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Ireland

Dublin

Dublin

Dublin & London

Dublin

The Resolution Management Company provided consultancy and outsourced management services to retail, food service and property management clients.Established and set up companyFull P&L and management responsibilitySales and business development;Consultancy and project managementAccount management and client relationships

Ireland

Bewley's Oriental Cafes & Bewley’s Franchising, subsidiaries of the Campbell Bewley Group, operated a chain of 30 company owned and franchised restaurants, cafes, bars, coffee shops and hotels throughout Ireland and the UK. Role:Full P&L responsibility for businessManagement and organisation restructuringOperational management responsibility of company owned and operated restaurants, cafes and bar and 500 plus employees.Responsible for growth and development of Bewley’s Franchising in Ireland and the UK.Designed and implemented strategic plan for repositioning of the business and brand.Introduced performance improvement and rewards programme for management and staffIntroduced a new customer experience offeringNew product, services and sub brand development.Negotiation of supplier and property contracts.Management of buildings and facilities.

Uk

Campbell Catering (UK), a subsidiary of the Irish based Campbell Bewley Group, operated a portfolio of catering contracts and concessions in England and Scotland. Role:Full P&L and operational responsibility of contractsRestructured and led operational management team.Sales and business developmentOpened new retail outlets.Restructured in-flight catering businessConducted negotiations with clients and landlords on existing and new contracts, leases and concessions.

London, United Kingdom

Gardner Merchant Sodexo was the largest contract catering business in the world and its London division with sales of €50M pa provided services to a wide range of blue chip private and publicly listed companies, Government agencies and public sector organisations.Role:Achievement of personal sales targetResponsible for sales prospecting and pipelineContributed to the design of London sales plan.Preparation and approval of RTT and sales proposalsContributed to company-wide national tenders.Coordinated and led re-tender teams to secure existing business accounts and at risk contracts.

Sutton, United Kingdom

Member of the Securicor (now G4S custodial services) bid team responding to UK Home Office’s ITT for the outsourced management of a prison.Liaised with internal Securicor managers and external partners and suppliersWrote key sections of the tender response document.

Uk, Germany, Canada, Cyprus

Executive assistant to the head of Army procurement.Responsible for planning and coordinating operations for a 600 strong infantry unitLed 30 man infantry platoons on operations and in training roles.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History

A Levels