Ieuan Thomas Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, United Kingdom

- Analyse store sales trends and feedback to Area Manager/Company Director to maximise potential revenue.- Work closely with area manager and partner brand representatives to ensure a product buy that fit the needs of our customers. - Increase awareness of the store through external partnerships with local gyms, running clubs and the national governing body for athletics in Wales, Welsh Athletics.- Organise training days with technical reps of our partner brands.- Responsible for all aspects of social media across the entire company.- Perform bi-annually performance reviews with all staff members to ensure consistently high performance in store.- Responsibility for accurate stock maintenance across the store to reduce shrink.- Handle all customer queries and concerns.- Perform regular staff training on both product and service to facilitate best practice.- Train all new staff members in product, service and store admin tasks.- Set up a Moti Run Club within store to increase our profile within the running community and offer extended services to local runnners looking for a social running group.- Perform daily store tasks including internet sales and biomechanical gait analysis.

Nike Cardiff

• Perform managerial duties including store opening, closing and cash management.• Be a point of contact and expertise for customer enquires, complaints and compliments.• Act as a leader and mentor for athletes within the store by re-launching performance observations.• Ensure operational excellence throughout the business through stockroom organisation, planning and leadership of the BOH team.•Offer Operations and Product Presentation training to staff members and visiting managers from other stores.•Attended management training week at Nike European Headquarters Sept 2014. Modules of training included Brand, People, Productivity and Consumers.

Attended on a scholarship to compete in Cross-Country & Track and Field. Achieved a maximum 4.0 GPA throughout my studies. Modules of interest included Sports Psychology, Motor Development and Recreation and Sports Marketing.

Nike Running Store Cardiff

• Lead the ‘on-day’ operations and media communications of Nike Cardiff Run Club (a free running club that meets at the Nike Store every Monday and Wednesday). I worked to build the participant base of runners attending the run club through special events, online communication and in-store marketing. The club has grown to over 200 individuals.• Build relationships with customers by providing an individualised approach and understand each customer’s personal needs. My expertise of the product and willingness to connect with the customers has led to tens of thousands of pounds in revenue for the store and many new members attending the run club.• Conduct staff training on new products and digital services that will be offered by Nike and/or in store.

Exercise And Sport Science, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Cross Country All American Indoor Track 2nd Place NCAA Championships

Bachelor Of Science, Sport Development, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Captain of Cross Country team. Student representative for the middle-distance events.High 2:1 BSc (Hons) Sports.

A Level, I.T, Pe, Physics, Maths

Activities and Societies: Deputy Head BoyI attended Fairwater High for 6th form, since I had completed my Mathematics AS level a year.

Gcse, 2005

Activities and Societies: Captain of Cross-Country and Basketball teams. I received the headmasters award for sporting excellence.