Ian Caplan Email & Phone Number

Uk

Working as a Free Lance Sales Advisor assisting in the development of sales leads and advising potential clients of the benefits of advertising their sales positions on our website www.salesagents.UK.My other responsibilities also include headhunting agents for clients and advising clients of the best ways of recruiting Independent Sales Agents for their business.I have a no nonsense approach to business and consider myself to be totally honest and pragmatic in business solutions.

Dublin

Tara is a successful homewares company based in Ireland offering a comprehensive range of Interior Products to the retail market. My key role was to develop existing business within the UK and to open and develop new accounts as well as assisting with new product ideas.Within the period that I represented Tara I was proud of the year on year growth that was achieved Regrettably because because of both Brexit and Covid the company took a strategic decision to withdraw from the UK market with the exception of direct importing.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I was recommended to Ultimate Rugs by a mutual trading partner and was initially engaged to look after the Midlands and East Midlands area as an area sales representative. After a short spell on the road I was asked to take on a development role bringing new business to the company. Following a relatively short period of time of account development success, as detailed below, followed. My current role now involves * Business development * Account management * Product development * Volume clearance I am also on the senior management team for company development and strategy

* Responsible for the overall day to day running of the business, which included purchasing of raw material, labels, cartons etc. * Sales Development including identifying new customers, home and abroad, and developing new ranges with existing accounts * Fully responsible for liaising with sub contracted factories with regards to production output and targets. * Responsible for all financial aspects of the business including P + L and cash flow forecasts. * Looking after orders from receipt to dispatch * Liaising with customer on all aspects of business including OEM. * Product development and production of bespoke products

* Fully responsible for the launch and development of a new division within the company. * To create a template for the division through the development of strong supply base within Europe and Far East. * Developed new business with both general accounts and national accounts. * Launch the division via Trade Shows and Trade Advertising * Full P+L responsibility for all aspects of the business. * Engagement of agents to develop regional business.