Key responsibilities• Prospecting and maintenance of sales in international markets• Responsible for the creation and implementation of the global company sales strategy - identifying and developing potential new overseas sales markets as well as expanding sales in already established markets• Forging, maintaining and developing key distributor / retailer relationships • Travel extensively to support designated sales channels and to negotiate with distributors and customers• Organisation and attendance at international industry Trade Shows• Increase profitability and gross margin return in international sales • Product Development• Develop sales to the Contract sector in international markets - direct as well as through Distributor sales channel

Key responsibilities• Prospecting and maintenance of sales in more than 45 international markets• Specific remit on joining the company was to increase sales to the South and Central America region • Responsible for the creation and implementation of the global company sales strategy - identifying and developing potential new overseas sales markets as well as expanding sales in already established markets• Forging, maintaining and developing key distributor / retailer relationships • Travel extensively to support designated sales channels and to negotiate with distributors and customers• Organisation and attendance at international industry Trade Shows• Increase profitability and gross margin return in international sales • Liaise with Product Development Manager and Marketing Department to identify industry and international market trends and to target specific sales growth areas• Develop sales to the Contract sector in international markets - direct as well as through Distributor sales channelKey achievements• Area of direct sales responsibility increased by more than 158% over the period• Increased international sales to the South and Central America region by more than 300% • Development of FOB business – key role in the implementation and execution of a FOB Asia container programme for direct supply to a network of global distributors and key retailers out of our factories in Indonesia and China. • Developed sales into new markets, including Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Japan, Korea, Belarus, Ukraine among others

Key responsibilities• Prospecting and maintenance of sales in all international markets, which corresponded to over 20% of the total company turnover• Creation of global company sales strategy - identifying and developing potential new overseas sales markets as well as expanding sales in already established markets• Forging, maintaining and developing key client / supplier relationships • Organising marketing policies, including Trade Missions and market visits, to increase company exposure and facilitate growth• Organisation and attendance at international industry Trade Shows, both in the UK and overseas• Development of FOB business through the Festive Far East Trading office• Day to day management of all export orders from receipt through to shipment• Administration of all pertinent export documentation• Development of international distributor / agent channels to market Key achievements• Increased international sales by 163% over this period – an average of over 20% growth year on year in my direct area of sales responsibility• Developed sales into new markets, including Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand among others. From a zero return on joining the company, Russia and Canada accounted for the 3rd and 4th largest export markets respectively in terms of sales by 2010• Winner of the 2007 “Five Counties Business Awards” in the category ‘Achievements in International Business’