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Nottingham, United Kingdom

Own Business Role Greener Gardens is an independent lawncare provider, based in Nottingham. Our vision is to provide a quality customer experience differentiating by adding value versus our competitors. We enjoy a high annual customer retention. This is delivered through pro active management of a small team of staff, embracing technology to maximise stakeholder return and customer focus. In our business we strive to improve the delivery of customer service, I have actively been involved in the development of an “online” call data manager programme which has improved the accuracy of customer data management, pricing consistency, cash flow and cost analysis. All aimed at simplifying data recording for operatives, improving management data and improving the customer experience.Greener Gardens has grown significantly through attention to detail, high service levels and honesty. We don't always get it right but we do try very hard to. We renovate neglected lawns, program bespoke recommendations for healthy lawns year round.Associate RoleIn an associate role I have worked delivering training packages for B&Q and Halfords store teams and consumer garden shows such as Harrogate and Malvern Flower Shows and BBC Gardeners WorldIn both my corporate and self employment roles, I have understood the importance of the customer, whenever possible going the extra mile to deliver a positive outcome for both the customer and stakeholders.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Call Data Manager is a simple, effective and easy to use lawncare system that improves the speed, quality and accuracy of recording data to help you run your lawn care business. The quotation module ensures pricing consistency, master route data reduces repetitive tasks and treatment recording improves payment efficiencies; all aimed at reducing the time of repetitive tasks and office costs.Call Data Manager is UK designed, hosted and supported. It will free up your time to concentrate on building your lawn care business with a system that grows with you.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

The UK Lawn Care Association (LCA) was created to support and develop a group of professional Independent Lawn Care Companies throughout the UK.John served as vice chair and chairman between January 2018 to January 2023. In line with constitution returning to an elected committee member with a focus on events and benchmarking. During this time membership has grown from 50 to over 100 independent lawn care companies across the UK. During this time the Association has launched a range of initiatives including work groups, a summer festival, sponsor visits, promotion of BASIS Lawn Assured and close workings with the Amenity for Forum and the creation of the Amenity Forum Lawn Care Group. The flagship conference continues to become more popular.The UKLCA has a formal structure with a Committee, regulated through a constitution and a code of conduct. The UKLCA is a not for profit association.

St. Neots, England, United Kingdom

The UK Lawn Care Association (LCA) was created to support and develop a group of professional Independent Lawn Care Companies throughout the UK.Born from the UK Lawn Care Network and was established in January 2017. It has a formal structure with a Committee, it is regulated through a constitution and a code of conduct which includes accreditation designed to ensure members and customers alike are protected. We are a not for profit association.

Worked within the independent trade sales and management team with sales budget responsibility including direct reports. In addition managed key independent group accounts and worked with the marketing team developing the growing media category worth £12m.

Worked within the independent trade sales and management team with a sales budget responsibility of £40m+ of which £15m was from direct reports. In addition managed key independent group accounts and worked with the marketing team developing the growing media category worth £12m.; . Specific projects included - New Growing Media merchandising projectsTerritory reorganisation and planningCategory Management Projects including Group Data Analysis

Managing a sales force of seven territory managers, combined annual turnover £15m +A member of the independent trade management team jointly responsible for £40m business Work with the Marketing team formulating sales canvass and product introduction planning.

Interface between six northern territory managers and the sales manager Developed with the Marketing team a sell in plan which returned a +10% on target performanceResponsible for key accounts, buying groups and independent Garden Centre groups. This role required integrity due to complexity of terms and promotional support packages.Cont...

Responsible for daily achievement of sales to independent garden centres and smaller groups in the East and West Midlands, working with proprietors, buyers and section heads,Introduce new products as required to targets whilst maintaining and increasing current SKU listings. Achieve direct and transfers order sales targets agreed with the business.

Launched the Garden Landscape Range achieving sales targets set with distributors.Responsible for managing distributors in my area. This included supporting and training of distributor representatives and calling on commercial growers of hardy and seasonal plant stock giving technical support and recommendations where required.UK co-ordinator for a new European product, Osmocote Exact®.

for commercial hardy nursery stock grower.Managing the commercial sales office and personal. Responsibilities included estimating, purchasing, sales order processing, transport to achieve sales targets and improve stake holder return.

Responsible for the management of three sales managers, reporting directly to the sales director.Employing of non horticulturalists into this business was a new initiative and the role quickly developed from regional sales to Sales Manager.

Established a machine operating service to the standards required the national Brewery groups being Allied Breweries and Whitbread.

Youngest account manager to be appointed to this position.Progressed from workshop preparation of machines to collections then account managementHead hunted by Rex Williams Leisure.

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Btec Hnc, Business & Finance; Business & Finance; Computing And Marketing

Maths, Physics, Geography, Accounting and Economics.; Accounting and Business Studies; Information Technology

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