Delivering sales and operational strategies over 11 business units, supported with marketing. Driving organisational change, continual improvement and establishing high performing teams and a progressive culture. Building the brand around its core values and history, driving its future direction, influencing and disrupting the market to create growth.

Business Management Training and Development Consultant providing a range of professional solutions and consultancy services.

I was the Head of Business Support Services for Specflue who are a leading B2B supplier of renewable heat products, flue systems and training within the UK. I was also the Deputy Managing Director and supported the MD in the leadership of the organisation.Responsible for the companies Training Division, 2 x National accredited Training Centres, focusing on the solid fuel sector and Renewables industry. Offering HETAS qualifications and all renewables sector courses to QCF LEVEL.Other responsibilities included developing maintaining and managing the National Service and Maintenence Network. Comprising of 2 x Service and Maintenance Managers and a number of local engineers.I have a dedicated highly skilled team and some of the best facilities within our industry.I reported in to the MD and was a member of the senior leadership team, responsible for driving change programs within the business, through applying project methodology and ensuring the organisation has clear sight of objectives and any return on investment.

Set up and managed the renewables training facility, marketed the function and facilitated all training courses. Actively lobbied and represented the sector on government committees, boards and steering groups. This role was viewed as a project and delivered a nationally accredited centre with multiple awarding body accreditations and one of the largest collection of renewable technologies and courses within the UK.

This involved a number of roles from Group Training and Development Manager through to HR Transformational Change Programe Manager. This role also delievered a multi million pound Oracle shared services implementation and involved managing multiple projects and managing considerable budgets and large teams, including external consultants.

This was an agressive fast paced culture which encompassed all the Phones 4U business and 20:20 logistics under the Caudwell Group. I Worked as the Groups Training and Development Manager looking after all the groups training needs and supporting the group on the integration of Oracle and all the system training required.Ensured consistency with the other business units training managers to ensure alignment against the group development strategy.

This role was acting as part of a Senior bid Team, a team of Senior Management Consultants who produced third part solutions to clients who were looking for efficiencies and cost savings whilst being able to improve service delivery. Such clients as M&S, Barclaycard, First National Tricity Finance, MBA, Soutwest Water, Argos, Great Universal Stores and Green Flag. Responsible to the Operations Director, part of the senior bid team for 3rd party outsourcing solutions. My area of responsibility was the HR and Training implications to each contract. Design, delivery and evaluation of costs against contractually agreed targets / KPIs.This role was a combination of a commercial manager and a management consultant.