John Alderton Email & Phone Number

Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Lewcon Audio Visual Ltd are a highly professional, innovative and dynamic Audio Visual installation company who are specialists in the provision of all types of Audio Visual and Multimedia solutions. Solutions:* Presentation solutions: HDMI, Wireless, Interactive* Video Conferencing: Polycom, Cisco, Mobile* Audio Conferencing: Microphones, DSP, speakers*.

London, United Kingdom

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

• Provided technical advice and sales support for non contact infrared temperature sensors and calibration equipment
• Managed the recruitment process and undertook interviews
• Managed the credit control department and liaised with worldwide distributors whilst assisting in marketing new products
• Successfully introduced and implemented a new stock control system, providing clarity of stock and awareness of stock costs, ultimately leading to greater profit margins

Letchworth, Hertfordshire

• Played an integral role as a Partner within the company
• Managed the service department which offered support for industrial and commercial floor care machinery
• Set up and run a stock control system ensuring that procurement was made to ensure best value
• Liaised with customers and handled sales and service calls whilst producing detailed quotations.
• Ensured that everyone was dealt with in a friendly and efficient manner which was evidenced over the course of the ten years by a solid and loyal customer and supplier base
• Full financial control of the business, including overseeing the purchase & sales ledgers and bank reconciliations

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

• Managed the service department and allocated the distribution of work duties to the service engineers
• Full control of the department’s budget, regularly liaising with all stakeholders including national and international management
• Offered technical advice to both engineers and customers and produced detailed service quotations

Stevenage, United Kingdom

• Following my apprenticeship I was offered a full time role within the test equipment design department
• Involved in designing, commissioning and maintaining test equipment for various missile systems
• Updated and maintained paperwork for the missile systems.

Stevenage, United Kingdom

• Four year apprenticeship
• Gained a wide variety of skills in the electronics industry
• The first year was based in the training school learning basic skills for both electronic and mechanical engineering
• Further three years were spent moving around various departments, three months at a time
• Allowed me to gain to develop my knowledge and understanding across all areas of the company