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Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Orchestrate all operational aspects for distribution division of North Region with annual budget of £2M. Lead multifunctional teams to complete daily distribution of all newspapers and magazines ranging from 100K to 150K products. Outline KPIs for area managers based on credits, app data, and budget. Monitor division's daily performance and assess existing processes to identify areas of improvement. Implement new processes and conduct training to ensure staff members meet all KPIs and SLAs as part of PIP plan. Oversee employee recruitment, as well as onboarding process and training of new division staff members, including new area managers and night managers. Facilitate probation reviews, investigations, and disciplinaries.● Drive continuous improvement initiatives, resulted in operational cost reduction by 40% and reduction of customer complaints/credits by 80%.

North East, United Kingdom

Formed strategies for daily operations of North East and Yorkshire, with additional four depots to realise operational objectives and performance targets. Evaluated performance to ensure adherence to company standards and procedures. Prepared and presented periodic analyses and reports of operations. Conducted research on commercial businesses requiring HND (Home News Delivery) service across North West, Yorkshire, The Humber, and North East regions, Consulted with business owners regarding service requirements. Analysed data obtained from businesses to calculate potential return of investment attainable. Compiled multiple offer packages in line with client and business.● Increased average daily deliveries by 2,600 publications as well as drops within region by 34% from 6,900 to 9,300 drops per day through business development.● Introduced new training methods and strengthened communication channels among teams in Yorkshire and The Humber, with 20% of all delivery rounds not meeting 8am completion deadline, reduced by 5%.● Minimised regional overspend by 35%.

North East, United Kingdom

o Researching commercial businesses with a HND, contacting the owners to find out how they run their service and to obtain details of their accounts (number of customers and delivery charges).o Analysing the data obtained from the businesses to calculate the potential return of investment attainable.o Putting together multiple offer packages that suit the needs of both the client and also the company. E.g., purchase outright or residual income based on a percentage of the turnover.o Increasing the drops in my areas by 34% from 6,900 to 9,300 drops per day through business development.o An average increase of 2,600 publications delivered daily.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Throughout my team with WeBuyAnyCar I have been in control of running the region of the North East of England with an area spanning from as far north as Newcastle to as far south York.I am in control of 12 branches across the North East and have 20+ direct reports. My direct reports consist of 20 retail branch managers and 3 cluster managers.On a day to day basis I lead out 3 conference calls to motivate and drive effective performances across all branches in the North East. I set targets for branches and work with them in order for them to achieve their targets.My responsibilities include;- Direct reports – 20 Retail Branch Managers & 3 Cluster Managers- Setting targets for each branch based on accuracy and conversion- Monitoring performances every day, productivity, conversion, accuracy- Tracking live data to ensure my direct reports are being as productive as possible- Leading 3 conference calls daily- Training and implementing new procedures to staff to increase development- Ensuring KPI’s and SLA’s are met- Organising rota each week- Return to work meetings- Performance management and PIP plans- Probation reviews- Communicating and assisting other regions across the UK with issues- Investigations and disciplinary- Reporting to the head of retail daily- Interviewing and recruitment of new managers

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Throughout my time at NewsTeam Group I am currently running the whole of the north east, spanning over 2500 delivery addresses daily.My role as the Area Manager of the north east is to ensure that the operation is ran successfully, controlling 2500 delivery points per day, liaising with my supervisors to ensure that we have an adequate amount of drivers to successfully run the operation daily.My role is 7 days per week, 24 hours per day. It is my responsibility to ensure that everything with regards to the collection, dispatching, delivery, payroll and health and safety of the operation is controlled and to a high standard.I was employed by NewsTeam to effectively and successfully carry out a phased transition from foot deliveries to delivery drivers, resulting in me dismissing roughly 80 members of staff as well as employing self employed drivers to successfully deliver to our customers.So far I have successfully transitioned the deliveries so that 100% of the north east is currently delivered by drivers.Since I’ve joined NewsTeam I’ve reduced the weekly complaints from on average 110, now down to 6 per week.- Arrange for collection of papers.- Organise times of inbound and outbound drivers.- Hire and dismiss drivers.- Monitor drivers delivery performance.- Allocate workloads and structure rounds and areas.- Ensure that the delivery deadlines are met, i.e 8:30am delivery cut off. - Control the budget to ensure that the operation is ran efficiently, £40k per month.- Deal with customer complaints and delegate to supervisors / drivers.- Liaise with supervisors, delivery agents and 20+ drivers.- Hold weekly conference calls with the UK operations manager to discuss all KPI’s as well as the budget, delivery performance, complaints and any other issues.- Hold monthly meetings in Stoke with all other Area Managers across the UK.- Edit and move delivery points to different drivers to gain maximum delivery efficiency whilst also delivering successfully.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

First Diploma, Electrical, Mechanical & Maintenance Engineering

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