, Matchmaking, Introduction on behalf of the Danish Companies, follow up, exhibitions, Joint Export Promotion and cultural issues & advice

Responsible for the entire Industry Trade between Denmark and the UK

Responsible for the company’s LPM division at Warrington and Liverpool selling non OEM spare parts to the forklift truck industry.My Main function was not only to run the business, but also to identify, analyse and implement a new business strategy for the LPM division to increase sales and support offered to its customers.Other areas included development and realisation of new business, capitalising on, and improving existing accounts. Marketing, Budgeting, Customer liaison (visits), purchase ledger monitoring and quality control with suppliers.

Reporting to the After Sales Manager, I was responsible for the Spare Parts market for Valmet Machines in the UK, France and Middle East.Main function was to achieve maximum service quality and maintain customer satisfaction at a good profitability level that maximised sales. Also involved with order processing, letters of credit, technical queries, stock levels, goods inwards and ensuring heath and safety procedures are adhered to.

My role was to promote and sell the companies range of Still forklift trucks using rental/leasing purchase options. Also selling service packages and spare parts. Duties included cold calling and customer relations with existing clients.

My role was to take customer orders via over the counter/telephone from the North West customer market. Processing orders via computer system. Printing stores orders, picking, packing serving our own engineers. Technical support and stock control