General Assistant in Sainsbury's Tadley store and loving it.

Primary responsibility for gaining new business in non top 4 retailers (e.g. The Co-operative Food, Waitrose, Nisa, Spar, Booths, etc). Products included Kohinoor Rice and authentic ambient Indian Cooking Sauces as well as Our Little Secret authentic ambient and frozen products. Due to the lack of a market for the products, this role was not continued after 6 months.

After being made redundant from Petty Wood I was able to take a year off. As most parents with young children would do, I jumped at this opportunity as it would probably not come round again.This allowed me to spend valuable time with my wife and children, participating in more of their activities and hobbies than I had previously been able to. We also went on more family holidays than in previous years, visiting regions of the UK and France we had not been to before. As a project at… Show more After being made redundant from Petty Wood I was able to take a year off. As most parents with young children would do, I jumped at this opportunity as it would probably not come round again.This allowed me to spend valuable time with my wife and children, participating in more of their activities and hobbies than I had previously been able to. We also went on more family holidays than in previous years, visiting regions of the UK and France we had not been to before. As a project at home I did some renovation work on our house and garden. Show less

Sales control of a 2013 seven figure budget. 2012 responsibilities were Asda, Morrisons, The Co-operative Food and Iceland. Budget exceeded by 16%. Internally promoted; whilst retaining Asda and The Co-operative Food relinquished Morrisons and Iceland. As part of this move Palmer and Harvey and BP were taken on to resurrect the convenience and forecourt sector for the company. The budgeted 20% growth for all these accounts was not achieved however I was one of the few in the company that… Show more Sales control of a 2013 seven figure budget. 2012 responsibilities were Asda, Morrisons, The Co-operative Food and Iceland. Budget exceeded by 16%. Internally promoted; whilst retaining Asda and The Co-operative Food relinquished Morrisons and Iceland. As part of this move Palmer and Harvey and BP were taken on to resurrect the convenience and forecourt sector for the company. The budgeted 20% growth for all these accounts was not achieved however I was one of the few in the company that remained in growth YOY. Show less

Was responsible for Morrisons, The Co-operative Food, Booths, Nisa and Spar. This was more than half the total business for Pasta Reale. Responsible for successful re-launch of OL ranges as well as gaining new OL business and first to market branded launches.

Looked after Co-op and Somerfield (overseeing the Co-op takeover of Somerfield), Booths and Iceland, then promoted to start looking after one of Lactalis' biggest 8 figure accounts - Morrisons at the beginning of 2010.

NAE, then promoted to NAM with a series of increasingly larger customers. Galbani then taken over by Lactalis

Complete management of a geographic area managing sales of coffee, coffee equipment and coffee accessories.

Complete management of a geographic area.

Control of all food and beverage operations in this 5 star, 107-bedroom hotel. Five departmental heads reported to me. Controlled a team of 60.