Helped set up a new branch in Horsham (from June 2004). Sales Manager responsibilities included managing a sales team as well as covering for the General Manager duties when covering holiday, creating and managing sales targets, reporting to General Manager and Managing Director, promotional work, customer visits, customer relations, presentations, working with the Quality Management team (BSI AS9120 REV A & ISO 9001:2008), key holder, Qualified First Aider (St Johns).Additional responsibilities when covering holidays / illness include:-Raising dispatch Paperwork / Creating cutting jobs / Confirming cutting jobs / General Warehouse Management / Banking

Team Leader for an area of the South of England, responsible for sales performance within this area, taking and loading customer orders accurately, ensuring delivery dates are met and customer satisfaction maintained (in accordance with company’s BS ISO 9001:2000 Quality System), looking after existing accounts and working on new business opportunities, customer visits, managing the team and ensuring set targets were maintained.