John Samson Email & Phone Number

Ayrshire, Scotland

* Consulting/Mentoring projects in Consumer Goods in Sales and Marketing Management* Including Sales Force build, back office set-up, Market analysis and targeting, training in the field and in the classroom, coaching and key account management. * Develop Sales and Marketing Plans for SMEs* Design and implement targeted Marketing initiatives including.

Whiston, Merseyside (Registered Office)

* BoxKart Limited was created to formalise the relationship of 4 Directors in collaboration in the design, development,manufacture, marketing and sales of a flat pack kit-form plywood Gravity Racer for children aged 7 years plus.* Multiple routes to the Consumer are planned and the first of these sees BoxKart (the product) being sold, on a licensed basis.

Loughborough

* BRIO is the Swedish-owned, global leader in Traditional Wooden Toys and is also Nordic Market Leader in Prams and Nursery Furniture.* Recruited by new MD to build a new Sales Force, manage National Accounts and launch BRIO Prams and Furniture Ranges into the UK Nursery Sector. * Throughout the period, BRIO internationally was struggling to cope.

Ayrshire

* Independent Sales Agent for Character Options, Trends UK and Hermanex of Holland in Toys Sector.* Also, Agent in Gift/Lifestyle Sector for Broste Copenhagen.

Wrexham And Slough, UK

* LEGO is the global leader (60% plus market share) in plastic, interlocking brick based Construction Toy Systems.* Managed / Developed Field Sales Team of 20 to deliver £10 million p.a. revenue from Independents* Managed Team of 30 to deliver revenue of £40 million p.a. from all UK customers* Tasked with establishing 10,000 new points of distribution for.

New Cross, London, UK

* Pearce was the largest bespoke sign maker in Europe.* Sales Manager with team of 10 and revenue of £5 million p.a.* Personally managed business with major corporate clients

Northampton, UK

* Modulex were European Market Leaders in Sign Systems for Commercial and Industrial premises and for institutions such as schools, hospitals and transport facilities* Managed team of 5 Area Managers to deliver annual revenue of £5 million* Personally managed major signing projects.

Pietermaritzburg Area, South Africa

* Hulett started as a small Alcan (Aluminium Company of Canada) foil mill and grew to be the, Anglo American owned, largest semi-fabricator, extruded and rolled products, in the Southern Hemisphere.* Joined as Industrial Engineer in Rolled Products with the usual responsibilities of Time and Methods Studies and development of working methods.* For those.

Greenock

* At the time, the global leader in Computer Systems and Business Machines* Responsible for parts sourcing and development of build processes for a variety of products.* Whilst working on the first "Consumer Transaction Facilities" (Cash Machines) was seconded to the San Jose (California) Development Laboratory as the first-line of contact for build in UK.

Kilmarnock, United Kingdom

Full practical training in Engineering, qualifying me to take up a trade...Fitter, Turner etc.....but, with a focus in final year on Technical Departments qualifying me for careers in back-room disciplines such as Draughtsman or Production Engineer.

S.E.C. Highers, Maths, English, Chemistry/Physics And Technical Subjects

Bsc, Mechanical Engineering, 2Nd Class Honours

* Admitted to straight to 3rd year after successful HNC at Kilmarnock Technical College. * Classic subjects....Dynamics, Structures.