Himanshu Patel Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Being the central point of contact for business customers, taking and processing orders over the phone, in-person and over emails.Having an excellent working knowledge of the business and its aims, and to assist wherever necessary to ensure the company operates smoothly.Manage and develop the sales team by sharing knowledge and experiences. Helping establish and maintain office procedures.Having to think on my feet, working to sometimes very tight deadlines and juggling many important tasks at any one time.Assisting senior management when needed with day to day decisions.Taking inventory of stock levels and order more if needed.Maintain and manage the fleet of company vehicles. Track and maintain monthly purchase in Sage50 accounting software. Planning and Scheduling daily delivery routes in a cost effective manner.

London, United Kingdom

Daily Mail Kensington

Manage the supply of a selection of titles handled by the Circulation Operations department to a range of wholesalers/retailers within a portfolio to achieve optimal sales, waste and availability according to agreed service levels and business targets.• Ensure that the portfolio performance is in line with business targets and the Head of Sales Operations expectations.• Analysis of early sales estimates and closed performance data, making recommendations on allocations, challenge decisions and provide feedback of expected outcomes, to ensure optimum portfolio performance is achieved.• Provide title allocation briefs/files to wholesale and confirm supply levels in line with agreed timescales.• Provide supply allocation information for the portfolio to Circulation Operation’s Logistics team in line with agreed timescales.• Maintain sales patterns and trends analysis for key sectors of the allocation portfolio.• Liaise with key title contacts and respond to requirements as necessary, in line with business targets.• Maintain a good working knowledge of all allocation and I.T. systems within Circulation Operations and across the external Wholesale Network.• Representation of Circulation Operations at external and internal meetings when required.• Monitor trade press.• Attend training to develop relevant knowledge techniques and new skill sets.

Daily Mail (Kensington)

Being a key member of allocation team within the newspaper supply chain. Working at the Daily Mail Head office in Kensington to maximise sales and availability with minimum impact on waste. • Analyse sales data at a customer level to ensure customers have the opportunity to maximise sales.• Plan daily supply levels by titles to purchase from publishers to provide to retail customers.• Interact with a portfolio of account managers negotiating supply levels. • Provide daily/weekly/monthly forecasting reports for performance manager to establish sales patterns and movements for a portfolio of titles.• Evaluate opportunity to gain sales through local events, increased footfall, weather patterns and seasonal lifts.• Liaising regularly with customers and suppliers and dealing with any queries to a successful solution in a timely manner. • Building effective working relationships with warehouse contacts, publishers and retailers. • Monitoring information and results of agreed activity and produce feedback to relevant audiences. • Using the current newspaper systems to efficiently place copy, develop sales and production of information for customers and suppliers. • Assisting the publisher account team in achieving their principle accountabilities.

Borehamwood

Being a key member of allocation team within the newspaper supply chain. Working at the Smiths News Head office in Borehamwood to maximise sales and availability with minimum impact on waste. • Analyse sales data at a customer level to ensure customers have the opportunity to maximise sales.• Plan daily supply levels by titles to purchase from publishers to provide to retail customers.• Interact with a portfolio of account managers negotiating supply levels. • Provide daily/weekly/monthly forecasting reports for performance manager to establish sales patterns and movements for a portfolio of titles.• Evaluate opportunity to gain sales through local events, increased footfall, weather patterns and seasonal lifts.• Liaising regularly with customers and suppliers and dealing with any queries to a successful solution in a timely manner. • Building effective working relationships with warehouse contacts, publishers and retailers. • Monitoring information and results of agreed activity and produce feedback to relevant audiences. • Using the current newspaper systems to efficiently place copy, develop sales and production of information for customers and suppliers. • Assisting the publisher account team in achieving their principle accountabilities.

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